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 Jul 9 2009, 09:35 AM
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 Dune Messiah  Group: Full Members Posts: 2,046 Joined: 13-April 09 From: A room with a view Member No.: 2,999,713  |
MUD...Spinal Tap ! ! ! too much. Personally, I have never gotten past "Smell the Glove"
-------------------- Happy. Normal didn't work.
Don't confuse purpose with destiny ~~ Max Bell I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center. ~~ Kurt Vonnegut |
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Jul 9 2009, 09:38 AM
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Peacekeeper Group: Full Members Posts: 435 Joined: 6-February 09 Member No.: 2,993,665 |
QUOTE (Candyone @ Jul 9 2009, 10:35 AM)  MUD...Spinal Tap ! ! ! too much. Personally, I have never gotten past "Smell the Glove" You put a *greased naked woman* on all fours with a dog collar around her neck, and a leash, and a man's arm extended out up to here, holding onto the leash, and pushing a black glove in her face to sniff it. You don't find that offensive? You don't find that sexist? This is *1982*, Bobbi, c'mon! That's *right*, it's 1982! Get out of the '60s. We don't have this mentality anymore. Well, you should have seen the cover they *wanted* to do! It wasn't a glove, believe me.  |
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Jul 9 2009, 02:37 PM
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 Time Lord Group: Banned Posts: 6,660 Joined: 29-December 08 From: Heaven, Earth, Hell, and Time Member No.: 2,989,865 |
 Yoda: “Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless.” -------------------- "What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason. How infinite in faculty. In form, in moving, how express and admirable. In action how like an Angel. In apprehension, how like a GOD!" "Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, their side, and the truth. Your next words will decide which way this goes." "Loyalty can't be tested by questions and answers. True loyalty can only be demonstrated through the display of manifested actions, often defiant when confronted by insurmountable obstacles in the form of confrontational and irrational enemies." "My name is ________. I know nothing of who I am, the answer I feel is near. The defining perhaps, the final moment is close, everyone, EVERYONE, in this life knows. When the moment is before them. To turn away, is simple. To ignore it, assures survival. But it is an insult to life, because there can be no redemption, no second chance, beyond death there is nothing, just darkness, and cold. The instant of his/her existence was confirmed, every action, every breath of my life, became horrifyingly clear. He's/She's out there tonight, sending our women, our men, to that cold, dark place. And nothing, nothing will stop him/her, until I face, the moment. (After his/her death, my victory) I know now with certainty who I am. But I'll be damned if I'll ever know the point. And now, all I can ask, is who was he?, and who was she?, and what was the point?" |
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Jul 10 2009, 05:37 PM
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Mansquito Group: Full Members Posts: 22 Joined: 25-April 09 Member No.: 3,000,506 |
A revised rule. No references to anime or star wars.
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Jul 10 2009, 07:17 PM
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 Foo Fighter Group: Full Members Posts: 1,142 Joined: 12-May 09 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 3,001,306 |
QUOTE (EmperorRyu @ Jul 6 2009, 09:25 PM) Darth Vader: "No. I am your father." Luke: "No. No. That's not true. That's impossible!"  Darth Vader: "Search your feelings, you know it to be true!" Luke: "No! NO!" Let me guess... Robot Chicken? |
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Jul 10 2009, 07:24 PM
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Foo Fighter Group: Full Members Posts: 1,142 Joined: 12-May 09 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 3,001,306 |
QUOTE (Printf @ Jul 8 2009, 09:41 PM) Kaylee, go find that kid that’s taking a dirt nap with Baby Jesus; we need a hood ornament. Mal in Serenity (out-takes) "Kaylee, what in the sphincter of hell are you playin' at?". Mal in Serenity, not an out-take. |
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Jul 11 2009, 02:05 AM
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 Wacky Professor Group: Full Members Posts: 1,942 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Bethel, Maine, USA Member No.: 2,909,382 |
I am out in the country right now and when I went outside a few minutes ago, this was what I thought of:
"The sky is pocked with stars" From "The Lion in Winter" One of my all time favorite movies. BTW, in case I didn't say it loudly enough before - Great idea for a thread!!! -------------------- Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle. Attributed to both T.H. Thompson and John Watson "There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. " Edmund Burke "It is not alone what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." Moliere. |
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Jul 12 2009, 02:54 AM
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Wacky Professor Group: Full Members Posts: 1,942 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Bethel, Maine, USA Member No.: 2,909,382 |
See if I can kill the thread - again.
