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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 03 Dec 10 - 05:12 PM Next you'll be saying that krumhorn and bagpipes aren't in the Mariachi tradition either! Yet you, Amos, of all people, should know better. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 03 Dec 10 - 04:41 PM Now, those were really different cultural sensibilities back then! Fascinating. They'd probably be very shocked to see the films we do now. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 03 Dec 10 - 04:00 PM There is no "alpenhorn" in Mariachi, you know. Just in case there was a question. Here's an example. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 03 Dec 10 - 02:55 PM I should probably talk to Shane, then. He knows a great deal about the gutter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 03 Dec 10 - 02:31 PM Mom has plans to become a one-woman Mariachi band, and I fully support her in that effort, as should we all. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 03 Dec 10 - 02:28 PM Hmmm...I will allow it is possible an apology is in order, sir. If in truth you have provided Mom with free learning, then I withdraw all my complaints. However, I reserve the right to discover some new dastardly twist to this tale, based on hard experience. LH: No, I never go down there anymore, because people ask me if I am Rapparee's brother and I dare not own it. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 03 Dec 10 - 02:22 PM She is getting all of the lessons -- cello, harmonica, ukulele, bagpipes, smallpipes, sitar, krumhorn, forminx, alpenhorn, bowed psalter, nose flute, piccolo, bouzuki, cymbals, hammered dulcimer, bodhran, carnyx, and of course, glass harmonica -- gratis, free for nothing. What sort of cad do you think I am, sir, that I would charge Mom? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 03 Dec 10 - 02:05 PM Will I find YOU there? ;-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 03 Dec 10 - 01:47 PM Subcontemptuous conduct can be quantified along a spectrum ranging from utter slimeball to barely subcontemptible. I do not bother to analyze it further in these hallowed halls. You may go to the gutter if you want to find an expert. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 03 Dec 10 - 01:45 PM Okay. So if it's beneath contempt...ummm...where exactly is it? I mean...on what specific level? How do we describe it? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 03 Dec 10 - 11:20 AM Rapparee obviously convined her to send him $150--which she can ill afford--to sign up for his mariachi band lessons. Such conduct is beneath contempt! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 03 Dec 10 - 10:57 AM Spoken like a true obloquoyeur! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Eiseley Date: 03 Dec 10 - 10:50 AM And I heard her practicing the ukelele in the bathroom! You boys haven't been asking Mom for money, have you? I'm worried that she's working up some songs to take on the road. Eiseley |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: gnu Date: 03 Dec 10 - 10:47 AM "... for eternal obloquoy." Pretty strong language there, A. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 03 Dec 10 - 10:35 AM Oooh, villain, cad, bounder! Your own MOTHER!! For fie, for shame, for eternal obloquoy! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 03 Dec 10 - 10:16 AM Mom's taking Mariachi harmonica lessons. Let her practice. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Acme Date: 02 Dec 10 - 11:58 PM MOM, the Chet Atkins special is on PBS, and Emmylou just came on. Put down that harmonica and listen for a while! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 02 Dec 10 - 11:38 PM That will be an occasion indeed!! A first, on my oath. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 02 Dec 10 - 08:18 PM more until I can again prove my modesty and restraint. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 02 Dec 10 - 08:18 PM Just two |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 02 Dec 10 - 08:09 PM Hey, you knew him too? A good man, Tom. Deserves a lot more credit than he's given. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 02 Dec 10 - 07:44 PM ÒWe have never seen, in our time, nature go out of her course. But we have good reason to believe that millions of lies have been told in the same time. It is therefore at least millions to one that the reporter of a miracle tells a lie.Ó My old drinking buddy Tom "The Man" Paine said that. