Free Association Thread 5

[JKendallDane]

Well, I can't say I recommend anyone "exiting" to the U.S. right now. It's a little surreal here.

It's kind of like living in a Monty Python movie.

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[MagicaPractica]

It's kind of like living in a Monty Python movie.

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Well, that is one way of looking at it. I tend to think more in terms of dystopian fiction, but that's what I'm writing so I guess I'm biased.

As Joss Whedon says, make it as dark as you want but then, for the love of God, tell a joke!

 

[Mister_Song]

Well, that is one way of looking at it. I tend to think more in terms of dystopian fiction, but that's what I'm writing so I guess I'm biased.

As Joss Whedon says, make it as dark as you want but then, for the love of God, tell a joke!

It Was Obvious That This Joke Was Lethal

 

[MagicaPractica]

It Was Obvious That This Joke Was Lethal

Ha! That was good.

Okay, I will say this. The Darwin Awards are funny, up until someone dies. When someone dies for their stupidity, it ceases to be funny for me.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Ha! That was good.

Okay, I will say this. The Darwin Awards are funny, up until someone dies. When someone dies for their stupidity, it ceases to be funny for me.

Right! Darwinian fitness is measured only by long-term reproductive success. Dying doesn't matter if you've already left your genes behind.

 

[SamScribble]

Right! Darwinian fitness is measured only by long-term reproductive success. Dying doesn't matter if you've already left your genes behind.

Tio, you really must stop stripping off in strange places and leaving your clothes behind.

Oh. No. Sorry. You were talking genes, weren't you? Not jeans.

 

[Mister_Song]

Tio, you really must stop stripping off in strange places and leaving your clothes behind.

Oh. No. Sorry. You were talking genes, weren't you? Not jeans.

Justin's jeans are in his DNA.

#mycalvins

 

[MagicaPractica]

Justin's jeans are in his DNA.

#mycalvins

Hrm, the Justinian Code explains so much right now.

 

[SamScribble]

Hrm, the Justinian Code explains so much right now.

The Golden Rule: He who has the gold rules!

 

[MagicaPractica]

The Golden Rule: He who has the gold rules!

"Off with her head!" The Red Queen

 

[Mister_Song]

"Off with her head!" The Red Queen

decapitation can be really problematic

 

[MagicaPractica]

decapitation can be really problematic

Ha My brother was once blathering on about how the only reason for the crash position they tell you to take in airplane crashes is to limit heads snapping off necks because they don't want pictures of headless bodies at crash sites. I had to quietly point out, "Don't you think there's a better chance of survival if your head is still attached to your body?"

 

[Mister_Song]

Ha My brother was once blathering on about how the only reason for the crash position they tell you to take in airplane crashes is to limit heads snapping off necks because they don't want pictures of headless bodies at crash sites. I had to quietly point out, "Don't you think there's a better chance of survival if your head is still attached to your body?"

Haha, yes. Perspective Is Quite a Thing

 

[MagicaPractica]

Haha, yes. Perspective Is Quite a Thing

Oh my. Well, on the one hand, we are our own worst critics.

On the other hand . . .

"It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you. They always get it wrong."
~ Sir Terry Pratchett

 

[Mister_Song]

Oh my. Well, on the one hand, we are our own worst critics.

On the other hand . . .

"It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you. They always get it wrong."
~ Sir Terry Pratchett

So many good quotes from him.

"I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it." --Terry Pratchett

 

[JKendallDane]

So many good quotes from him.

"I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it." --Terry Pratchett

You have to think outside the box because there's usually a cat occupying it.

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[Mister_Song]

You have to think outside the box because there's usually a cat occupying it.

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http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Avisionaire/9cc6269b-81c5-45c2-a355-90b12a9bffe1_zpsw6lxfacr.jpg

 

[MagicaPractica]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/Avisionaire/9cc6269b-81c5-45c2-a355-90b12a9bffe1_zpsw6lxfacr.jpg

Hrm, won't load for me.

I recently read about a character who had been told he had traveled through time but rather assumed he was either dreaming or in a coma. He was told his friend had died. "I suddenly had an understanding of Schroedinger's cat on a whole new level."

 

[SamScribble]

Hrm, won't load for me.

I recently read about a character who had been told he had traveled through time but rather assumed he was either dreaming or in a coma. He was told his friend had died. "I suddenly had an understanding of Schroedinger's cat on a whole new level."

The last cat who owned me died at the age of 16. The vet said that that was a fine old age for a cat. Schrodinger's cat (if he or she is occasionally alive) must be at least 80 years old! I'm impressed.

 

[MagicaPractica]

The last cat who owned me died at the age of 16. The vet said that that was a fine old age for a cat. Schrodinger's cat (if he or she is occasionally alive) must be at least 80 years old! I'm impressed.

I rather suspect the box itself has disintegrated by now.

 

[Mister_Song]

I rather suspect the box itself has disintegrated by now.

"Why don't they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff." --Stephen Wright

 

[MagicaPractica]

"Why don't they make the whole plane out of that black box stuff." --Stephen Wright

I remember someone asking that.

Flight Data Recorders aren't actually black.

 

[Mister_Song]

I remember someone asking that.

Flight Data Recorders aren't actually black.

Ha! That makes sense if you'd like something to be visible.

I learn so much in this thread. It's practically the NPR of Lit.

 

[MagicaPractica]

Ha! That makes sense if you'd like something to be visible.

I learn so much in this thread. It's practically the NPR of Lit.

That maks me wonder what the combined age of the people who typically post in here would be? They say wisdom comes with age, though wisdom and knowledge are not really the same thing. Still, as a librarian who has done a fair bit of research I think I should get a handicap, like, double my age.

 

[Handley_Page]

That maks me wonder what the combined age of the people who typically post in here would be? They say wisdom comes with age, though wisdom and knowledge are not really the same thing. Still, as a librarian who has done a fair bit of research I think I should get a handicap, like, double my age.

A good question, Mags.
I think I have the 'age' but I'm not sure about the "wisdom".
But I can think of one recent joiner (& stuff), who gives the appearance of being about six (once might be amusing, all the time is not nice, IMO).