Free Association Thread 5

[SamScribble]

Tell me no secrets and I'll tell you no lies.

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But ... but ... everything I said was a lie - including this.

 

[MagicaPractica]

But ... but ... everything I said was a lie - including this.

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." Mark Twain

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.

Then there's

Little Lies by Fleetwood Mac

 

[Handley_Page]

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." Mark Twain

Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.

Then there's

Little Lies by Fleetwood Mac

Ah, the divine Stevie ?

 

[MagicaPractica]

Ah, the divine Stevie ?

Indubitably. She of the outrageously singular style.

 

[JKendallDane]

Indubitably. She of the outrageously singular style.

"Indubiitably"

Being a slight bit ostentatious with the vocabulary tonight, are we?

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[SamScribble]

"Indubiitably"

Being a slight bit ostentatious with the vocabulary tonight, are we?

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If you've got 'em, use 'em.

 

[MagicaPractica]

If you've got 'em, use 'em.

*yawn* It's four am and I am once again up with a coughing munchkin. I don't know if I'm going to have any words left soon.

 

[SamScribble]

*yawn* It's four am and I am once again up with a coughing munchkin. I don't know if I'm going to have any words left soon.

Aww. A hug for the munchkin. And one for you too, Mags.

 

[MagicaPractica]

Aww. A hug for the munchkin. And one for you too, Mags.

Snuggles in. Thanjs. Time for a nap before work. Yes, I remember it's Saturday, still have to go to work.

 

[Handley_Page]

Was he the European version of Elvis?

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No.
As far as I know, it was more probably Cliff Richard, although there were those who'd suggest a couple of others.

 

[JKendallDane]

No.
As far as I know, it was more probably Cliff Richard, although there were those who'd suggest a couple of others.

After the nuclear war, it's been said the only things left to rebuild civilization will be dandelions, cockroaches, and Keith Richards.

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[SamScribble]

After the nuclear war, it's been said the only things left to rebuild civilization will be dandelions, cockroaches, and Keith Richards.

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Aftermath - The Rolling Stones

Gosh, was that really 1966?

 

[Handley_Page]

Aftermath - The Rolling Stones

Gosh, was that really 1966?

To have been round at the time was a privileged unrealised for some years.

 

[MagicaPractica]

To have been round at the time was a privileged unrealised for some years.

I feel like the last 30 to 40 years were a privileged unrealized until now, under the current administration.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I feel like the last 30 to 40 years were a privileged unrealized until now, under the current administration.

The first 100 days felt like 30 or 40 years.

 

[SamScribble]

The first 100 days felt like 30 or 40 years.

I guess that's what happens when you do days bigly.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I guess that's what happens when you do days bigly.

They say go big or go home, but sometimes I prefer "go placidly amidst the haste and noise."

 

[Handley_Page]

They say go big or go home, but sometimes I prefer "go placidly amidst the haste and noise."

"Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story."


Wise words, even today.

 

[JKendallDane]

"Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story."


Wise words, even today.

Somewhere in one of my boxes of stuff, I have a black light poster of Desiderata that I've carted around for more than forty years.

It's amazing the wildly different things you hang on to forever. But that's where memories come from too.

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[MagicaPractica]

Somewhere in one of my boxes of stuff, I have a black light poster of Desiderata that I've carted around for more than forty years.

It's amazing the wildly different things you hang on to forever. But that's where memories come from too.

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I had a black light poster of it too, mine was/is only 22 years old. Not sure where it is but I don't remember getting rid of it.

 

[SamScribble]

I had a black light poster of it too, mine was/is only 22 years old. Not sure where it is but I don't remember getting rid of it.

Perhaps it just went, placidly, amid the noise and the haste.

 

[Handley_Page]

Perhaps it just went, placidly, amid the noise and the haste.

Or, lies dusty & almost forgotten, in the loft with the rest of the 'surplus' stuff.

 

[SamScribble]

Or, lies dusty & almost forgotten, in the loft with the rest of the 'surplus' stuff.

As someone - William Morris? - once said: Do not keep anything that is not useful or beautiful.

 

[Handley_Page]

As someone - William Morris? - once said: Do not keep anything that is not useful or beautiful.

There's been a great deal of discussion about what constitutes "useful" in this house.

 

[JKendallDane]

There's been a great deal of discussion about what constitutes "useful" in this house.

I blame my obsessive pack-ratting on my late mother. There are times I think she saved everything I ever brought home from school. Every report card from kindergarten through five years of college, elementary school workbooks, more than twenty scrapbooks, and things like my first tooth, first stuffed animal, and first booties and sippy cup. Someday I'll decide to toss a bunch of it.

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