Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[1oldman2]

Well, how about " Only the good die young "?

Isn't that a billy_joule tune?

 

[WWGD]

Isn't that a billy_joule tune?

You mean Billy Joel? But I think the saying precedes the song.

 

[1oldman2]

Since this is a random sort of thread I'll ask if there are any fans of Stephen Goulds writing in the house?

 

[1oldman2]

You mean Billy Joel? But I think the saying precedes the song.

True, it was kind of a nod to Billy_Joules clever use of a user name

 

[WWGD]

True, it was kind of a nod to Billy_Joules clever use of a user name

Ah, I was not on the ball to catch it. I as being a square.

 

[fresh_42]

Now I need to buy a new fan.

West coast problem?

 

[1oldman2]

Ah, I was not on the ball to catch it. I as being a square.

One has to appreciate the random humor on this thread, it's great expression!

 

[WWGD]

One has to appreciate the random humor on this thread, it's great expression!

I guess it is not so hip to be square. And there is nothing hip about a fracture (I keep hearing about hip fractures). Imagine people getting fractures just to look hip.

 

[1oldman2]

I guess it is not so hip to be square. And there is nothing hip about a fracture (I keep hearing about hip fractures). Imagine people getting fractures just to look hip.

Being 57 years old I knock wood every time some mentions hip fractures

 

[fresh_42]

I guess it is not so hip to be square. And there is nothing hip about a fracture (I keep hearing about hip fractures). Imagine people getting fractures just to look hip.

Intended?

 

[WWGD]

Intended?

Sort of. But none has had hip problems. Maybe @1oldman2 should listen to it more often?

 

[1oldman2]

Sort of. But none has had hip problems. Maybe @1oldman2 should listen to it more often?

It's more like " lurkin' for a livin' "

 

[WWGD]

It's more like " lurkin' for a livin' "

That's what she (and, sadly, the judge) said (all-purpose reply).

 

[zoobyshoe]

West coast problem?

Broken fan problem.

 

[WWGD]

Yet another different way of pronouncing Renaissance. Five last count.

 

[WWGD]

I have heard the expression " foisting his own petard" in different ways. Pretty confusing. Maybe a disgusting sexual meaning and another one about showing off.

 

[1oldman2]

I have heard the expression " foisting his own petard" in different ways. Pretty confusing. Maybe a disgusting sexual meaning and another one about showing off.

I was always under the impression it was "hoisted by his own petard" have I been wrong all along?

 

[WWGD]

I was always under the impression it was "hoisted by his own petard" have I been wrong all along?

Not sure. Maybe I am the one who's wrong --serves me right for foisting/(being hoisted) by my own petard. Though I still have no idea what the expression means EDIT: It seems you're right @1oldman2 , a search for my expression did not get any hits.

 

[1oldman2]

Not sure. Maybe I am the one who's wrong --serves me right for foisting/(being hoisted) by my own petard. Though I still have no idea what the expression means

Either way considering the "petard" it's funny

 

[WWGD]

Either way considering the "petard" it's funny

No kidding, that can of beans I just had me hoisting plenty of petards. They won't let me eat at the diner any more.

 

[1oldman2]

No kidding, that can of beans I just had me hoisting plenty of petards. They won't let me eat at the diner any more.

The main thing about petards is to maintain a low particulate count, otherwise there can be complications

 

[WWGD]

I don't know why I have been butchering sentences recently. Maybe I am just tired.

 

[WWGD]

Ah, interesting, another nut referring to himself in the 3rd person. You know, Joe Blow saying things like " Joe Blow is an outstanding speaker", or " Joe Blow is an honest man".

 

[OmCheeto]

I've ridden around on some exotic vessels before, but I've never even seen an ice breaker.

I think they are cool.

 

[1oldman2]

Ah, interesting, another nut referring to himself in the 3rd person. You know, Joe Blow saying things like " Joe Blow is an outstanding speaker".

3rd party view is good except in video games. It could be we're all tired

 

[WWGD]

3rd party view is good except in video games. It could be we're all tired

3rd party is too much if you have all of them on the same night. WWGD doesn't do 3 parties on the same night -- and I am not just being hoisted...

 

[WWGD]

WHAT? A Google search without stupid results?

Actually, there is a name for those words/strings that do not produce results in a google search.

