hey... yeah you... c'mere!

[BlueSugar]

Blue, I like this thread! Cool beans.....

I have a question that some have tried to answer but to be honest I don't like the answer so I'm asking again.

An inning in baseball begins at the top and ends at the bottom - why? I really think it ought to be the other way around but .......

Baseball... baseball is all kinds of wrong...
I mean... get this one:

Man with four balls... can't walk!

::giggles to self::

I have no idea, it proably has to do with baseball's roots.

 

[Cathleen]

Baseball... baseball is all kinds of wrong...
I mean... get this one:

Man with four balls... can't walk!

::giggles to self::

I have no idea, it proably has to do with baseball's roots.

You're cute! I'm chuckling too.

 

[BlueSugar]

You're cute! I'm chuckling too.

:: digs toe in sand :: awww :: Blush ::

 

[Bobmi357]

Ladies! Please! Baseball is an arcane ritual loaded with symbology from our distant past. The bat symbolizes the club from our caveman days, the ball, a fast prey.

But to be frank, the whole top to bottom thing relates to another american pastime. BEER! We do not drink our beer from the bottom to the top! NO! Its from the TOP to the BOTTOM. And thats how we like our baseball innings.

Understand now?

ps. For those of you that can't tell. I'm making this up

It takes real balls to play baseball!

 

[Bobmi357]

And while we're on the deeper philosophical discussions, has anyone given any thought to how many things around us are totally arbitary?

Take BLUE. The color we associate with BLUE could have easily have been the color we associate with Green. But No, its got to be blue.

Think about it. We are totally surrounded by things that have been arbitarily decided without any input from us.

 

[Nightbird]

Whats the best way to cope with an addiction?

 

[BlueSugar]

Ladies! Please! Baseball is an arcane ritual loaded with symbology from our distant past. The bat symbolizes the club from our caveman days, the ball, a fast prey.

But to be frank, the whole top to bottom thing relates to another american pastime. BEER! We do not drink our beer from the bottom to the top! NO! Its from the TOP to the BOTTOM. And thats how we like our baseball innings.

Understand now?

ps. For those of you that can't tell. I'm making this up

It takes real balls to play baseball!

See... now my joke answer would have been that It started with stick ball that was played on a city block... the catcher and batter would be standing at the 'top' of the block and the "field" would be at the 'bottom.'

thread stealer

 

[BlueSugar]

And while we're on the deeper philosophical discussions, has anyone given any thought to how many things around us are totally arbitary?

Take BLUE. The color we associate with BLUE could have easily have been the color we associate with Green. But No, its got to be blue.

Think about it. We are totally surrounded by things that have been arbitarily decided without any input from us.

I have a friend that giggles at the idea of when she has children ... shes going to teach them that green is blue, yellow is orange and red is purple ... and so on. And make sure that they know creulean and perriwinkle instead of easy colors like blue, yellow, red..etc.

We laugh, but can you imagine someone doing a guini pig experiment on their own kids and have them:
A. Show the world that we are surrouned by arbitary, and it creats a domino affect on things.
B. Get stuck in the slow classes for the rest of their lives.

 

[BlueSugar]

Whats the best way to cope with an addiction?

With help, determination and free-will.

 

[Denae]

Why do men spit? I would think there wouldn't be that much difference between the saliva that accumulates in a woman's mouth and a man's mouth? As women we are expected to swallow....but why oh why do men have to spit?

 

[BlueSugar]

Why do men spit? I would think there wouldn't be that much difference between the saliva that accumulates in a woman's mouth and a man's mouth? As women we are expected to swallow....but why oh why do men have to spit?

women spit too. but since its a 1950 hangover that we are supposed to be polite, prim and proper all the time - it just isn't seen as often depending on where you are of course.

 

[Vixandra]

Thanks Blue for the cleaning advice. Pretty much what we've been doing- Resolve carpet cleaner has been our best friend. Hope the vet can get to him and de-gland him soon

Nother question- why does the night seem so long when one has to stay up but seems short if it doesn't matter?

 

[BlueSugar]

Thanks Blue for the cleaning advice. Pretty much what we've been doing- Resolve carpet cleaner has been our best friend. Hope the vet can get to him and de-gland him soon

Nother question- why does the night seem so long when one has to stay up but seems short if it doesn't matter?

