Thread: dammit

"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:24:46 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe
> <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I communicate with Somebody often but am not ashamed to say that
>> he is blatantly nuts and also quite crafty in the way he asks
>> questions that anyone with a brain can tell are not always sincere.
>> It's a cute trick designed to get reponses from vain people such as
>> myself - "Wow, he's actually asking ME what I think?" That's the
>> ploy, and it works. If you knew Somebody like I knew Somebody - oh,
>> oh, oh, what a guy. Believe me, I'm all for questions. My first time
>> here I arrived asking one and have asked others since. But Somebody
>> has a way of ending his screeds with a question, and if you see enough
>> of his posts and analyze them honestly rather than jumping down my
>> throat you will see that there is truth to what I say (as supported by
>> others in this newsgroup who have observed and commented on the same
>> thing).
>>
>> I am not alone no matter how you try to make me feel so,
>> TJ
>
> It's called conversation. Ask a reasonable question and carry on a
> reasonable discourse. Somebody may be a troll in other news groups,
> but s/he's as benign as it gets here... which isn't the first time a
> troll came to rfc and decided to stay and play nice.

Actually, if I don't get a job in the near future; I may become a real life
troll and live under a bridge and make people give me money to pass. Or
some shrubbery. Or a pint of Beck's.

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:53:01 -0400, Gary <[email protected]> wrote:

>John John wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:46:45 -0400, "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >"Tommy Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> >On Sep 26, 11:58 pm, "Somebody" <e...@mail.au> wrote:
>> >
>> >> but green meat is spoiled meat. (Unless it's Vulcan or Sleestak.)
>> >
>> >
>> > Ever eat a dead thing?
>> >
>> >Well, I've never eating a thing still alive. Though some animals do that.
>> >Seems kinda rude.
>>
>> Oysters?
>
>If you like to throw down a fresh shucked oyster, you are losing out. Try
>steaming it or frying it and enjoy the chewing.

Raw oysters are proof of intelligent design.

--
John
(almost)

On Sep 28, 7:46*am, "Somebody" <e...@mail.au> wrote:

> Well, I've never eating a thing still alive. *Though some animals do that.
> Seems kinda rude.


LOL. I picture two teenage girls on a bus where an argument breaks
out between two guys and one of them begins to repeatedly stab the
other all over his chest, back, and face, as one girl says, "Ewww, how
rude", and her friend adds, "Ewww, this is like, so boring."

TJ

On Sep 28, 8:38*am, Van Bakel <ba...@bakel.invalid> wrote:

> Aren't oysters alive when we eat them? Or do they die between the
> shuck and the slurp?


Maybe really stupid creatures saddled with the annoying will to
live (nothing wants to die) - maybe they're so simple-brained that
although they know fear they're not quite able to feel real pain. So
maybe getting eaten provides just enough stimulus to make them feel
something, almost like a numbed-out dead human in the ground getting a
massage from an earthquake or an atomic blast. It might actually be a
kick for the oyster to get gobbled and appreciated. Who knows?

For the love of God, who knows?
TJ

On Sep 28, 9:44*am, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:

> It's called conversation. *Ask a reasonable question and carry on a
> reasonable discourse. *Somebody may be a troll in other news groups,
> but s/he's as benign as it gets here... which isn't the first time a
> troll came to rfc and decided to stay and play nice.


I didn't call the guy a troll and in don't like using that term
period, even for those who might fit the description. I do not
consider Somebody a troll. I never said anything negative about his
being here. It's open house. I merely said that I know from prior
behavior not to respond to all his questions because he's got one
right behind it to take it's place. Your answers go unheard. I won't
argue it. I'm a pretty good judge of behavior. If you have not yet
seen this in Somebody, perhaps in time you will. If you have seen it
already and are unfazed by it, then more power to you. But please
don't accuse me of calling anyone a troll or telling anyone where to
go or what to do, because I'm not that sort of person.

I am the truth, the light, and, well, I'm not so sure about the way,
TJ

On Sep 28, 3:52*pm, Gary <g.maj...@att.net> wrote:

> If you like to throw down a fresh shucked oyster, you are losing out. *Try
> steaming it or frying it and enjoy the chewing.


My experience with eating raw oysters was a disappointment. I
was a teenager. A friend took me to the oyster bar. "You eat 'em
raw", he said, "it's like really primitive." I was intrigued, excited
even. I had never seen an oyster. When I tore one out of it's shell,
all I can remember yelling was, 'Where is it's face, where is it's
face?" I like to see the facial expressions of the living thing I'm
devouring. What a disappointment.

TJ

On Sep 28, 4:04*pm, "Somebody" <e...@mail.au> wrote:

> Actually, if I don't get a job in the near future; I may become a real life
> troll and live under a bridge and make people give me money to pass. *Or
> some shrubbery. *Or a pint of Beck's.


I've heard you talk about the things you own. Not expensive
things, but things. Like your computer. You have things to sell.
Between the process of being employed and becoming homeless lies the
land of the pawnbroker. Get out there and sell your computer. Stave
off the underpass.

TJ

"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Raw oysters are proof of intelligent design.

I thought the penis was the ultimate proof of intelligent design. Do
creationists ever hold that up as a model?

"Tommy Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Maybe really stupid creatures saddled with the annoying will to
live (nothing wants to die) -
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tell that to suicides lying 3floors down from the roof. Or those with a
self-inflicted gunshot wounds, etc.

"Tommy Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I am the truth, the light, and, well, I'm not so sure about the way,
TJ

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You are the whey-- of the cheese.

