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Dan Carroll
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Message 54 of 300 (331478)
07-13-2006 12:00 PM


Can we just rename this thread? I was thinking something like:
My Personal Anecdotes are Objective Facts About the Human Condition (Flirt With Schraf)

"We had survived to turn on the History Channel
And ask our esteemed panel, Why are we alive? And here's how they replied:
You're what happens when two substances collide
And by all accounts you really should have died."
-Andrew Bird

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Dan Carroll
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Message 128 of 300 (331765)
07-14-2006 3:10 PM
Reply to: Message 127 by Faith
07-14-2006 2:54 PM


Re: Summation?
THAT's the real problem, that we pretend we're satisfied with compromises and then insist on making our pretenses into virtues.
Seriously, I think we should get that title change in the works. If the phrasing I suggested earlier doesn't grab ya, we could also go with:
If It's True About Me, It's True About Everybody (Flirt With Schraf)
I'm open to a rephrase, but I'm gonna have to insist on the parenthetical. It gives the thread a little zazz.
The problem with this discussion is that nobody wants to admit to this and keeps arguing with it, and insisting that various compromises and accommodations satisfy them just fine.
Can I borrow the device that allows you to see into the minds of others? I have a casino trip coming up, and it'd be ass-useful at the blackjack table.
But the argument isn't a subjective one, it's objective. It's about human nature as such, not about personal reactions to life.
Maybe something like:
If I Say It, It's True (Flirt With Schraf)
Edited by Dan Carroll, : spelling

"We had survived to turn on the History Channel
And ask our esteemed panel, Why are we alive? And here's how they replied:
You're what happens when two substances collide
And by all accounts you really should have died."
-Andrew Bird

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