The New Isolated Blurt BDSM Thread

[midwestyankee]

Why is that thread in Talk?

Which one?

My blurt: it's not easy waiting for the results of medical tests, particularly knowing that if this round is inconclusive the next one will be more challenging.

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

Rapey Vibe

*like*

Yes, thank you!

 

[seela]

I had a dream where cats swallowed turtles whole, snake style. Some of them swallowed even big ones and their bodies turned into weird shapes. I had to take the cats to the vet to get the turtles out. Turned out the turtles were still alive.

So analyze that, Mr. Freud!

Which got me thinking... Weren't the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actually tortoises?

 

[IrisAlthea]

I had a dream where cats swallowed turtles whole, snake style. Some of them swallowed even big ones and their bodies turned into weird shapes. I had to take the cats to the vet to get the turtles out. Turned out the turtles were still alive.

So analyze that, Mr. Freud!

Which got me thinking... Weren't the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actually tortoises?

I think they were swimming when they were little and first ended up in the sewer.
Maybe some kind of special comic turtletoise variety?

 

[bhndblueyes88]

I had a dream where cats swallowed turtles whole, snake style. Some of them swallowed even big ones and their bodies turned into weird shapes. I had to take the cats to the vet to get the turtles out. Turned out the turtles were still alive.

So analyze that, Mr. Freud!

Which got me thinking... Weren't the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actually tortoises?

Well, they do live in a sewer, which is wet. And they are not slow and wise. I don't believe tortoise is appropriate.

One could make the argument that they are a terrapin, but, honestly, "turtle" does reflect ALL Chelonians in the vernacular and somehow scientific nitpicking doesn't sit well with grade-school aged focus groups

 

[seela]

Didn't they spend most of their time on dry land, though? And their cribs in the sewer were dry, too. Otherwise their pizza would have gotten all mushy. That sounds a lot like a tortoise to me. But I'm not gonna start arguing with our resident vet about turtle vs. tortoise.

They probably are turtletoise. Or turtoisle.

Edit: OMG. Scientifically accurate ninja turtles!

In Finnish we only have a general turtle-word that can be defined by adding "water" or "land" in front of it if need be, so it's very convenient for vague situations like TMNT. The TMNT lot is called "teinimutanttininjakilpikonnat". Yes, that's one word. That's not quite as convenient.

 

[LallyH]

Last Friday, amongst other birthday presents, the family bought me a huge tub of chocolates.

We were all away at the weekend but I was laid low for the past day or so and only resurfaced this morning.

There is only ONE chocolate left, in solitary splendour, just for me....

 

[bhndblueyes88]

Didn't they spend most of their time on dry land, though? And their cribs in the sewer were dry, too. Otherwise their pizza would have gotten all mushy. That sounds a lot like a tortoise to me. But I'm not gonna start arguing with our resident vet about turtle vs. tortoise.

They probably are turtletoise. Or turtoisle.

Edit: OMG. Scientifically accurate ninja turtles!

In Finnish we only have a general turtle-word that can be defined by adding "water" or "land" in front of it if need be, so it's very convenient for vague situations like TMNT. The TMNT lot is called "teinimutanttininjakilpikonnat". Yes, that's one word. That's not quite as convenient.

Lol! I'm far from an expert. Honestly, your word doesn't look TOO different from the whole phrase. I'd be lost out of context, but IN context, I can kind of see guess what it means.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Insomnia. And I have to be up in 45 minutes.

 

[LallyH]

Did nature make teenagers moody and malodorous to force parents to kick them out of the nest, do you think?

 

[midwestyankee]

Well, they do live in a sewer, which is wet. And they are not slow and wise. I don't believe tortoise is appropriate.

One could make the argument that they are a terrapin, but, honestly, "turtle" does reflect ALL Chelonians in the vernacular and somehow scientific nitpicking doesn't sit well with grade-school aged focus groups

This whole discussion reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from the movie "The Truth About Cats and Dogs." It's the scene where Uma Thurman has to get all proctological with a tortoise.

Didn't they spend most of their time on dry land, though? And their cribs in the sewer were dry, too. Otherwise their pizza would have gotten all mushy. That sounds a lot like a tortoise to me. But I'm not gonna start arguing with our resident vet about turtle vs. tortoise.

They probably are turtletoise. Or turtoisle.

