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Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 |
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Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: flattop Date: 03 Oct 00 - 04:18 PM And what do you think of that kat, Chuck? I see on the past lives thread that she was beaten, raped and drowned by a crew of hairy assed pirates, and yet, the kat keeps on laughing. Talk about nine lives. What a trooper! Didn't they make a Disney movie about it? |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: flattop Date: 03 Oct 00 - 04:13 PM Very mellow, not testy at all at the moment Chuck. We have a beautiful sunny fall day out here by the lake. So I'll have to work after dark. However, you answered my question with a question. Where am I going to turn for guidance in this mixed up world if Chuck won't give me a straight answer? |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: tar_heel Date: 03 Oct 00 - 03:16 PM wow!!!testy aren't we,flattopp???? |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: flattop Date: 03 Oct 00 - 12:37 AM Yeah, the men may be mumbling things that you don't expect Mrrzy. And Chuck, you're taking my message a little too literally. Since you brought it up, what are the rules of engagement? What if she is much bigger than I am and she tries to kiss me? How do I fend her off? What if she's bigger and stronger than me and likely to beat the crap out of me, wouldn't it be cowardly to not slap her and get the thrashing that I so richly deserve? |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: tar_heel Date: 02 Oct 00 - 11:54 PM sorry FLATTOP.........i dont slap women........only cowards do that!....talk about giving someone a bad name??? |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Mrrzy Date: 02 Oct 00 - 09:45 AM And I always heard that line as GO tell her it isn't so... wow, how different... |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: flattop Date: 01 Oct 00 - 10:10 PM Perhaps it's because men try to avoid weeping. I really like the line: She might think that I've forgotten her, don't tell her it isn't so. The man thing may be training, may be something else. There's an essay in the book Marginal Natives, Anthropologists at Work, where an anthropologist follows Mohawks from southern Quebec around to see why they take most of the work on top of skyscrapers. The anthropologist discovered that the men didn't enjoy falling to their deaths off of tall buildings but that they were trapped in a little culture that made them pretend that they were not afraid. Sometimes it might help if we boys just admitted that it hurt like hell, shed a tear or two, and made better decisions. I don't want your dreams to lose a thing. Could you play them on the banjo instead? |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Little Neophyte Date: 01 Oct 00 - 09:54 PM When a man finds the words to express his broken heart, it has such an impact on me. Much more than when a woman is expressing hers. Not too sure why it affects me so much except maybe because it can be more difficult for a man to verbalize his feelings than a woman. As for my dreams, well.... it is the kind of thing that loses something when verbalized. Bonnie |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: flattop Date: 01 Oct 00 - 09:38 PM You're welcome Bonnie. Now how about those dreams? Dylan also dealt with the feeling for the one left behind and putting a good face on the hurt. It hurts and hurts and hurts. You probably didn't know that. We have gone a distance from kat's original posting.
If You See Her, Say Hello
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Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Little Neophyte Date: 01 Oct 00 - 09:16 PM Thanks flattop, that was a great story. I enjoyed it very much. Bonnie |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: flattop Date: 01 Oct 00 - 08:22 PM Even though I'm a tea drinking Cape Bretoner who can't stand the taste of Coffee, one of my favourite short stories is Richard Brautigan's Coffee. Someone has been kind enough to include it on a web page.
