Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:12 pm
“That’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more.”
- Popeye’s other favourite saying.
- Popeye’s other favourite saying.
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Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:23 am
Mental health is no maniacally laughing matter!
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:29 am
Breaking news of interest to Vesuvius: Armchair geophysicist morphs into armchair mental health clinician … which is possibly confirmation that the self-doubt niggling at the nape of the brain for awhile now and leaking out via off-hand references in fantasy postings, much like people who inadvertently speak truth through mis-speaking, is an indication that the part of the noggin trying crawl out from under the suppression of denial, and whisper sweet nothings into your ear, is one of the niggling signs of what you speak, manifesting from the inner you … so common sense advises that one so afflicted may find that because it is in the interest of a happy future to get a checkup there is no need to worry about the cost, it’s probably covered under your insurance, and in these days of inclusivity don’t worry a smidgen about any social stigma … savvy?
However the real question is a topic: How long of a sentence can you compose for amusement?
Give 'er a go!
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:45 pm
Do you think long sentences are intrinsic to good English? Or are you being flippant? I note the small yellow face that appears to be winking so perhaps flippant. Why be flippant on this occasion?Walker wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:29 amBreaking news of interest to Vesuvius: Armchair geophysicist morphs into armchair mental health clinician … which is possibly confirmation that the self-doubt niggling at the nape of the brain for awhile now and leaking out via off-hand references in fantasy postings, much like people who inadvertently speak truth through mis-speaking, is an indication that the part of the noggin trying crawl out from under the suppression of denial, and whisper sweet nothings into your ear, is one of the niggling signs of what you speak, manifesting from the inner you … so common sense advises that one so afflicted may find that because it is in the interest of a happy future to get a checkup there is no need to worry about the cost, it’s probably covered under your insurance, and in these days of inclusivity don’t worry a smidgen about any social stigma … savvy?
However the real question is a topic: How long of a sentence can you compose for amusement?
Give 'er a go!
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 6:52 am
Well, the answer to my question is 14 words even though you probably were not attempting to answer, thus in all fairness ignoring my question is license to ignore yours, although both licensed activity and fairness are demonstrably non-requirements under these conditions.Belinda wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:45 pmDo you think long sentences are intrinsic to good English? Or are you being flippant? I note the small yellow face that appears to be winking so perhaps flippant. Why be flippant on this occasion?Walker wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:29 amBreaking news of interest to Vesuvius: Armchair geophysicist morphs into armchair mental health clinician … which is possibly confirmation that the self-doubt niggling at the nape of the brain for awhile now and leaking out via off-hand references in fantasy postings, much like people who inadvertently speak truth through mis-speaking, is an indication that the part of the noggin trying crawl out from under the suppression of denial, and whisper sweet nothings into your ear, is one of the niggling signs of what you speak, manifesting from the inner you … so common sense advises that one so afflicted may find that because it is in the interest of a happy future to get a checkup there is no need to worry about the cost, it’s probably covered under your insurance, and in these days of inclusivity don’t worry a smidgen about any social stigma … savvy?
However the real question is a topic: How long of a sentence can you compose for amusement?
Give 'er a go!
Look at it this way. Since you made no attempt at the long sentence, then your understanding of your questions concerning the exercise is merely theory, a needlessly self-imposed limitation upon the possibility of understanding … much like folks who theorize what happens after the last breath, although that limitation is necessary rather than unnecessary, necessary for the purpose of life, which is living.
Actual action alleviates many questions based in theory.
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:33 am
“So you see that you cannot depend upon anybody. There is no guide, no teacher, no authority. There is only you – your relationship with others and with the world – there is nothing else. When you realize this, it either brings great despair, from which comes cynicism and bitterness, or, in facing the fact that you and nobody else are responsible for the world and for yourself, for what you think, what you feel, how you act, all self-pity goes. Normally we thrive on blaming others, which is a form of self-pity.”
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom From The Known
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom From The Known
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:10 am
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 10:13 am
Simply because there/here is No Self.
No Self IS.
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 11:08 am
So you're a hippy now??Walker wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:33 am “So you see that you cannot depend upon anybody. There is no guide, no teacher, no authority. There is only you – your relationship with others and with the world – there is nothing else. When you realize this, it either brings great despair, from which comes cynicism and bitterness, or, in facing the fact that you and nobody else are responsible for the world and for yourself, for what you think, what you feel, how you act, all self-pity goes. Normally we thrive on blaming others, which is a form of self-pity.”
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom From The Known
Here's my favourite from Krishnamurti.
“When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti
If people understood this racism, and warfare would end
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:51 pm
Long sentences, Walker, are clever and sometimes authors have to use them. The tone of the long sentences you wrote recently has been in my view inappropriately flippant and superficial.You seem to be showing off.
Good English, poetry or prose, is edited with a view to lucid communication. Lucidity is more when garrulousness is edited out.
Good English, poetry or prose, is edited with a view to lucid communication. Lucidity is more when garrulousness is edited out.
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:53 pm
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:22 pm
There are two kinds of philosophy: one seeks clarity, the other intends obscurity!
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 5:35 pm
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 5:38 pm
"Sometimes it's hard to be humble ..."Belinda wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:51 pm Long sentences, Walker, are clever and sometimes authors have to use them. The tone of the long sentences you wrote recently has been in my view inappropriately flippant and superficial.You seem to be showing off.
Good English, poetry or prose, is edited with a view to lucid communication. Lucidity is more when garrulousness is edited out.
Re: Quote of the day
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 5:40 pm
Excellent quote.Sculptor wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 11:08 am
Here's my favourite from Krishnamurti.
“When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti