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bobevenson wrote:

Mark Question wrote:so, are you saying that language games are all about jumping conclusions or ambiquity of languages?

Well, I'm not sure I understand your question, but since everybody on Earth uses the same number system, they can all play Ouzo with one another regardless of what language they speak.

we can also play monopoly since everybody on earth uses the same number system and maybe we all are some day living like howard hughes alone in the dark with all that welth?

when you use numbers with words and count words and sentences, are you doing the same what tarot card readers do when they use cards with words and deal words and sentences? do you jump conclusions and interpret ambiguity words like when you read poems or horoscopes?
sorry my english.

Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:The familiar American bar game of liar's poker, played with the eight-digit serial number of a dollar bill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar%27s_poker), is a watered-down version of Ouzo promulgated by Satan. It's like an attenuated virus he inoculates people with to keep them from catching the real thing.

Ignoring the fact that Blind Mans Poker has been around since dice and your 'game' is based upon it! Woof! Woof!

Jesus Christ, if you are trying to compare liar's poker or Ouzo to Blind Man's Poker, you must have rocks in your head. No, you must have fucking rocks in your head!!!

From Wikipedia
Blind man's poker (also called Indian poker, or squaw poker or Indian head) is a version of poker that is unconventional in that each person sees the cards of all players except his own. The standard version is simply high card wins. Each player is dealt one card that he displays to all other players (traditionally stuck to the forehead facing outwards- supposedly like an Indian feather). This is followed by a round of betting. Players attempt to guess if they have the highest card based on the distribution of visible cards and how other players are betting.

Mark Question wrote:

bobevenson wrote:

Mark Question wrote:so, are you saying that language games are all about jumping conclusions or ambiquity of languages?

Well, I'm not sure I understand your question, but since everybody on Earth uses the same number system, they can all play Ouzo with one another regardless of what language they speak.

we can also play monopoly since everybody on earth uses the same number system and maybe we all are some day living like howard hughes alone in the dark with all that welth?

when you use numbers with words and count words and sentences, are you doing the same what tarot card readers do when they use cards with words and deal words and sentences? do you jump conclusions and interpret ambiguity words like when you read poems or horoscopes?
sorry my english.

Where are you from? Are you talking about the game of Ouzo or about "The Ouzo Prophecy" that discusses number/letter codes? (see http://church-of-ouzo.com/pdf/ouzo-prophecy.pdf)

i am from here. i was talking both. i was comparing monopoly and capitalism to game of ouzo and ouzo prophecy. also to game of tarot and tarot reading. what you think about that?

Mark Question wrote:i am from here. i was talking both. i was comparing monopoly and capitalism to game of ouzo and ouzo prophecy. also to game of tarot and tarot reading. what you think about that?

The game of Ouzo is merely an allegory to explain the true meaning of 666, that our religious, cultural and social institutions keep what God hath put in our hearts from reaching our minds. The number/letter code used in "The Ouzo Prophecy" is also symbolic.

bobevenson wrote:The game of Ouzo is merely an allegory to explain the true meaning of 666, that our religious, cultural and social institutions keep what God hath put in our hearts from reaching our minds. ...

So what is it that 'God' hath put in our hearts?

Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:The game of Ouzo is merely an allegory to explain the true meaning of 666, that our religious, cultural and social institutions keep what God hath put in our hearts from reaching our minds. ...

So what is it that 'God' hath put in our hearts?

Since our minds are held prisoner by our institutions, that's the question only Ouzo can help us discover!

bobevenson wrote:Since our minds are held prisoner by our institutions, that's the question only Ouzo can help us discover!

That'll be never then! As you refuse to say how. But LMAO that you wish to sell this game through an institution that promotes alcoholism. Anti-baptist Thou Art.

Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:Since our minds are held prisoner by our institutions, that's the question only Ouzo can help us discover!

That'll be never then! As you refuse to say how. But LMAO that you wish to sell this game through an institution that promotes alcoholism. Anti-baptist Thou Art.

Beer is the basis of civilization, and your attitude demonstrates the institutional shackles that imprison you. Of course, since you don't have the slightest understanding of Ouzo, there is no point in commenting on that.

bobevenson wrote:Beer is the basis of civilization

Is that really why you're so anti-Muslim? They won't have a drink with you.

bobevenson wrote:Beer is the basis of civilization, and your attitude demonstrates the institutional shackles that imprison you. Of course, since you don't have the slightest understanding of Ouzo, there is no point in commenting on that.

And yet you just did!!

John wrote:

bobevenson wrote:Beer is the basis of civilization

Is that really why you're so anti-Muslim? They won't have a drink with you.

I'm anti-anybody-who-tries-to-take-away-my-liberty.

bobevenson wrote:

John wrote:

bobevenson wrote:Beer is the basis of civilization

Is that really why you're so anti-Muslim? They won't have a drink with you.

I'm anti-anybody-who-tries-to-take-away-my-liberty.

There's a Muslim guy round the corner from me who runs a shop that sells me beer so I suppose he's enhancing my liberty, or at the least he's helping me express it.

John wrote:There's a Muslim guy round the corner from me who runs a shop that sells me beer so I suppose he's enhancing my liberty, or at the least he's helping me express it.

Wow, I didn't think they were allowed to do that.

bobevenson wrote:

John wrote:There's a Muslim guy round the corner from me who runs a shop that sells me beer so I suppose he's enhancing my liberty, or at the least he's helping me express it.

Wow, I didn't think they were allowed to do that.

I've always thought it was a bit of a conundrum myself but as there are a lot of Muslim shopkeepers in the UK selling booze I assume most of them are at ease with the dilemma.