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Post by John Parry on Feb 24, 2009 18:42:20 GMT -5
What if the Hokey Cokey really IS what it's all about....? Regards - John  |
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Post by PeterW on Feb 24, 2009 19:02:22 GMT -5
John,
Philosophical answer:
If that's all it is about then there's no hope for any of us. We're all doomed to a life of pop-song mediocracy.
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Post by Rachel on Feb 25, 2009 8:56:05 GMT -5
John, Philosophical answer: If that's all it is about then there's no hope for any of us. We're all doomed to a life of pop-song mediocracy. peterW Or should that be "mediocrity"  I don't know ... it's a long time since I did grammar ... However, I'm pretty certain that we are all doomed ... doomed ... doomed .. |
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Post by vintageslrs on Feb 25, 2009 9:06:59 GMT -5
John
"It is what it is"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2009 12:13:19 GMT -5
An old High Desert cowboy told me a long time ago that the real meaning of life was "chocolate cake." He said that's because even he could ask a woman for a piece of chocolate cake and even if he didn't get the cake, he wouldn't get his face slapped. At the time I thought his viewpoint was silly. But now that I'm almost 64 I understand him perfectly.
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Post by Randy on Feb 25, 2009 12:16:28 GMT -5
In the movie City Slickers, the late Jack Palances character talks about his first true love standing in front of him in the sunlight. I like his explaination of the meaning of life.
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Post by PeterW on Feb 25, 2009 14:52:00 GMT -5
Rachel,
You're quite right, it should have been mediocrity.
My apologies for a lapse in grammar. A rare case, I hope.
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Post by SidW on Feb 25, 2009 20:14:52 GMT -5
... My apologies for a lapse in grammar ... Peter you were surely right first time. When we're ruled by technocrats we have technocracy When we're ruled by demos we have democracy When we're ruled by the mediocre we have mediocracy. |
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Post by PeterW on Feb 26, 2009 5:56:19 GMT -5
Hi Sid,
I think Rachel was correct, though maybe it was a lapse of syntax not grammar. I wrote:
We're all doomed to a life of pop-song mediocracy.
Strictly speaking I think it should have been either
We're all doomed to a life in a pop-song mediocracy.
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We're all doomed to a life of pop-song mediocrity.
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Post by Reiska on Feb 26, 2009 14:37:33 GMT -5
You are talking about the meaning of life? The question was once resolved with a
Dateverarbeitungsanlage (computer) and the result was 42. Some think-tank
(a reference group) came to similar conclusion using "Eeny meeny miny mo'' method.
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Post by John Parry on Feb 26, 2009 20:24:23 GMT -5
See what I mean about this site? You ask one simple question, and what do you get?
OK Reijo. Who would you target on here as 'Marvin, the Paranoid Android' ?
Regards - John
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Post by John Parry on Feb 26, 2009 20:28:58 GMT -5
Peter
Or 'meritocracy' ?
Regards - John
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Post by Reiska on Feb 26, 2009 23:25:00 GMT -5
Sorry John I'm only familiar with Humpty Dumpty, but I tried to participate. ...still I'm not aware what is King's horses to do with putting him back  |
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Post by John Parry on Feb 27, 2009 9:25:38 GMT -5
Reijo
Humpty Dumpty just means something that's so badly broken, even an army can't fix it. I thought you must have been reading "Hitchikers Guide to The Galaxy", where the answer to 'life, the universe and everything' is 42 (And even that turns out to be wrong. The correct answer of course is the Hokey Cokey!).
Regards - John
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Post by Reiska on Feb 27, 2009 14:36:09 GMT -5
Thanks, John! Now I remember they couldn't put him together again. Not back on the wall. Mediocrity is the word which suits best to me, Marvin, why not Regards Reijo |
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