From the Writer's Almanac today: It's the birthday of the man who said: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." That's Henry David Thoreau, born David Henry Thoreau in Concord, Massachusetts (1817). For Old People like me - his work was required reading which turned to marvelous discussion. -------------------- Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle. Attributed to both T.H. Thompson and John Watson "There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. " Edmund Burke "It is not alone what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." Moliere. |
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Jul 12 2009, 05:10 PM
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 Caprican Group: Full Members Posts: 39 Joined: 12-July 09 Member No.: 3,004,374 |
"ECW Wrestling is an excuse for closeted gay men & women on steroids to play grab-arse on tv."
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Jul 13 2009, 02:13 PM
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Time Lord Group: Banned Posts: 6,660 Joined: 29-December 08 From: Heaven, Earth, Hell, and Time Member No.: 2,989,865 |
QUOTE (Ingarito @ Jul 10 2009, 05:37 PM) A revised rule. No references to anime or star wars. Why? Please explain this. -------------------- "What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason. How infinite in faculty. In form, in moving, how express and admirable. In action how like an Angel. In apprehension, how like a GOD!" "Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, their side, and the truth. Your next words will decide which way this goes." "Loyalty can't be tested by questions and answers. True loyalty can only be demonstrated through the display of manifested actions, often defiant when confronted by insurmountable obstacles in the form of confrontational and irrational enemies." "My name is ________. I know nothing of who I am, the answer I feel is near. The defining perhaps, the final moment is close, everyone, EVERYONE, in this life knows. When the moment is before them. To turn away, is simple. To ignore it, assures survival. But it is an insult to life, because there can be no redemption, no second chance, beyond death there is nothing, just darkness, and cold. The instant of his/her existence was confirmed, every action, every breath of my life, became horrifyingly clear. He's/She's out there tonight, sending our women, our men, to that cold, dark place. And nothing, nothing will stop him/her, until I face, the moment. (After his/her death, my victory) I know now with certainty who I am. But I'll be damned if I'll ever know the point. And now, all I can ask, is who was he?, and who was she?, and what was the point?" |
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Jul 13 2009, 02:15 PM
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Time Lord Group: Banned Posts: 6,660 Joined: 29-December 08 From: Heaven, Earth, Hell, and Time Member No.: 2,989,865 |
QUOTE (Scrawny71 @ Jul 10 2009, 07:17 PM) Let me guess... Robot Chicken?  So many awesome parodies for Star Wars.  -------------------- "What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason. How infinite in faculty. In form, in moving, how express and admirable. In action how like an Angel. In apprehension, how like a GOD!" "Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, their side, and the truth. Your next words will decide which way this goes." "Loyalty can't be tested by questions and answers. True loyalty can only be demonstrated through the display of manifested actions, often defiant when confronted by insurmountable obstacles in the form of confrontational and irrational enemies." "My name is ________. I know nothing of who I am, the answer I feel is near. The defining perhaps, the final moment is close, everyone, EVERYONE, in this life knows. When the moment is before them. To turn away, is simple. To ignore it, assures survival. But it is an insult to life, because there can be no redemption, no second chance, beyond death there is nothing, just darkness, and cold. The instant of his/her existence was confirmed, every action, every breath of my life, became horrifyingly clear. He's/She's out there tonight, sending our women, our men, to that cold, dark place. And nothing, nothing will stop him/her, until I face, the moment. (After his/her death, my victory) I know now with certainty who I am. But I'll be damned if I'll ever know the point. And now, all I can ask, is who was he?, and who was she?, and what was the point?" |
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Jul 13 2009, 02:45 PM
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Foo Fighter Group: Full Members Posts: 1,123 Joined: 6-April 08 Member No.: 2,972,404 |
"If you develop a taste for bullsh!t, you'll never go hungry".