On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:12:44 -0400, "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>> Raw oysters are proof of intelligent design.
>
>I thought the penis was the ultimate proof of intelligent design. Do
>creationists ever hold that up as a model?

They do, but then they censor themselves.

--
John

"Tommy Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I've heard you talk about the things you own. Not expensive
things, but things. Like your computer. You have things to sell.
Between the process of being employed and becoming homeless lies the
land of the pawnbroker. Get out there and sell your computer. Stave
off the underpass.

TJ

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It's the only puter in the house. I have no smartphone or ipod or any of
that. And the computer is about 5 years old. And it was low end when I
bought it (cheap emachine I added memory to)... I live on a low budget, but
without income-- I suspect that will be a problem in the long run.

I have a 94 year Mazda I never drive worth less than $1,000. There is the
house, but that was for her and doesn't have much equity. I'd move, but
where? All the good underpasses are already taken... I do have about 300
CDs, but no one buys CDs anymore. I don't even know why I keep them. And
my 35 or so DVDs are only movies I'd watch again and don't want to sell.

The gas and electric company picked up my extra fridge. They are paying $30
for old ones... That almost covers one trip to the grocery store.

Unemployed is the new employed.

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:53:32 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sep 28, 8:38*am, Van Bakel <ba...@bakel.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Aren't oysters alive when we eat them? Or do they die between the
>> shuck and the slurp?
>
>
> Maybe really stupid creatures saddled with the annoying will to
>live (nothing wants to die) - maybe they're so simple-brained that
>although they know fear they're not quite able to feel real pain. So
>maybe getting eaten provides just enough stimulus to make them feel
>something, almost like a numbed-out dead human in the ground getting a
>massage from an earthquake or an atomic blast. It might actually be a
>kick for the oyster to get gobbled and appreciated. Who knows?

Sounds good to me. I'll keep eating them. For their sake.

--
John

"Tommy Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Sep 28, 7:46 am, "Somebody" <e...@mail.au> wrote:

> Well, I've never eating a thing still alive. Though some animals do that.
> Seems kinda rude.


LOL. I picture two teenage girls on a bus where an argument breaks
out between two guys and one of them begins to repeatedly stab the
other all over his chest, back, and face, as one girl says, "Ewww, how
rude", and her friend adds, "Ewww, this is like, so boring."

TJ

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I liked the last episode. He seems to try and end things on a positive note
after a series of weird adventures. Didn't expect to see Parker Posey
again, nor how that went. And then he ends up eating in China with a
roomful of people. His sister was wrong, he didn't end up all alone.

"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:12:44 -0400, "Somebody" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"John John" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected] ..
>>
>>> Raw oysters are proof of intelligent design.
>>
>>I thought the penis was the ultimate proof of intelligent design. Do
>>creationists ever hold that up as a model?
>
> They do, but then they censor themselves.

They need to censor themselves in private. Nobody wants to see that done in
public. It can scar kids for life.

On Sep 29, 1:14*am, "Somebody" <e...@mail.au> wrote:

> tell that to suicides lying 3floors down from the roof. *Or those with a
> self-inflicted gunshot wounds, etc.


They don't want to die, they just don't want to live. Many times
they felt the desire to stop living, yet they did not kill
themselves. Why? Because the annoying will to live would not allow
it. They had to fight the urge to live a long time before making the
final call. Sure, some might take the plunge first time out, but I
think it's safe to say that most who kill themselves because they
"want to die" do not do it the first time they get the urge. They
have to work up to it. All living things are saddled with the same
annoying need to stay alive, to breathe, to eat, the exist. That's
what I like - existing. I love being alive but I hate the chores of
life - brushing of teeth, combing of hair, showering of body, running
errands, the whole shebang. I like existing. If asked what I'd like
to be when I come back, I think a sponge would be nice. But not one
in the ocean that is vulnerable to predators and other dangers. No, I
want to be a sponge in a regularly cleaned and properly managed
aquarium owned by a rich guy who likes to show it off to friends and
visitors to his lavish big city apartment house. I want to be a
sponge. If that's not possible, a tree will do.

TJ

On Sep 29, 1:27*am, "Somebody" <e...@mail.au> wrote:

> The gas and electric company picked up my extra fridge. *They are paying $30
> for old ones... *That almost covers one trip to the grocery store.
>
> Unemployed is the new employed.


Dude, I've lived lower on the pole than anyone I've ever met and
I've done it most of my life. Someone gave me this computer 15 years
ago. I'm saying you still own things and you're still alive and
eating, so right now maybe being unemployed is a blessing - surely
being able to bitch about it is a luxury - and maybe you should start
looking at it that way instead of falsely griping about not being
employed. If one is not employed and able to live, they're wealthier
than most. And above all, no matter how much money a person makes, if
they have to work they are not rich, not ever.

TJ

On Sep 29, 1:28*am, John John <J...@invalid.net> wrote:

> Sounds good to me. I'll keep eating them. For their sake.



I get the same feeling about a human in the dead zone. There he
is all numbed out, feeling nothing - or so it seems. Perhaps there is
just enough awareness to sense things - not feel pain but just sort of
sense things, an awareness of sorts. In that case when I die I would
like to be tossed into a lion's pit and chewed to pieces. It would be
like a pleasant massage. You see, when a thing is dead, what it wants
more than anything is movement. It wants to move. The dead things
beneath the earth silently wish for an earthquake or atomic blast to
rock them from their mummified state.

I know, I've been there
TJ

"Tommy Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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All living things are saddled with the same annoying need to stay alive, to
breathe, to eat, the exist.
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especially domesticated horses