 

[1oldman2]

WHAT? A Google search without stupid results?

That's why I stick with duckduckgo

 

[WWGD]

That's why I stick with duckduckgo

Or Cuil, which does not track you either.

 

[fresh_42]

Ah, interesting, another nut referring to himself in the 3rd person. You know, Joe Blow saying things like " Joe Blow is an outstanding speaker", or " Joe Blow is an honest man".

Here it is epidemic that people being interviewed refer to themselves as 'we' or 'one': "We have done our best, but the race car wasn't fast enough", "One wasn't focused enough."
Oh, how I hate this cowardly language.

 

[1oldman2]

Or Cuil, which does not track you either.

Interesting, that's new to me.

 

[WWGD]

Here it is epidemic that people being interviewed refer to themselves as 'we' or 'one': "We have done our best, but the race car wasn't fast enough", "One wasn't focused enough."
Oh, how I hate this cowardly language.

Together with other euphemisms like "passing away" , or "S/he is no longer with us" . Look at people's reactions when you just say " He is dead".

 

[fresh_42]

3rd party is too much if you have all of them on the same night. WWGD doesn't do 3 parties on the same night -- and I am not just being hoisted...

What is it that you make my music program this night?

 

[WWGD]

Interesting, that's new to me.

It was a competitor of google for some (short period of ) time, but it fizzled.
http://www.cuil.pt/

 

[1oldman2]

Together with other euphemisms like "passing away" , or "S/he is no longer with us" . Look at people's reactions when you just say " He is dead".

People have a hard time with the"reality of the finality of the mortality" or the three "ality's as I call them

 

[WWGD]

What is it that you make my music program this night?

Swedish collection? Der Sluppen Johannes B (don't know how to use the Umlaut).

 

[WWGD]

People have a hard time with the"reality of the finality of the mortality" or the three "ality's as I call them

Agree, but you want to be careful not to detach yourself too much from difficult situations either.

 

[NascentOxygen]

A contemporary example of being hoist by his own petard would be when a terrorist bomb detonates prematurely while they are setting the timer. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/hoist-by-your-own-petard.html

 

[1oldman2]

What is it that you make my music program this night?

Caught that live once long long ago,great show

 

[WWGD]

A contemporary example of being hoist by his own petard would be when a terrorist bomb detonates prematurely while they are setting the timer. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/hoist-by-your-own-petard.html

Ah, thanks, I had the meaning wrong by a long stretch.

 

[1oldman2]

Ah, thanks, I had the meaning wrong by a long stretch.

An analogy might be "patting ones own back" or "tooting ones own horn" only with a twist to it.

 

[zoobyshoe]

WHAT? A Google search without stupid results?

Hey! Don't quote other people and attribute it to me.

 

[fresh_42]

Hey! Don't quote other people and attribute it to me.

Oops. Sorry for that and deleted.

 

[1oldman2]

I've ridden around on some exotic vessels before, but I've never even seen an ice breaker.

I think they are cool.

I'm still waiting to catch the "Tiki bar" boat.

 

[fresh_42]

Optimism is only a lack of information.

 

[Enigman]

Entropy increases. Chaos wins.

 

[WWGD]

That's what I like about Random Thoughts, all the positive affirmations.

 

[Psinter]

Maybe you should look at the size of the small portions of food in the fast food places in the U.S for an answer. Small portions today are around twice as large as they were some 30 years ago. Tho I don't know if this is a cause, an effect or maybe a bit of each.

I should probably look at it. I don't know, I've never being in the US. But I didn't mean big as in fat, I mean big as a whole. To me it appears Small shirts in the US are made for like almost 6 feet tall people. And I'm not that tall. Americans are tall.

 

[fresh_42]

That's what I like about Random Thoughts, all the positive affirmations.

TV let's me choose between "Matrix" and "Ghost Rider" ...

 

[WWGD]

I should probably look at it. I don't know, I've never being in the US. But I didn't mean big as in fat, I mean big as a whole. To me it appears Small shirts in the US are made for like almost 6 feet tall people. And I'm not that tall.

I think that may have been the case a few years back, but it seems most of the world has caught up, at least the 1st and 2nd worlds. The Dutch are, on average, the world's tallest people, averaging at least 6'.