Free Association Thread 5

[JKendallDane]

Well, I may be getting old but I refuse to grow up.

I think there is a rule that says if you make it to sixty without having grown up, you don't have to.

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[SamScribble]

I think there is a rule that says if you make it to sixty without having grown up, you don't have to.

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Phew!

 

[Handley_Page]

Phew!

Amen to that

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Amen to that

Amend that!!

 

[MagicaPractica]

Amend that!!

Oh, thank God tax season is almost over! As a librarian,one of the few times I am legally required to say no, I can't help you with that.

 

[Handley_Page]

Oh, thank God tax season is almost over! As a librarian,one of the few times I am legally required to say no, I can't help you with that.

If that Tax problem is anything like ours, one might just as well ask the Gardener.

 

[SamScribble]

If that Tax problem is anything like ours, one might just as well ask the Gardener.

Chauncey Gardiner might be able to help

 

[MagicaPractica]

Chauncey Gardiner might be able to help

Personally, I thought of The Constant Gardener.

 

[JKendallDane]

Personally, I thought of The Constant Gardener.

I think gardening and politics are pretty much the same things.

You toss seeds around anyplace you think they might take root, cover them with a goodly amount of bullshit, and pray for rain.

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[MagicaPractica]

I think gardening and politics are pretty much the same things.

You toss seeds around anyplace you think they might take root, cover them with a goodly amount of bullshit, and pray for rain.

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Ah, and then we're into The Rainmaker by John Grisham. I liked his early stuff but lost interest after a half dozen books.

 

[Handley_Page]

Ah, and then we're into The Rainmaker by John Grisham. I liked his early stuff but lost interest after a half dozen books.

I've read one or two of his. They're OK but I'm not motivated to raid my library.

 

[JKendallDane]

I've read one or two of his. They're OK but I'm not motivated to raid my library.

I got hooked on Grisham for a while, but right now, the last two of his I bought over six months ago are still sitting in the "to be read" pile.

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[SamScribble]

I got hooked on Grisham for a while, but right now, the last two of his I bought over six months ago are still sitting in the "to be read" pile.

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To be red or not to be read? That is the question.

 

[MagicaPractica]

To be red or not to be read? That is the question.

"We're all stories, in the end. Just make sure it's a good one, eh?"

 

[Tio_Narratore]

"We're all stories, in the end. Just make sure it's a good one, eh?"

"Perception is a controlled hallucination." - New Scientist, Nov 2016

 

[SamScribble]

"Perception is a controlled hallucination." - New Scientist, Nov 2016

Timothy Leary's dead.
No, no, no, no, he's outside,
Looking in.

 

[Handley_Page]

I remember a marvellous cartoon of a few years (decades?) ago.
On a small globe in the inky blackness of space, to Astronauts are doing their thing,
completely unaware of the rapidly approaching golf club. . . .

 

[MagicaPractica]

I remember a marvellous cartoon of a few years (decades?) ago.
On a small globe in the inky blackness of space, to Astronauts are doing their thing,
completely unaware of the rapidly approaching golf club. . . .

Just read The Martian by Andy Weir - fantastic book!

 

[Handley_Page]

Just read The Martian by Andy Weir - fantastic book!

Was he called "Marvin" by any chance ? [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z40AsPaktzw ]

 

[JKendallDane]

Was he called "Marvin" by any chance ? [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z40AsPaktzw ]

How about when the Incredible Hulk met Uncle Martin?

My Favorite Martian

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[MagicaPractica]

How about when the Incredible Hulk met Uncle Martin?

My Favorite Martian

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Jeanie was a martian, I'm sure of it.

 

[SamScribble]

Jeanie was a martian, I'm sure of it.

'Jeremiah was a bullfrog' - (Three Dog Night told me. )

 

[Handley_Page]

Jeanie was a martian, I'm sure of it.

No, but she was aeons old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l32ZLcSHG5M
{PS I do not recall seeing this on English TV }

'Jeremiah was a bullfrog' - (Three Dog Night told me. )

. . he was a good friend of mine . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMHZh5XlOVA

 

[JKendallDane]

No, but she was aeons old. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l32ZLcSHG5M
{PS I do not recall seeing this on English TV }



. . he was a good friend of mine . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMHZh5XlOVA

And he always had some mighty fine wine.

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[SamScribble]

And he always had some mighty fine wine.

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'Little Ole Wine Drinker Me'