Trigger Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Make sure to set aside a few hours... And a bottle of your favorite scotch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Llarry Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 It may be viewed by many here as akin to blasphemy, but I miss the ol' Rock-head. The calamari on his own is an inadequate substitute... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonW Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I've got a bottle of Jameson and a bottle of Jack Daniels at the house. I'll break them out tonight but I'm pretty sure I won't have any clarity on this in the morning. Besides, 310 pages?!?! Eh, 310 pages just isn't happening, not anytime soon. I guess this will just have to be one of those things I shake my head at. I will probably still drink the liquor tonight though...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonW Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I just got through the first 7 pages, now I'm even more confused. :D I'm going to leave the office, go home, and drink until this all makes sense or I pass out, whichever happens first........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I'm going to leave the office, go home, and drink until this all makes sense or I pass out, whichever happens first........ Told you so. You don't need the alcohol to make sense of all this, but it helps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 And a bottle of your favorite scotch. I'll tell you what, if that swimming rubber band keeps on posting, I'll down this Capt Morgan, find out where he/she/it lives and show just how much Captain I have in me!!! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
djeeper Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Getting through the whole bottle just takes far too long. This thread is easier if you just smash your brains in with a slice of lemon wrapped around a rather large brick of gold. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Getting through the whole bottle just takes far too long. But it's fun!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonW Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Ah, so here it is the next morning..... After several shots of JD, I wasn't even able to read the screen any more and went to bed. :D So, this thread is still mostly an enigma to me, but it's okay, I think it's good that I don't fully understand most of it, I might be frightened or something if I did. Weird thing though, I looked at Moai Vincent's profile and it said he had 0 total posts, but like 722 posts in the Test Post Clubhouse. Odd innit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 TPC posts don't count towards ones post tally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnopfor Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Ah, so here it is the next morning.....After several shots of JD, I wasn't even able to read the screen any more and went to bed. So, this thread is still mostly an enigma to me, but it's okay, I think it's good that I don't fully understand most of it, I might be frightened or something if I did. Weird thing though, I looked at Moai Vincent's profile and it said he had 0 total posts, but like 722 posts in the Test Post Clubhouse. Odd innit? :blink: Maybe if you read all of the posts backwards, you'll get a subliminal message....like "eat more octopuss". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonW Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 Maybe if you read all of the posts backwards, you'll get a subliminal message....like "eat more octopuss". Cthulhu would not be pleased with your suggestion...... :blink: Besides, I have enough trouble reading things forward, lets not make it more difficult than it needs to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waco Posted July 12, 2007 Author Share Posted July 12, 2007 My recommendation is to go back to the beginning. That's what Vincini said... This is where we got the job, so this is the beginning. I will not be moved. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fishwelding Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 (edited) TPC posts don't count towards ones post tally. ...And indeed, in one's sense of personal accomplishment, one's karma, and possibly one's final account in the greater scheme of the cosmos, will probably count negatively. I will not be moved. I realize you were going for the Aristotelian footnote, but given your recent PCS to points arctic... Well, we get your meaning anyhow. On that note, I've often thought the use of the term "Prime Mover," for example, for an artillery tractor, was deeply philosophical for something olive drab. "Tank" got its name because the British were trying to obscure a program to build a giant, armored trackless locomotive that had guns. "Jeep" derived it's name from "GP," or "General Purpose." "APC" is just another military acronym, and "Artillery Piece" is just, well, just as it says--simple, and to the point of the definition, similar to "halftrack," "This-or-that-Ton Truck," and "armored car." But "Prime Mover," a reference to the philosophical study of first causes, or Metaphysics, seems a bit deep for a big, noisy, probably diesel tractor that pulls howitzers. Then again, the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was in the field artillery in the Great War. Is there something about gunners that makes them prone to intellectual speculations? (And lately, F-22 pilots seem to be able to rattle off Greek mythology and philosophy effortlessly!) Edited July 13, 2007 by Fishwelding Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BAM'n'IVM Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Uh, Fish? He was quoting that great philosopher, Inigo Montoya. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fishwelding Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 (edited) Uh, Fish? He was quoting that great philosopher, Inigo Montoya. ...and would have gotten away with looking like he was referencing Aristotle, if it wasn't for you meddling kids! (Although the Princess Bride is well worth it, too!) Incidentally, it's been a long time since I updated the breakfast cereal situation. Lately I've been taking a cautious tack, sticking with the store-brand raisin bran, and the occasional on-sale name brand, usually Cheerios. I've forayed into the ridiculously healthy oatmeal, but found that very quickly the temptation to put some form of sweetener in it largely nullified it's much-touted benefits. And without sweetener, it tastes like similar to how I imagine sidewalk cement tastes. (And in the next scene, some cheery Uberhealth-nut offers up that "Oatmeal is both healthy and great-tasting if you add blueberrys, or slices of banan"--skip it, Cardiowarrior. Let me at least have peace with my virtuous misery as I suffer through healthy foods). And I am not altogether certain I trust breakfast cereals that involve conspiracy, attempted theft, or gunplay in the advertising ("Lucky Charms," "Trix" "Cookie Crisp" and various Flintstone-related cereals). Really? It's so good that people are hiding it, stealing it, or hunting each other down to get a bowl of cereal? I can't eat breakfast with my back to the door or window? I have to arm myself to have a bowl of cereal? Barbed wire and antipersonnel mines in my yard, just to protect a box of stale marshmellows? After I buy a box, can I trust friends, or family? The problem, I think, is that while the health experten say breakfast is important, I've never believed in the practice. Like what is said about 'greeting-card holidays,' I can't escape the feeling that it was invented by advertisers just to sell food to us in cardboard boxes, unlike Lunch or Dinner which clearly have ancient origins. Coffee will carry me to a late lunch every time. It seems like the trouble of preparing and eating breakfast is just wasting valuable sleep time. Edited July 13, 2007 by Fishwelding Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomr Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 It seems like the trouble of preparing and eating breakfast is just wasting valuable sleep time. And THAT is why they invented drive-thrus! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 ...And indeed, in one's sense of personal accomplishment, one's karma, and possibly one's final account in the greater scheme of the cosmos, will probably count negatively. Well, I'm screwed then. It seems like the trouble of preparing and eating breakfast is just wasting valuable sleep time. Thank you Hardee's drive-thru Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waco Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 While I can't help Fish with his breakfast issues, I can ammend some of his recent woes, and restore some balance. After all, remember: All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire. The Moai Vincent thread is driven by all seven, I believe. Furthermore, all virtue is summed up in dealing justly....that is why we cannot allow the scourge of plastic cereal box prizes to win! Hmmm...could the Octoplocky be a physical manifestation of Fish's breakfast tribulations? Interesting theory Droz.... Finally, concluding the thoughts for the day....and this one truly applies to Fish.... It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. All this is well and good, but since it is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims, I shall stop now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 OCTOPLOCKY IS A TOOL! OCTOPLOCKY IS A TOOL! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 All this is well and good, but since it is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims, I shall stop now. And, just what does this have to do with you??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fishwelding Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Well, I'm screwed then. Not to worry. There's a lot of people way, way out in front of us in cruising for cosmic retribution. Take recording industry executives, for example. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.All this is well and good, but since it is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims, I shall stop now. Since we have had a stone Diety, some sort of toy sea-creature, frequently Chuck Norris and occasionally Rob Van Winkle stopping by this party: sure, why not invite Aristotle in? Somebody hand him a beer, and he'll fit right in with this crowd. After all, I think that's Sun Tzu (roughly contemporary) over there raiding the Pizza-bites tray on the appetizer table. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trigger Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Since we have had a stone Diety, some sort of toy sea-creature, frequently Chuck Norris and occasionally Rob Van Winkle stopping by this party: sure, why not invite Aristotle in? Somebody hand him a beer, and he'll fit right in with this crowd. After all, I think that's Sun Tzu (roughly contemporary) over there raiding the Pizza-bites tray on the appetizer table. And there's Genghis Khan totally trashing Oshman's Sporting Goods. Genghis greatly enjoys Twinkies because of the excellent sugar rush. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 And there's Genghis Khan totally trashing Oshman's Sporting Goods. Genghis greatly enjoys Twinkies because of the excellent sugar rush . "EXCELLENT !" Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Llarry Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Ted, strange things are afoot at the Circle K. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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