(A marquee on Times Square in NYC) ----------------------------------------------------- Me: "But if the motor quits you can always autorotate and glide it in, right?" Chopper Jocky friend of mine: "Lemme give ya a short lesson in aerodynamics bub. An airplane is shaped more or less like a bird, and when the motor quits, it glides like one. A helicopter is shaped more or less like a cantaloupe, and when the motor quits, it glides like one." (This piece of wisdom was offered just before we took off. It was not exactly what I'd call a soothing bit of info at the time). --------------------------------------------------- |
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Jul 13 2009, 02:55 PM
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Wacky Professor Group: Full Members Posts: 1,942 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Bethel, Maine, USA Member No.: 2,909,382 |
QUOTE (ArronInviere @ Jul 13 2009, 03:45 PM) "If you develop a taste for bullsh!t, you'll never go hungry". (A marquee on Times Square in NYC) ----------------------------------------------------- Me: "But if the motor quits you can always autorotate and glide it in, right?" Chopper Jocky friend of mine: "Lemme give ya a short lesson in aerodynamics bub. An airplane is shaped more or less like a bird, and when the motor quits, it glides like one. A helicopter is shaped more or less like a cantaloupe, and when the motor quits, it glides like one." (This piece of wisdom was offered just before we took off. It was not exactly what I'd call a soothing bit of info at the time). --------------------------------------------------- Had a wonderful friend who flew Hueys, Med Evac in Vietnam, say just about the same thing. He was a great guy. Your post took me back. -------------------- Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle. Attributed to both T.H. Thompson and John Watson "There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. " Edmund Burke "It is not alone what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." Moliere. |
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Jul 13 2009, 03:08 PM
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Foo Fighter Group: Full Members Posts: 1,123 Joined: 6-April 08 Member No.: 2,972,404 |
QUOTE (ch11111 @ Jul 13 2009, 02:55 PM) Had a wonderful friend who flew Hueys, Med Evac in Vietnam, say just about the same thing. He was a great guy. Your post took me back. Here's somethin' ta ponder. Said "Chopper Jockey" was a girl I was dating at the time. She trained down at Fort Rucker (sp). She too was trained to fly Hueys. Waddaya suppose the chances are that she may have actually trained in one of the UH-1's your friend flew in 'Nam? Personally, I'd say the chances are pretty good. Many of those old birds are still in the air. Plenty of 'em still have the old "chicken doors", 3/8inch thick aluminum shields the pilot and co-pilot can slide into position beside them, and you can tell which ones are from 'Nam. They're the ones with all the little dents and occasional holes in the "chicken doors". Another of her quotes, this time about what makes a helo fly... "Welp. There are three theories. One - They're just so dammed ugly the ground rejects them. Two - They don't actually fly so much as beat the air into submission. And Three, God just thinks it's funny as all hell." |
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Jul 13 2009, 03:28 PM
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Time Lord Group: Banned Posts: 6,660 Joined: 29-December 08 From: Heaven, Earth, Hell, and Time Member No.: 2,989,865 |
 Commodus: "Rise. Rise."  Commodus: "Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. I don't think there's ever been a gladiator to match you. As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules? Why doesn't the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name."  Maximus: "My name is Gladiator."  Commodus: "How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name."  Maximus: "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."  Quintus: "Arms!"  Crowd: "Live! Live! Live!"  Crowd: "YEAH!!!"   Gladiators: "MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS!" -------------------- "What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason. How infinite in faculty. In form, in moving, how express and admirable. In action how like an Angel. In apprehension, how like a GOD!" "Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, their side, and the truth. Your next words will decide which way this goes." "Loyalty can't be tested by questions and answers. True loyalty can only be demonstrated through the display of manifested actions, often defiant when confronted by insurmountable obstacles in the form of confrontational and irrational enemies." "My name is ________. I know nothing of who I am, the answer I feel is near. The defining perhaps, the final moment is close, everyone, EVERYONE, in this life knows. When the moment is before them. To turn away, is simple. To ignore it, assures survival. But it is an insult to life, because there can be no redemption, no second chance, beyond death there is nothing, just darkness, and cold. The instant of his/her existence was confirmed, every action, every breath of my life, became horrifyingly clear. He's/She's out there tonight, sending our women, our men, to that cold, dark place. And nothing, nothing will stop him/her, until I face, the moment. (After his/her death, my victory) I know now with certainty who I am. But I'll be damned if I'll ever know the point. And now, all I can ask, is who was he?, and who was she?, and what was the point?" |
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Jul 13 2009, 03:30 PM
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Wacky Professor Group: Full Members Posts: 1,942 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Bethel, Maine, USA Member No.: 2,909,382 |