Because in this day we're living from one moment to the next with constant stimuli and multitasks. So when we aren't stimulated we're bored, and when we're bored - time seems to crawl.

so I think.


If you like to read "just 'cause" I reconmend the book Faster - the acceleration of just about everything. by James Glieck. Funnny book about how we have become obsessed with time and ways to spend our time to the fullest. He also wrote Chaos... another good book about Chaos Theory. Not hard reading either, nice simple bedtime book.

Link to more book info

 

[Kissophile]

Blue, I like this thread! Cool beans.....

I have a question that some have tried to answer but to be honest I don't like the answer so I'm asking again.

An inning in baseball begins at the top and ends at the bottom - why? I really think it ought to be the other way around but .......

I believe the answer has to do with the way the scoreboard is arranged, with the home team listed on the bottom. This is because the home team bats in the second half of the inning. Thus the top of the inning is when the visiting team bats and the bottom of the inning is when the home team bats.

 

[BlueSugar]

I believe the answer has to do with the way the scoreboard is arranged, with the home team listed on the bottom. This is because the home team bats in the second half of the inning. Thus the top of the inning is when the visiting team bats and the bottom of the inning is when the home team bats.

ooo you're good you...

 

[Bobmi357]

I have a friend that giggles at the idea of when she has children ... shes going to teach them that green is blue, yellow is orange and red is purple ... and so on. And make sure that they know creulean and perriwinkle instead of easy colors like blue, yellow, red..etc.

We laugh, but can you imagine someone doing a guini pig experiment on their own kids and have them:
A. Show the world that we are surrouned by arbitary, and it creats a domino affect on things.
B. Get stuck in the slow classes for the rest of their lives.

Tell your friend to NOT do that. My parents did that by accident to me and it has cause me problems all my life.

My parents once owned a dodge van, it was called a Green Briar. The name was fine, except for one fact, the van was Fire Engine Red!

My parents, without knowing it, introduced a basic color confusion into me that had the kindergarten teacher calling my parents over it.

To this day I have poor color recognition when it comes to red/green and I actually hesitate when confronted with the two and asked to name them. So while it may sound funny, it really isn't.

 

[BlueSugar]

Tell your friend to NOT do that. My parents did that by accident to me and it has cause me problems all my life.

---

To this day I have poor color recognition when it comes to red/green and I actually hesitate when confronted with the two and asked to name them. So while it may sound funny, it really isn't.

Its just a little point she likes to prove... but wouldn't actually ever do it. It isn't a subject to laugh about I agree, poor kids -- but imagine if a town started doing it and then it spread?
Odd hm?

 

[Cathleen]

I believe the answer has to do with the way the scoreboard is arranged, with the home team listed on the bottom. This is because the home team bats in the second half of the inning. Thus the top of the inning is when the visiting team bats and the bottom of the inning is when the home team bats.

That is so dang logical Kisso! For years I had waited for an answer I could accept figuring it would be one of those unanswered questions for life but not anymore!

BTW, I mentioned the question to a friend and that I now had an answer - he knew exactly who had the answer!

 

[Bobmi357]

That is so dang logical Kisso! For years I had waited for an answer I could accept figuring it would be one of those unanswered questions for life but not anymore!

BTW, I mentioned the question to a friend and that I now had an answer - he knew exactly who had the answer!

Logical yes, but my Beer answer was better

 

[Cathleen]

Logical yes, but my Beer answer was better

Absolutely no doubt about that Bob, I liked your answer very much - since it kept the whole thing unanswered - but mostly cuz it was a true 'Bobism'!

 

[Kissophile]

That is so dang logical Kisso! For years I had waited for an answer I could accept figuring it would be one of those unanswered questions for life but not anymore!

BTW, I mentioned the question to a friend and that I now had an answer - he knew exactly who had the answer!

Please say hello to the gentleman for me the next time you talk.

 

[Cathleen]

Please say hello to the gentleman for me the next time you talk.

I shall.

 

[BlueSugar]

The all-knowing is in !!

::sits on her little grassy hill::





( :: giggles :: )

 

[Kissophile]

The all-knowing is in !!

::sits on her little grassy hill::





( :: giggles :: )

Aside from the wod "facetious," are there any other words in the English language that contain only five vowels, all in alphabetical order?

 

[Nightbird]

Blue Sugar, if I ask really sweetly will you have sex with me?