WordWolf

Something that didn't hit me until now..... Notice how vpw puts the blame on the woman who was brought in. rather than the King or anyone in power who BROUGHT her in. SHE was the sex fiend- but someone else BROUGHT her in Some people will think that means nothing. I think the rest of us will say that says a LOT about the speaker. I've read this before, but I don't know how I missed it until now.

http://www.greasespotcafe.com/main2/audio-sound-clips.html Clip 5 from the top. As someone said once, "these things were not done in a corner", this was common knowledge.

Ultimately, it WAS up to each individual. We all should have said "you're speaking lies" and stormed off. However, I don't absolve those who indoctrinated others with lies from responsibility. Except, of course, we've had posters who said they were TOLD that-if they left- they or their family would die, period.One had a leader YELL at them "WHICH OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS DO YOU WANT TO DIE NEXT?" It's a lot more obvious in hindsight. In some situations when we were in, SOME of us (not me, and, presumably, not you) it was set up as if that was the natural consequence of "leaving the household."

Hey, enjoy yourself.

"It is far easier to whisper advice from behind the scenes rather than risk its merit at the point of attack." "D*, I KNEW I was getting hosed." "We'll put the velour industry on full standby." "On the contrary. You are a good and decent man, and you've acted honorably. I shall try to follow your example." "We've got nothing in common and she's got a voice like a tuba. If she had her way, we'd have sex on a bed of nails on national television. But at least the party stinks." "Hey, homes! Whas happenin'! Gimme quintet, brother!" "I do not comprehend, Your Majesty!" "That's right! String him up! Wanker!"

"My grandma and your grandma were sittin' by the fire" For the curious, one version of the song begins "My spy-boy saw you spy-boy sittin' by the fire"

"Just a Gigolo, " by David Lee Roth.

"My grandma and your grandma were sittin by the fire"

No, it isn't. I actually could name it off the second quote. Knowing this group, I thought I might not be the only one. I thought the first quote was interesting. I was reviewing quotes now, and my immediate response was "'Hyperspace?' What's 'hyperspace'?" That's in Star WARS- Star TREK has Warp Space, Warp Drive, and so on. The sentence should have ended "at warp!"

"My grandma and your grandma"

"... So the guy staggers to his feet and goes back to the girl. She smiles, looks him right in the eye and says "Just try that in hyperspace!"" "Ah, I see. So the difficulty in attaining such complex positioning in a zero gravity environment, coupled with the adverse effect it would have on the psychological well being of the average human male, is what makes this anecdote so amusing. Yes. Very humorous indeed. Hysterical, in fact." "I am receiving a Code Forty-Seven."

AGAIN, you mean?

The reason I found it so funny was the puppet. See, the Nitpicker's Guide to Classic Trek included, for each episode, a breakdown of which scenes were shown at the end of the episode in the closing stills. In season 1, the last pic was the (green) Orion slave girl from the series pilot/the Menagerie. After a while, the writer started getting really creative in describing what was going on in the last still. The season 2 stills ended with the Blalok puppet, and the first one was described something like "the Blalok puppet, overjoyed because he just heard from his agent that he's replacing Vima the slave girl in the second season's closing stills."

"I'm a Believer", by the Monkees, and later covered by Smash Mouth.

I'd like to note that this "separate the fish from the bones" quote comes straight FROM them, specifically from JAL. I'd be a lot less suspicious of claims like this- except I've been watching the results. We've seen spiders from people's noses, and leaders who rule by divine fiat, and "personal prophecies" any good charlatan could equal or better, and MORE programs where kids pay to perform manual labor, and leaders who have to be pried off the Christians like a barnacle. When I see results like I've seen, I have to question my fundamental assumptions, since the evidence isn't matching them. Maybe there IS NO "separate out the bad doctrines and keep only the good ones." Maybe the entire FRAMEWORK is harmful, and that FRAMEWORK is what will be brought along. So long as it is, there can be some COSMETIC changes, and replacing ONE harmful doctrine with ANOTHER harmful doctrine, but there will still be one or another. Oh-and honest inquiry is still verboten.....

Not every minute, but it's good to think things through, especially one's "sacred cows."

*falls over giggling like a loony*

Indeed it is. The Graceland references were on my mind when I answered the last song. I'm not sure if he spells his last name "Cohn", though.

"It is far easier to whisper advice from behind the scenes rather than risk its merit at the point of attack." "D*, I KNEW I was getting hosed." "We'll put the velour industry on full standby." "On the contrary. You are a good and decent man, and you've acted honorably. I shall try to follow your example."

"Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale"

Opening line to "Graceland", title cut, IIRC, for Paul Simon's album of that name.

Actually, it was Bob Dylan, not this "Zimmerman" cat..... Your turn, waysider.

Probably not, but I just LOVE that last exchange. Plus, I never included any references to Tribbles.

"Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine"

"Another technical journal, Scotty?" "Aye, sir." "Don't you ever relax?" "I am relaxin'!" ""Laddie... don't you think you should... rephrase that, a mite?" "You're right, I should. I didn't mean to say the Enterprise should be hauling garbage, I meant to say that it should be hauled away as garbage!"