QUOTE (ArronInviere @ Jul 13 2009, 04:08 PM) Here's somethin' ta ponder. Said "Chopper Jockey" was a girl I was dating at the time. She trained down at Fort Rucker (sp). She too was trained to fly Hueys. Waddaya suppose the chances are that she may have actually trained in one of the UH-1's your friend flew in 'Nam? Personally, I'd say the chances are pretty good. Many of those old birds are still in the air. Plenty of 'em still have the old "chicken doors", 3/8inch thick aluminum shields the pilot and co-pilot can slide into position beside them, and you can tell which ones are from 'Nam. They're the ones with all the little dents and occasional holes in the "chicken doors". Another of her quotes, this time about what makes a helo fly... "Welp. There are three theories. One - They're just so dammed ugly the ground rejects them. Two - They don't actually fly so much as beat the air into submission. And Three, God just thinks it's funny as all hell." She sounds like a keeper! Gotta love anyone with the courage and sense of humor to fly those things. Our friend gave us a look at the instruments and a ten minute explanation about what you do to fly Hueys, and I came away thinking how it was too many moving parts for me. We all miss him very much. I will not take your bet, because I agree that she probably trained on the same amazing machines! I'm sure there are books and artcles written about them, with stories about the people who flew them and the things they did for their fellows. If I were quite quiet on Guard weekend when the guys came to the house, and they had all had enough to drink, they would talk about what it was like flying in Vietnam. Made my respect for all the soldiers in that "dirty little war" soar to new heights. Thanks for the quotes - those were great!!!! "Three" was my favorite! -------------------- Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle. Attributed to both T.H. Thompson and John Watson "There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. " Edmund Burke "It is not alone what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." Moliere. |
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Jul 13 2009, 09:33 PM
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Wacky Professor Group: Full Members Posts: 1,942 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Bethel, Maine, USA Member No.: 2,909,382 |
Ian Hislop, the editor of the British satirical magazine Private Eye, once said: "Satire is the bringing to ridicule of vice, folly, and humbug. All the negatives imply a set of positives. Certainly in this country, you only go round saying, 'that's wrong, that's corrupt' if you have some feeling that it should be better than that. People say, 'You satirists attack everything.' Well, we don't, actually. That's the whole point."
From the "Writer's Almanac" the gift that keeps on giving" -------------------- Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle. Attributed to both T.H. Thompson and John Watson "There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. " Edmund Burke "It is not alone what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." Moliere. |
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Jul 17 2009, 04:48 AM
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Wacky Professor Group: Full Members Posts: 1,942 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Bethel, Maine, USA Member No.: 2,909,382 |
Boy, I surely know how to kill a thread.
Sorry! I guess I enjoyed it too much! -------------------- Be kinder than necessary, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle. Attributed to both T.H. Thompson and John Watson "There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. " Edmund Burke "It is not alone what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." Moliere. |
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Jul 17 2009, 01:47 PM
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Time Lord Group: Banned Posts: 6,660 Joined: 29-December 08 From: Heaven, Earth, Hell, and Time Member No.: 2,989,865 |
  Maximus: "Fratres!"  Maximus: "Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so."  Maximus: "Hold the line! Stay with me!"  Maximus: "If you find yourself alone, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you're already dead!"  Cavalry: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"  Maximus: "Brothers, what we do in life... echoes in eternity."  -------------------- "What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason. How infinite in faculty. In form, in moving, how express and admirable. In action how like an Angel. In apprehension, how like a GOD!" "Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, their side, and the truth. Your next words will decide which way this goes." "Loyalty can't be tested by questions and answers. True loyalty can only be demonstrated through the display of manifested actions, often defiant when confronted by insurmountable obstacles in the form of confrontational and irrational enemies." "My name is ________. I know nothing of who I am, the answer I feel is near. The defining perhaps, the final moment is close, everyone, EVERYONE, in this life knows. When the moment is before them. To turn away, is simple. To ignore it, assures survival. But it is an insult to life, because there can be no redemption, no second chance, beyond death there is nothing, just darkness, and cold. The instant of his/her existence was confirmed, every action, every breath of my life, became horrifyingly clear. He's/She's out there tonight, sending our women, our men, to that cold, dark place. And nothing, nothing will stop him/her, until I face, the moment. (After his/her death, my victory) I know now with certainty who I am. But I'll be damned if I'll ever know the point. And now, all I can ask, is who was he?, and who was she?, and what was the point?" |
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Jul 17 2009, 02:01 PM
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Foo Fighter Group: Full Members Posts: 1,142 Joined: 12-May 09 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 3,001,306 |
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle".
 Firefly; Mal to Jayne in "Our Mrs Reynolds".  In fact, nearly any line from that episode! |
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