Coffee by Richard Brautigan
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Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Mbo Date: 01 Oct 00 - 06:49 PM Yes, we salvaged a friendship in the end. Never got to share and music (or really anything) with her. But she's moved on in her own life now. I haven't heard from her in a long while, but it's just as well. It would be best for both of us if we completely forgot each other. Well, you know what they say "ob la di, ob lad da, life goes on, braaaah, la la how the life goes on." --Matt |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Naemanson Date: 01 Oct 00 - 06:27 PM Yeah, Matt, we've moved on too but we are still friends. She's coming to visit this weekend and we'll share a few laughs and some songs. I hope you were able to do the same. |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: flattop Date: 01 Oct 00 - 01:38 PM Interesting dream, Bonnie. As Bob Dylan said in Talking World War Three Blues, if you let me into your dreams I'll let you into mine. |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: flattop Date: 01 Oct 00 - 01:35 PM Slap her down Chuck! You can't have that happening on October 1st! Guys like you give musicians a bad name. |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: tar_heel Date: 01 Oct 00 - 01:16 PM SANDYTOES KISSED ME!!!!! |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Peter T. Date: 01 Oct 00 - 11:29 AM Nice coincidence, kat. I discovered yesterday a brand new edition of Carlyle's Reminiscences (Oxford U.P.) that has put back in all the material that was taken out by the editors in the first editions after Carlyle's death. His descriptions of his life with Jane are beautiful and heart-wrenching. yours, Peter T. |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Mbo Date: 01 Oct 00 - 10:36 AM Beautiful, Brett. I had the EXACT same experience early this year, down to the hair color. But that's all in the past now. I've moved on. |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Naemanson Date: 01 Oct 00 - 09:29 AM Similar to a song Gordon Bok recorded: I HELD A LADY I held a lady, O laddie daddie I held a lovely red haired girl, I held a lady, O laddie daddie I held a lovely red haired girl, I know that she was warm For I held her and touched her I held her so long It was lovely holding her against my body I see her laughing I see her smiling I feel her arms around me From morning when sun is shining Till evening even when night is falling down All down the calling way Calling yo ho young lady For you red haired lady Laddie daddie diddle a daddle diddle lady O I remember, how I remember, Old days when I was young days When I held a lady o laddie daddie I held a lovely red haired girl, Old days are dead and gone days A light in the morning A light in the sun Laddie daddie diddle a daddle diddle lady Red lips that love at my lips are hard And thighs hips and legs and eyes lips Away in the dawning, day laddies dawning I looks along the old road. And old Sally Noggin bog road Where I held a lady Where I held a lady lovely yadin daddin Diddly adden diddin didden lady O I remember how I remember Old days when I was young days When I held a lady O laddie daddie I held a lovely red haired girl Old days are dead and gone days Alive in the morning, Alive in the sun Laddie daddie diddle a daddle diddle lady I started singing it when a "lovely red haired girl" came into my life and quit singing it when she said we would only be friends. In the original version the girl has brown hair but I felt comfortable adjusting the words to fit the woman. |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Little Neophyte Date: 01 Oct 00 - 07:11 AM Nice poem kat, It kind of reminds me of the dream I had last night but it wasn't a Jenny, it was a Benny in my dreams. Benny kiss'd me Benny kiss'd me when we met, Jumping from the chair he sat in Well that is about the only respectable part of my dream I would like to post here. Little Neo
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Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Catrin Date: 01 Oct 00 - 06:50 AM Kat - I love this one. Its so simple and it reminds us all that no matter what pain we have had in our lives, there is beauty and joy as well. Thank you Catrin |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Mbo Date: 01 Oct 00 - 01:26 AM Reminds me a bit of a song from Collin Raye:
"If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart And the way my situation is going, it means a whole lot to me... |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: katlaughing Date: 01 Oct 00 - 01:21 AM Hey! Rich!
If you let Pene Azul know, he can list it in the Mudcat Resources and we won't miss it, next year.**BG** Mbo, glad you like the poem. Thanks, kat |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall) Date: 01 Oct 00 - 01:15 AM Today is my birthday. That has nothing to do with the thought for the day but I thought I'd post it all the same. Slán agat, Rich |
Subject: RE: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: Mbo Date: 01 Oct 00 - 01:11 AM Thanks so much for posting this, kat. This poem always makes me cry. |
Subject: Thought for the day - October 1, 2000 From: katlaughing Date: 01 Oct 00 - 01:07 AM Jenny kiss'd Me
Jenny kiss'd me when we met, - Leigh Hunt - (1784-1859) from the 1900 edition of the Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250-1900 |
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