Edit: OMG. Scientifically accurate ninja turtles!

This short video was hysterical.

In Finnish we only have a general turtle-word that can be defined by adding "water" or "land" in front of it if need be, so it's very convenient for vague situations like TMNT. The TMNT lot is called "teinimutanttininjakilpikonnat". Yes, that's one word. That's not quite as convenient.

So, does the string "kilpik" mean dry or wet?

Did nature make teenagers moody and malodorous to force parents to kick them out of the nest, do you think?

I don't buy the idea that nature can intend anything, but teenage behavior is definitely one of the factors that makes it easy to shove their asses out of the nest when it's time.

Insomnia. And I have to be up in 45 minutes.

I feel your pain. I'm now back on my old sleep meds because I was trying to work on three hours sleep far too regularly. No fun whatsoever.

 

[IrisAlthea]

This whole discussion reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from the movie "The Truth About Cats and Dogs." It's the scene where Uma Thurman has to get all proctological with a tortoise.



This short video was hysterical.



So, does the string "kilpik" mean dry or wet?



I don't buy the idea that nature can intend anything, but teenage behavior is definitely one of the factors that makes it easy to shove their asses out of the nest when it's time.



I feel your pain. I'm now back on my old sleep meds because I was trying to work on three hours sleep far too regularly. No fun whatsoever.

I would guess kilpi means shield but I'm not sure.

 

[Curious_in_Cali]

This is brilliant!

 

[cfuhrer]

So I'm sitting here thinking about how I'd get back into riding and showing in a completely different discipline than I used to do if I had money to train (haha!), and I'm like, "Hmm, which discipline should I go for?"

I mentally go through all the ones I can think of, and then I'm like, "Oh, hey, eventing!" (Eventing is a combination of dressage, show jumping, and a cross-country course, for all you non-horse people out there.) I was all about this for about an hour until I remembered, duh, you've been iffy about riding outside of a flat, well-manicured surface ever since that one idiot horse stumbled over something and fell on you. (I didn't get my leg out from under her fast enough when she went down; I tore some ligaments in my knee and lost most of the skin on the inside of my leg from mid-calf to mid-thigh.)

Well...so much for that brilliant idea.

Might look into Three Phase Eventing. It is my understanding that the cross country portion is switched out for a less intense cross country trail course.

Remind me what discipline you are transitioning out of.

 

[BiBunny]

Might look into Three Phase Eventing. It is my understanding that the cross country portion is switched out for a less intense cross country trail course.

Ooh, interesting. Thank you!

Remind me what discipline you are transitioning out of.

Saddleseat. Tennessee Walking Horses, to be exact. Well, I mean, we rode Western, too, but I much preferred English. I've ridden trotting horses, but I never received any sort of formal training for it.

I was all, "Woo, yeah, eventing!" because I suspect that my former skills would probably translate better to dressage, but show jumping looks like so much fun. But then I remembered the cross-country aspect and was like, um...no, not so much.

Of course, I haven't so much as sat on a horse in four or five years now, so I figure if I am ever in the financial situation to be able to start training again, it'll be like starting over, anyway.

 

[gypsy*seer]

Beautiful full moon wreaking havoc upon the lives of the invisible.

Damn "ugh" day throughout.

Tomorrow is a fresh start!

Oh yeah, and Bunz....I'm all for cross-country - dressage is SO elegant, western is plain fun - and English is plain HARD! ( if memory serves me. It's been awhile since I've ridden, also...)
I want to play with you - you are SO freakin' interesting!

Oh...
and did I mention SNOW? *shakes fist at the heavens*
45 minute commute tonight to go 10 miles! Hence the "ugh"...

 

[Stella_Omega]

The headache that woke me up last night is staging a comeback.

 

[cfuhrer]

Of course, I haven't so much as sat on a horse in four or five years now, so I figure if I am ever in the financial situation to be able to start training again, it'll be like starting over, anyway.

I know exactly where you are coming from.

 

[seela]

So, does the string "kilpik" mean dry or wet?

I would guess kilpi means shield but I'm not sure.

Yeah. And konna means toad (or villain for that matter, but I think it's fairly safe to say the word's used in the toad meaning here... ). So kilpikonna is a shield(ed) toad and it's just a general turtle/tortoise/terrapin word. The actual word for turtle would be merikilpikonna or vesikilpikonna (the latter actually might be terrapin), tortoise is maakilpikonna. But in reality the meri, vesi and maa definitions are rarely used.

