Eternal Questions

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Amos
Date: 17 Apr 02 - 07:03 PM

Wow!! Sharon, you're a whiz!!

But what does it all mean?

A

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: SharonA
Date: 17 Apr 02 - 07:26 PM

Amos: LOL! Hopefully it all means the same thing, no matter how it's spelled: "You fish on your side, I fish on my side, nobody fishes in the middle" (although that last link says, "You fish on the left side, I fish on the right side, nobody fishes in the middle"). Every reference I looked at listed the "you" first and the "I" second, so presumably that part's accurate!

BTW, I found references that list Algonquin (or Algonkin) as a tribe and Nipmuc as a nation of that tribe.

Now that I've beaten that subject into the ground, whatever shall I obsess about next??? (I'm sure I'll find something; I always do!) (sorry, kat, I do go on, I guess...)

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: artbrooks
Date: 17 Apr 02 - 07:49 PM

Well, I'd like to know if the Welsh Llanfairpwllgwyngyll gogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch, which means "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave" is the longest place name in the world, or is it New Zealand's Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamate aurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu, meaning The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as land eater, played his flute to his loved one? And who cares?

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Celtic Soul
Date: 17 Apr 02 - 08:50 PM

WOW, Sharon!! Well spotted! I am sure your spelling(s) are more accurate, as I did not bother to look it up personally. I just spelled it phonetically from how my Father used to pronounce it, and he's a New Englander (hence the loss of the "r" sound in my spelling).

Thanks!

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Big John
Date: 17 Apr 02 - 09:03 PM

Twixt the optimist and the pessimist the difference is droll, The optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist sees the hole.

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: rangeroger
Date: 17 Apr 02 - 09:15 PM

42 is the answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything, not the meaning of life.

And something is out of whack when you have to give it a whack to get it to work right.

rr

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 17 Apr 02 - 09:48 PM

I suppose that when I started this I should have seen the Douglas Adams allusions coming.

It reminds me, however of the mathematician who not only lost his tenure but was burried up to his lower lip in blue oatmeal for thirty years for claiming not only to have calculated the exact curvature of the universe but to have dicovered, in the process, that the universe is, in fact, an immense cul-de-sac.

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Amos
Date: 17 Apr 02 - 10:42 PM

Which leaves open the question -- off what intersection it is -- or the nearest cross street?

A

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 17 Apr 02 - 10:52 PM

Why do you think they burried him in oatmeal?

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Big Mick
Date: 17 Apr 02 - 11:02 PM

1. How about them Mets?

2. Will the Detroit Lions ever make it past the first round of the playoffs, let alone go to a Super Bowl?

3. Why, every time I play the Uilleann pipes, does every female cat within 6 miles come running for my door with the "come hither" look in their eyes?

4. Will I ever see 190 lbs. again?

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 18 Apr 02 - 04:50 AM

Big John, surely a pessimist is someone who, on smelling flowers, looks for a funeral!
The Hippopotomon.... page referenced by SharonA gives the Welsh place name "Llanfairpwll..." as containing 58 letters. Unfortunately this is a slight exaggeration. It contains only 52, as both 'Ll' and 'ch' are individual letters in the Welsh alphabet.
Sneaky quiz question, how many times does the letter 'l' appear in the placename "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgorgerychwyrndrowllllantysiliogogogoch" ? Answer, once only, in 'Llantysilio'

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Hrothgar
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 03:00 AM

After all that, Sharon, maybe you need a spell!

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Trevor
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 04:49 AM

So why DO flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 04:53 AM

So as not to confuse them with "non-flammable", and "non-imflammable". Isn't that obvious ???

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: GUEST,micca at work
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 05:59 AM

Pedantry Warning
Trevor, here is the definition, as given in the Yahoo on-line dictionary
" Historically, flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefix in– has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means "not flammable" or "noncombustible." The prefix –in in inflammable is not, however, the Latin negative prefix –in, which is related to the English –un and appears in such words as indecent and inglorious. Rather, this –in is an intensive prefix derived from the Latin preposition in. This prefix also appears in the word enflame. But many people are not aware of this derivation, and for clarity's sake it is advisable to use only flammable to give warnings. "

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Joe in the'pool
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 07:29 AM

Just a little poem about the eternal question?

MOTHS

where would we be if we could not see life without gain

what will we feel when we learn to heal life without pain.

Joe

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Midchuck
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 08:02 AM

Mudlark, what you do is suck a little as you bite, and turn it around with each bite to keep the goop generally in the middle.

Susan, have you considered a career in marriage counseling?

Peter.

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Trevor
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 08:04 AM

Thanks Micca and Nigel. Now that I'm clear on that the only thing remaining is how you play bar chords when you've got little stubby fingers.

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Micca
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 08:15 AM

Trevor, go to the pub, then EVERY chord you play..........

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Pseudolus
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 03:15 PM

OK, I really need to know, is the meaning of life REALLY 42? Cause I'm 43 years old and if the meaning of life is 42, I'm a little pissed off that no one told me last year when I coulda enjoyed it!!!! And I thought you people were my friends!!!!! sheesh!

Missing by a year really sucks, much like wysiwyg's advice! *BG*

Frank

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Deda
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 03:46 PM

Well, yes BUT...

How long IS a piece of string?

And how deep is a hole?

Let's keep our priorities straight.

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Amos
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 05:08 PM

It is 42, but nbot 42 YEARS, Pseud!! You haven't missed it yet!!

It's 42 something else!!

You're right on the spot, right now!! Start!!

A

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Celtic Soul
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 08:42 PM

Amos asks: "Which leaves open the question -- off what intersection it is -- or the nearest cross street?"

Doing a mapquest, hon? :::snicker!!::: ;D

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Amos
Date: 19 Apr 02 - 09:26 PM

Well, CS, I figure we all take the Cosmic journey sometime, and I don't want to have to be the one to stop and ask for directions!! LOL!

A

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Pseudolus
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 12:48 PM

Well Amos, I hope it happens soon before I'm too old to enjoy it!!!

Frank

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: JenBurdoo
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 02:00 PM

For those of you who watch Star Trek, the number 47 comes up a lot (47 ships, 47 particles, Deck 47). It's a running gag. I've heard it said that it's the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything...adjusted for inflation.

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Pseudolus
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 04:04 PM

Cool, just in case Amos is wrong and it IS years, maybe I'm still early!!!

Frank

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Art Thieme
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 05:48 PM

How many poles can a polock lock if a polock could lock poles?
The answer my friend is blowing out your end,
The answer is blowing in the wind.

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: SharonA
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 07:02 PM

Hey, how come the PC Police haven't come for Art? (or have they given up on him? *G*)

Subject: RE: Eternal Questions
From: Amos
Date: 22 Apr 02 - 08:09 PM

He bought htem off with a long list of dirty woprds they'd never heard of before!! LOL!!

No-one gets to make Art anything Art doesn't wanna be. And I don't know much about Art, but I do know what I like, and it is he!!

:>)

A