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 02 Dec 10 - 06:27 PM Oh, so now you're running a protection rackets as WELL? You ARE a busy li'l be!! :D A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 02 Dec 10 - 06:13 PM Okay. Jist remember, them who ain't with us are agin us. And if you ain't gonna koff up the ducats, you ain't with us. So, you better watch yerself and yer gittar. Just a, you know, word to the wise.... Sincerely, Institute Fer Making Moolah Offa Musik |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 02 Dec 10 - 05:37 PM Mwahahaha. Twenty big ones, huh? My, that comes out to about $500 a word, I guess. Tell ya what, because I am so very fond of you, consider my labor of love in redefining your marketing materials for you a Christmas present and we'll call it even, huh? A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 02 Dec 10 - 02:41 PM So, I've put up the seed money to get this started but more is needed. I'm in for better'n 20 big ones already. How about you kick in another USD 20 thousand and we'll go halves? This is gonna be BIG! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 02 Dec 10 - 02:02 PM Fer sure, dude!! I've done half the work already! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 02 Dec 10 - 10:10 AM Hey, Amos. You want in on this, huh? Twenny-five percent, say? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Acme Date: 01 Dec 10 - 05:05 PM |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 01 Dec 10 - 04:08 PM Make The Money You by Bilking Suckers with Bafflegab!! Now is the time to capitalize on whatever linguistic talents you have by Bafflegab Bamboozle Institute PO Box 4905 Pocatello, Idaho 83205-4905 Your lesson will begin when the check (or cheque) clears.
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 01 Dec 10 - 03:45 PM Make The Money You by taking your musical Now is the time to capitalize on whatever musical talents you have by Mariachi Studies PO Box 4905 Pocatello, Idaho 83205-4905 Your lesson will begin when the check (or cheque) clears. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 01 Dec 10 - 03:23 PM Damned duckdog's gone somewhere/time/space else. I'm going to the dentist. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 01 Dec 10 - 03:12 PM I've read TNOTB at lkeast twice, amigo; I know you wearn to be a similarly fictional character, but I don't feel right letting you go beyond the pale, as your friend and all. At least not in a publically documented thread. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Eiseley Date: 01 Dec 10 - 03:07 PM "Enough about me," he said. "Let's talk about you. What do you think about me?" Hmmm. Eiseley |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 01 Dec 10 - 02:48 PM Dear Amos: Please read Robert A. Heinlein's wonderful book, "The Number of the Beast" -- especially the last chapte Quark! Quark! Quark! Quark! Quark! Quark! Quark! damned duckdog off my leg!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 01 Dec 10 - 11:59 AM Don't make me repeat myself, Rapp... A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 01 Dec 10 - 11:07 AM Me, Billy Bob, "Sam the Man" Clemens, Jeffy "Saucy" Chaucer, Al Pope, Jonny Swift, Dottie Parker, Em Dickinson, "Wild Woman Annie" Radcliffe -- shucks, man, we'd wreck bars and beat up cops. It's hard to forget "Big John" Dunne going hand-to-hand with Georgie Gordon in The Tabard in Southwark -- goin' fine until Chris Marlowe tossed a knife to Georgie, which REALLY got Sam the Man made and he tossed Big John a Colt's Revolver, and that made Dottie and Em break it up with fire extinguishers before somebody really got hurt. Al Ginsburg got 'em to kiss and make up -- literally. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 01 Dec 10 - 11:03 AM "Narcissists, much to the surprise of many experts, are in the process of becoming an endangered species. Not that they face imminent extinction — it's a fate much worse than that. They will still be around, but they will be ignored. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (due out in 2013, and known as DSM-5) has eliminated five of the 10 personality disorders that are listed in the current edition. Narcissistic personality disorder is the most well-known of the five, and its absence has caused the most stir in professional circles. Most nonprofessionals have a pretty good sense of what narcissism means, but the formal definition is more precise than the dictionary meaning of the term. Our everyday picture of a narcissist is that of someone who is very self-involved — the conversation is always about them. While this characterization does apply to people with narcissistic personality disorder, it is too broad. There are many people who are completely self-absorbed who would not qualify for a diagnosis of N.P.D. The central requirement for N.P.D. is a special kind of self-absorption: a grandiose sense of self, a serious miscalculation of one's abilities and potential that is often accompanied by fantasies of greatness. It is the difference between two high school baseball players of moderate ability: one is absolutely convinced he'll be a major-league player, the other is hoping for a college scholarship. Of course, it would