The t at the end of the teinimutanttininjakilpikonnat is a nominative plural marker.

Thus endeth the TMNT in Finnish 101. Class dismissed. Unless someone really wants to talk about the finer points of Finnish grammar and morphology, in which case PM me and I'll get back to you once I come back home from my pre-Christmas Lapland holiday.

The word kilpik that MWY suggested sounds Turkish or Hungarian to me. Must google if it actually is a word. It's not like I have a train to catch in an hour and haven't packed yet...

Edit: kilpik is no word, but kirpik means eyelash in Turkish. Close enough.

 

[bhndblueyes88]

Ooh, interesting. Thank you!



Saddleseat. Tennessee Walking Horses, to be exact. Well, I mean, we rode Western, too, but I much preferred English. I've ridden trotting horses, but I never received any sort of formal training for it.

I was all, "Woo, yeah, eventing!" because I suspect that my former skills would probably translate better to dressage, but show jumping looks like so much fun. But then I remembered the cross-country aspect and was like, um...no, not so much.

Of course, I haven't so much as sat on a horse in four or five years now, so I figure if I am ever in the financial situation to be able to start training again, it'll be like starting over, anyway.

I haven't heard of the three-phase eventing before, but I trained for 3-days for most of my riding career. To the best of my knowledge, the two types presently in existence are classified by "short" and "long" day. Dressage and Show Jumping is the same. Long day is the original 3-day, where the "cross-country" day entailed the cross country, steeplechase, and then a roads and tracks broken up into 2 segments. Long day is being done less and less these days, and almost never at a low level event. Short day is simply the cross country course. It's more marketing-friendly, easier on the horses and arguably safer (Because horses are doing cross country fresher on their feet). At local competitions that are only doing the lower levels, all three phases will be put into one or two days.

ANYWAY. BiBun, do NOT let cross country scare you! It IS a ton of fun, and the trust you and your horse develop is AMAZING. It is a little nerve wracking until you get used to riding out in the open, but this is the way people were meant to ride. Hacking through fields and trails, navigating obstacles, chasing foxes!!

Well. We don't really chase foxes, but I always imagine I am. I'm a dork that way.

In other words...GO FOR IT.

And then hook me up, sistah. I haven't sat on a horse in MONTHS and I'm JONESING BAD. I miss my ponies :[

 

[IrisAlthea]

Yeah. And konna means toad (or villain for that matter, but I think it's fairly safe to say the word's used in the toad meaning here... ). So kilpikonna is a shield(ed) toad and it's just a general turtle/tortoise/terrapin word. The actual word for turtle would be merikilpikonna or vesikilpikonna (the latter actually might be terrapin), tortoise is maakilpikonna. But in reality the meri, vesi and maa definitions are rarely used.

The t at the end of the teinimutanttininjakilpikonnat is a nominative plural marker.

Thus endeth the TMNT in Finnish 101. Class dismissed. Unless someone really wants to talk about the finer points of Finnish grammar and morphology, in which case PM me and I'll get back to you once I come back home from my pre-Christmas Lapland holiday.

The word kilpik that MWY suggested sounds Turkish or Hungarian to me. Must google if it actually is a word. It's not like I have a train to catch in an hour and haven't packed yet...

Edit: kilpik is no word, but kirpik means eyelash in Turkish. Close enough.

We use the shield toad variety here too.

Have fun!

 

[midwestyankee]

Yeah. And konna means toad (or villain for that matter, but I think it's fairly safe to say the word's used in the toad meaning here... ). So kilpikonna is a shield(ed) toad and it's just a general turtle/tortoise/terrapin word. The actual word for turtle would be merikilpikonna or vesikilpikonna (the latter actually might be terrapin), tortoise is maakilpikonna. But in reality the meri, vesi and maa definitions are rarely used.

The t at the end of the teinimutanttininjakilpikonnat is a nominative plural marker.

Thus endeth the TMNT in Finnish 101. Class dismissed. Unless someone really wants to talk about the finer points of Finnish grammar and morphology, in which case PM me and I'll get back to you once I come back home from my pre-Christmas Lapland holiday.

The word kilpik that MWY suggested sounds Turkish or Hungarian to me. Must google if it actually is a word. It's not like I have a train to catch in an hour and haven't packed yet...

