13 Aug 15
Originally posted by NoEarthlyReasonA. Here's an unattributed one found on many websites:
A. Carlsen is probably the best lager in the world. I've never drunk a pint of Kasparov. Hic!
Q. What is your favourite short poem? (Please type/paste it)
"Fleas
Adam
Had 'em."
Q. Who are they referring to when they say the word "they"?
13 Aug 15
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyA. The Sri Lankan cricket time, nine times out of ten. The others: Gywneth Paltrow.
A. Here's an unattributed one found on many websites:
"Fleas
Adam
Had 'em."
Q. Who are they referring to when they say the word "they"?
Q. What are your personal thoughts on the terrifyingly thin boundary between dignity and regret?
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13 Aug 15
Originally posted by NoEarthlyReasonA: Few...no...none.
A. The Sri Lankan cricket time, nine times out of ten. The others: Gywneth Paltrow.
Q. What are your personal thoughts on the terrifyingly thin boundary between dignity and regret?
Q: Are you enthusiastic about anything? If so What? (Nothing saying ya can't ask two.)
13 Aug 15
Originally posted by Great Big SteesA: I am always enthusiastic about a band called Phish when they tour and I try to listen to all their shows within 24 hours of them playing them. They've never played the same set list twice in 30 years and there's a large improvised element in what they play. But I always more or less get burnt out doing this around about the time the tours end. I week after the final show, I am unable to listen to them anymore. I do, however, return with enthusiasm restored when the next tour starts.
Q: Are you enthusiastic about anything? If so What? (Nothing saying ya can't ask two.)
A: Was that in any way interesting to you?
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13 Aug 15
Originally posted by FMFA: Only in that I did "look them up".
A: I am always enthusiastic about a band called Phish when they tour and I try to listen to all their shows within 24 hours of them playing them. They've never played the same set list twice in 30 years and there's a large improvised element in what they play. But I always more or less get burnt out doing this around about the time the tours end. I week after th ...[text shortened]... ith enthusiasm restored when the next tour starts.
A: Was that in any way interesting to you?
Q: Does your musical enjoyment include many different genres?
13 Aug 15
Originally posted by Great Big SteesA: I'd say my ears are up for anything except - for the most part - things with genre labels like country & western, hip-hop, smooth jazz, techno and ones that have got the word "metal" somewhere in the label.
Q: Does your musical enjoyment include many different genres?
Q: Could Personal Realities ~ beefed up with lashings of Confirmation Bias ~ conjured up by the internet and given momentum and legitimacy by the very withering ridicule they attract and often deserve ~ become more of a threat to democracy as time passes?
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13 Aug 15
Originally posted by FMFA: Hopefully we are smart enough to disseminate the fluff from the fact.
A: I'd say my ears are up for anything except - for the most part - things with genre labels like country & western, hip-hop, smooth jazz, techno and ones that have got the word "metal" somewhere in the label.
Q: Could Personal Realities ~ beefed up with lashings of Confirmation Bias ~ conjured up by the internet and given momentum and legitimacy by the very ...[text shortened]... g ridicule they attract and often deserve ~ become more of a threat to democracy as time passes?
Q: Will Greece be able to extricate itself from what is an oppressive debt?
15 Aug 15
Originally posted by Shallow BlueA: I don't have a religion anymore nowadays, but when I was a Christian I did read The Koran.
Q: Have you ever read a sacred text of another religion than yours? (Being atheist doesn't count, I'm curious about real cross-interest.)
Q: Is the credibility of forensic evidence in criminal cases starting to crumble?
15 Aug 15
Originally posted by FMFA. If so, it hasn't yet been mentioned on the news here.
A: I don't have a religion anymore nowadays, but when I was a Christian I did read The Koran.
Q: Is the credibility of forensic evidence in criminal cases starting to crumble?
Q. If someone says: "I write with my ears." and someone else says: "I listen with my eyes." How would the next person say he/she reads?