Ruminations.....Deep Thoughts?

cloudy

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Sure, companies say they're sensitive to their employees' cultural heritages, but
show up on casual Friday wearing a necklace made from the ears of your vanquished enemies and all hell breaks loose.
~ Brad Wilkerson

In retrospect, I see now that my Silly String ray-gun might've looked a little too real as far as the cops were concerned -- but I honestly thought my tin-foil-and-pie-plate armor would've held up better than it did.
~ Matt Moore

I've reached that age in life when I surreptitiously ogle my co-worker -- a smokin'-hot blonde Russian chick with legs that go on for days -- and all I can think is, "Man, I wish I could get her to say 'Boris! Is Moose and Squirrel!'"
~ Allen Lindsey
 
I've reached that age in life when I surreptitiously ogle my co-worker -- a smokin'-hot blonde chick with a million dollar smile -- and all I can think is, "Her parents orthodontia money was well spent."
 
Instead of calling a conclusion that does not follow from the underlying logic a non sequitur, which is Latin for "It does not follow," I think naming it for the Latin phrase for "cheese in the nose" would have made less, and thus more, sense.
~ Brad Hamer

I wept for I had no shoes, then I met the bastard who took them. Who's crying *now*, fetish-boy?
~ Mark Spence

If I had known that the "surreal moment of baptismal transcendence" would involve being pelted with deformed clocks and spat on, I likely wouldn't have made this trip to see the Dali Llama.
~ Brad Simanek
 
"It takes a big man to cry. But it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man."

-Jack Handy

(yeah, like no one else was thinking it...)

Q_C
 
"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -- Terry Pratchett
 
In some ways, it was sad to see my children grow into teenagers. Now they realize that "Night-Night, Bitchy-Head" and "It's Sleepy Time, Cranky-Ass!" are not legitimate lullabies.
~ Rob Bodine

"... and this little piggy went to market, speculated on oil futures using unredeemable Zimbabwean bonds, hedged them with KKR junk issues and caused a global market crash that made people lose all their money, and they became so poor that they had to eat rats and sell their children for medical experiments." Okay, long story short: I am not allowed to tell bedtime stories to my grandson any more.
~ Maurizio Mariotti

If you truly are what you eat, then "Noodle, Ramen" is going to start showing up on my paychecks, perhaps followed soon after by "Mr. Candy Found on the Floor."
~ A.J. Wilkes
 
My only deep thoughts involve a pussy.

Me, and my only deep thought ;)
 
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Brendan Gill

Life is a sexually transmitted disease.
R. D. Laing

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

One must desire something to be alive.
Margaret Deland, O Magazine, September 2002

A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a tramp.
Joan Rivers

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
Henry David Thoreau

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.
Emily Dickinson

I had an epiphany a few years ago where I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I had yet to meet a celebrity who is as smart and interesting as any of my friends.
Moby
 
“I do wish I could tell you my age but it's impossible. It keeps changing all the time.” – Greer Garson

“A real writer learns from earlier writers the way a boy learns from an apple orchard - by stealing what he has a taste for and can carry off.” – Archibald MacLeish

“Education is what you get when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.” – Pete Seeger

“Dogsled-riding is a sport that is relaxing as well as fragrant.” – Dave Barry

“I came from a real tough neighborhood. I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.” – Rodney Dangerfield

“Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit." – Bill Maher
 
Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Why not all agreed, as you can all read the book?
~ Red Jacket, Seneca

The best thing about being a dad is that when you make fun of your child's wild crib hair, the kid just laughs right along with you. Stupid dumbass babies!
~ Phil Garding

As I stood there tired and sweating, my frustration building, my father's words came back to me: "Never give up! Never do a half-assed job! Always finish what you start!" With his wisdom still in the back of my mind, I lifted my 5-iron and took aim at the near-lifeless body one last time.
~ Stephanie Shiner Thompson
 
You'd think that at some point the little piggy that went to market might swing by the pharmacy and pick up something for the one with the uncontrollable bladder.
~ Donna Ayers

I think I'd rather be blind than deaf. Blindness is like being in the dark all the time, but deafness is like being trapped on a planet full of mimes.
~ Doug Finney

Chocolate? Chipotle? Hey, it's easy to make a simple mistake like that when you forget your reading glasses -- but just try telling that to a birthday party full of screaming toddlers.
~ Jerry L. Embry
 
cloudy said:
Your thoughts are always deep, squirrelmaster.

:kiss:

what is your clan? ( sorry forgot) not Squirrel I know. :cathappy: YOU Bunny ball ball.
 
Dar~ said:
I want a clan, but chocolate chip cookies isn't a clan is it? :D

No, but it probably should be.

Don't feel bad...memorizing all those relationships isn't a whole lot of fun, and you can forget the cute guy you meet when you find out he's also Deer Clan....can't marry relatives, no matter how far apart they may be.
 
I am so confused . . .Here I was thinking I was in the chocolate cookie clan and I've only just found out its the banana bread clan . .damn it!
 
Dar~ said:
I am so confused . . .Here I was thinking I was in the chocolate cookie clan and I've only just found out its the banana bread clan . .damn it!

Honestly, the clan you are born into is serious business as far as who you are allowed to have relationships with - well, as long as you're following the traditional ways, anyway. It's considered incest to have a relationship within your own clan.
 
So how do I figure out which clan I am in? Would hate to do somethign wrong.:D
editted to add: I am quite serious, I would like to know more. I would never purposly mock any heritage.
 
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cloudy said:
Honestly, the clan you are born into is serious business as far as who you are allowed to have relationships with - well, as long as you're following the traditional ways, anyway. It's considered incest to have a relationship within your own clan.

HOW do you find your clan? Asking on behalf of troubled and displaced ex who is Cree. HOW do you find your family?
 
CharleyH said:
HOW do you find your clan? Asking on behalf of troubled and displaced ex who is Cree. HOW do you find your family?

Start talking to people, is the best advice I can possibly give. Go to powwows, talk to elders, anyone that might remember his/her relatives names.

If it's fairly far back, and you have a name, you can start with the government "rolls." Not sure what the official names are for those of the Cree tribe, but for the Cherokee we have two. Those are the lists of the people that were "relocated" onto reservations. My grandmother never left, and her family never left, but hid in the hills instead, so I have the family stories to go by, plus it was a much closer relation than what some have....she told me my clan, you know? And taught me the traditional stories, etc.
 
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