Edit: kilpik is no word, but kirpik means eyelash in Turkish. Close enough.

Actually, it would be fun to learn a bit about the language. I picked the string "kilpik" out of "kilpikonnat" thinking that it might have been the modifier you'd described earlier that was used to indicate a land or water animal.


My blurt: normal labs means it's on to Door #2, the Brain Ray Tunnel. Oh joy!

 

[BiBunny]

I haven't heard of the three-phase eventing before, but I trained for 3-days for most of my riding career. To the best of my knowledge, the two types presently in existence are classified by "short" and "long" day. Dressage and Show Jumping is the same. Long day is the original 3-day, where the "cross-country" day entailed the cross country, steeplechase, and then a roads and tracks broken up into 2 segments. Long day is being done less and less these days, and almost never at a low level event. Short day is simply the cross country course. It's more marketing-friendly, easier on the horses and arguably safer (Because horses are doing cross country fresher on their feet). At local competitions that are only doing the lower levels, all three phases will be put into one or two days.

ANYWAY. BiBun, do NOT let cross country scare you! It IS a ton of fun, and the trust you and your horse develop is AMAZING. It is a little nerve wracking until you get used to riding out in the open, but this is the way people were meant to ride. Hacking through fields and trails, navigating obstacles, chasing foxes!!

Well. We don't really chase foxes, but I always imagine I am. I'm a dork that way.

In other words...GO FOR IT.

And then hook me up, sistah. I haven't sat on a horse in MONTHS and I'm JONESING BAD. I miss my ponies :[

Thank you! You and cfuhrer are awesome!

I always said I was the only person in the world who was more afraid of being fallen on than falling off.

I honestly got burned out on riding. It was just...I don't know. It mostly stopped being fun when I was 16 or so. I stuck with it another 10-ish years until I finally just stopped giving a shit altogether. I had gotten old (*sob*), fat, and completely unmotivated.

I should probably ride my own horses, but it's probably not going to happen. I feel bad inflicting my fat ass on my old men, and my mares are definitely not big enough to haul me around anymore, LOL. And also, I would probably be terrible at it because it's been so very, very long.

So, yeah, I would love to ride, but I'd like to start over in a whole new discipline. No interest whatsoever in TWH shows anymore, or really much of anything that involves subjective judging, hence the eventing thing. (I mean, I know that the dressage aspect involves judging, but the cross-country and show jumping aspects don't. Two outta three ain't bad.)

The only problem is that even if I win the lottery and can pay to train, I'm going to need a Clydesdale to haul my fat ass around. >.>

 

[bhndblueyes88]

Thank you! You and cfuhrer are awesome!

I always said I was the only person in the world who was more afraid of being fallen on than falling off.

I honestly got burned out on riding. It was just...I don't know. It mostly stopped being fun when I was 16 or so. I stuck with it another 10-ish years until I finally just stopped giving a shit altogether. I had gotten old (*sob*), fat, and completely unmotivated.

I should probably ride my own horses, but it's probably not going to happen. I feel bad inflicting my fat ass on my old men, and my mares are definitely not big enough to haul me around anymore, LOL. And also, I would probably be terrible at it because it's been so very, very long.

So, yeah, I would love to ride, but I'd like to start over in a whole new discipline. No interest whatsoever in TWH shows anymore, or really much of anything that involves subjective judging, hence the eventing thing. (I mean, I know that the dressage aspect involves judging, but the cross-country and show jumping aspects don't. Two outta three ain't bad.)

The only problem is that even if I win the lottery and can pay to train, I'm going to need a Clydesdale to haul my fat ass around. >.>

Lol you'd be surprised what a good warmblood can carry, and I bet the riding exercise will slim you down as well

Dressage is fairly subjective, but it's a much more RIGOUROUS subjective than many such events. The end score is OBJECTIVE, as well, being calculated. It's just the individual movement scores that are subjective, and the judges MUST go through several training ranks to judge more advanced tests. So, in other words, it's about as objective as a subjective judgement can be!!

 

[Sir_Winston54]

IIRC, I once made the mistake of trying to clarify the differences between the POVs and expression of same between Stella and DVS, two posters for whom I normally have great regard, and wound up between Scylla and Charybdis. Despite the fact that I think both have valid feelings/opinions on an issue, I'm not going to make that mistake again.