be premature to call the major-league hopeful a narcissist at such an early age, but imagine that same kind of unstoppable, unrealistic attitude 10 or 20 years later. The second requirement for N.P.D.: since the narcissist is so convinced of his high station (most are men), he automatically expects that others will recognize his superior qualities and will tell him so. This is often referred to as "mirroring." It's not enough that he knows he's great. Others must confirm it as well, and they must do so in the spirit of "vote early, and vote often." Finally, the narcissist, who longs for the approval and admiration of others, is often clueless about how things look from someone else's perspective. Narcissists are very sensitive to being overlooked or slighted in the smallest fashion, but they often fail to recognize when they are doing it to others. Most of us would agree that this is an easily recognizable profile, and it is a puzzle why the manual's committee on personality disorders has decided to throw N.P.D. off the bus. Many experts in the field are not happy about it. Actually, they aren't happy about the elimination of the other four disorders either, and they're not shy about saying so. One of the sharpest critics of the DSM committee on personality disorders is a Harvard psychiatrist, Dr. John Gunderson, an old lion in the field of personality disorders and the person who led the personality disorders committee for the current manual. Asked what he thought about the elimination of narcissistic personality disorder, he said it showed how "unenlightened" the personality disorders committee is. "They have little appreciation for the damage they could be doing." He said the diagnosis is important in terms of organizing and planning treatment. "It's draconian," he said of the decision, "and the first of its kind, I think, that half of a group of disorders are eliminated by committee." I am concerned that if the DSM removes this listing certain habitués of these hallowed halls will possibly simply evaporate. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 01 Dec 10 - 10:54 AM You rpersonal drinking companion, Billy Bob Shakespeare? I'troth, it is a grandiose pretense. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 01 Dec 10 - 10:22 AM Abate the edge of traitors, gracious Lord, That would reduce these bloody days again, And make our poor land weep in streams of blood! Let them not live to taste this land's increase That would with treason wound this fair land's peace! Now civil wounds are stopp'd, peace lives again: That she may long live here, God say amen! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 01 Dec 10 - 10:03 AM Are the Care Bears all okay? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 01 Dec 10 - 09:29 AM Well, at least you had the good sense to wear them, anyway! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Dec 10 - 03:07 AM Thank HEAVENS you did not suffer a serious auto accident or some other medical emergency today, Stilly! ;-) Think of the embarrassment! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Acme Date: 01 Dec 10 - 12:00 AM I guess I was one of the dumb ones today. I can't believe it but well, to tell the truth, I wore my underpants inside out all day long. And didn't notice until a few minutes ago. I'm so embarrassed. (But I can still laugh about it. Since no Emergency Room staff discovered this horrible faux pas.) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 30 Nov 10 - 10:22 PM Perhaps you need to remember what my ol' buddy Billy Bob Shakespeare wrote: "The fault is not in our stars, my dear Brutus, but in ourselves." |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 30 Nov 10 - 09:36 PM MomentÕs HaltÑa momentary taste Of BEING from the Well amid the WasteÑ And, Lo! the phantom Caravan has reachÕd The NOTHING it set out from. Oh, make haste! Rub‡iy‡t. Stanza xlviii. Omay Khayam |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 30 Nov 10 - 09:35 PM I would remind you, along with St Thomas, sir: "Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness." So far your experiment is not serving to reflect this simple truth. Perhaps you need to focus more on the goodness and less on the greatness. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Rapparee Date: 30 Nov 10 - 09:14 PM That is why I have given you limited free will, not to mention a good dose of stupidity. You are to use the free will to overcome the stupidity. So far this hasn't been going very well.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Amos Date: 30 Nov 10 - 08:54 PM He won't? But he ASSERTS his responsibility for every aspect of them!! This is GROSSLY inconsistent, not to say hypocritical!! Feet of clay!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads From: Little Hawk Date: 30 Nov 10 - 07:14 PM That was about the response I would have expected. ;-) |
