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[Gonnagle]

Dear Forum Best Bits,

It’s a convenient and simple position to adopt because it means you don’t have to engage, understand, empathise, imagine or connect. You just have to hate.

Read the full post.  from Gabriella.

http://www.religionethics.co.uk/index.php?topic=9665.msg489207#new

For me it is just the last five words of the quote, you just have to hate.

Gonnagle.

[Sebastian Toe]

If that is a mistake then it is a creative one: 'trouser of time' sounds just wonderful.

I wonder if there are pockets if anti-time to be discovered?

[Gordon]

From NS on the 'new Bishop of Stockport' thread - just in case you missed it.

'Are you seriously asking someone to justify dafter than a monkey on a tricycle? Do you think is it is only justified that it is dafter than a mouse on a unicycle that you will be able to say 'Told you so'? But what happens if it is shown to be dafter than a platypus on a dodecacycle, you will have to wear four leeks in your arse and shout out 'my bonnie lies over the velodrome' every twenty minutes for a period of three quarters of a fortnight'

[jakswan]

You can quote stats at me as much as you like, but we all know that stats can be made to tell anything.

I wonder if he tells his bank manager that.

[bluehillside Retd.]

From ht:

I though that I would separate this off, especially as we are close to getting an answer:

Quote from: Beau Know. on December 23, 2014, 09:59:20 PM
Hillside... I am waiting for your definition of guessing . ... If you find some courage to define said term...I will come and face the ''Hill''quisition....

Quote from: bluehillside on December 23, 2014, 10:17:25 PM

I've told you that I'm happy to take the bog standard dictionary definition of it. So presumably your next stunt when I tell you what it means - "making claims or statements with insufficient information to know whether or not they're true" for example - you'll have a field day with, "what do you mean by "or"?" or some such stupidity.

I'm really looking forward to this!

Predictably, Vlad/Beau reneged on his promise.

[Synonym]

Because I am very easily amused.

Beau Know.:

Hillside, Trying to hand wave away the distinction between methodological materialism and PM is turd polishing.
Puffing unknown unknowns whilst saying that arguing God is not even wrong is turd polishing.
Trying to maintain a position as ''explaining morality'' when that explanation has dispensed already with the notion of morality in it's terms of reference is turdpolishing.

bluehillside:

Farmer Jenkins just rang. Apparently the paddock, the main barn and the lower field are now completely full with your straw men

Where would you like him to put your latest one?

Beau Know.:

Behind your Turd Polisher?

Well it amused me, anyway.

[Aruntraveller]

Nearly Sane in response to Powwow:

Do you just replace Jesus's comments in the Bible with what would Rupert Murdoch pay people to say?

It's just so "nail on the head".

[Nearly Sane]

From Synonym

"Fuck the Pope" - he'll have to buy me dinner first

[Nearly Sane]

From trentvoyager
In response to Floo's
'Frankie is one of the better popes, certainly he outshines Benny by far.'

I thought they worked together - maybe one supplies the pizzas while the other concentrates on burgers. But the quality seems the same in either case.

[horsethorn]

From 'Unless you become as little children'...

..the usual nonsense...

It must be frustrating for you each time Blue folds up your attempts at reasoning into paper darts and throws them out of the window...

Nice one, ippy

ht

[jeremyp]

I love Floo's comeback here:

...

The spirit of evil perceived in the holocaust is still with us today, with dreadful atrocities being committed in Nigeria, Sudan and the Middle East.  Jesus conquered evil by His death and resurrection.  Through Him we can be delivered from all evil.

Well clearly the guy didn't conquer anything, or the Holocaust and other atrocities throughout the centuries wouldn't have happened would they? ...

[Samuel]

on a pagan board thread innocently titled 'to answer some questions' torridon wrote

it's the sort of territory I like - the fundamentals of human experience, consciousness, free will, the value of faith etc.

...just 'some' questions then

[cyberman]

Argghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Oooh oooh Mr Peavley, Mr Peavley, look look, quantum stuff it does shit, stuff you don't understand, so it does the shit I suggest , leaving aside that it doesn't appear to work like I'm suggesting at all.

Quantum is not a bucket to push the shit nonsense you want into it while you ignore the outcomes!

I did enjoy this; a rare blend of swearing, philosophy, science and Hong Kong Phooey

[horsethorn]

I just went cold turkey. Haven't touched a fag in over twenty five years.

Cymrudinnion used to say the same

Kudos to NS

ht

[Samuel]

From Gordon on razors

What do clean shaven guys do with their hands all day?

I wonder the same thing

[Gordon]

This is possibly the most touching post I have ever read here.

Gonnagle responding today, the day after we learned that Elevenses had passed away following serious illness, in reply to a post made by Elevenses some weeks go when he was still well enough to be able to post.

Quote from: Elevenses81 on November 25, 2014, 03:59:46 PM

Some may argue that that there is no mystery to our lives, but even as a secular person I cannot preclude the 'spiritual' dimension of my life. Spiritual is such a loaded term, but I can't think of a better one right now.  I have no interest in religious belief, but am fascinated by the exploration of being human.

To which Gonnagle replied.

Dear Elevenes,

Your exploration is over, enjoy your new journey

Gonnagle.

Says it all really!

[Samuel]

From the certainty thread, nearly sane

Do you taste like chicken? I only ask since you obviously are a bit keen on eating yourself[\quote]

Sometimes I feel like I might love nearly sane a little bit.

[Gordon]

Another gem from NearlySane (in an exchange with Vlad).

'Did the word existential suddenly jump on on you one day when you were a small child, pull apart its raincoat while still smoking its Gauloises and stand there naked saying what do you think of my sausage?'

[Shaker]

NearlySane is absolutely on fire with these at the moment 

Dearie me, when you miss the point, you don't just miss it, you move to another continent and hide a lead lined bunker sticking your underpants over your head to avoid it.

[Gonnagle]

Dearie Dearie Me,

Well it has been a slow week but it made me laugh.

http://www.religionethics.co.uk/index.php?topic=10105.msg514397#msg514397

Sorry, the rabbit/highway code comment reminded me of this...

Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Bird Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone's relief, confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts.

However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that varying colors of paints appeared on the bird's beaks and claws. By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car.

MTA then hired an Ornithological Behaviorist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentages of truck kills versus car kills.

The Ornithological Behaviorist very quickly concluded the cause: when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger.

The scientific conclusion was that while all the lookout crows could say "Cah", none could say "Truck."

No not Gonnagle, Horsethorn.

[Nearly Sane]

'Vlad your approach to the English language reminds me of Long John Silver's approach to contemporary interpretative jazz dance ... enthusiastic, sure, but messy.'
Shaker, thanks for the rumbling chortle this gave me

[Andy]

My faith grows every day.

So does rhubarb, and for the same reason.

That is a fucking belter.

Except that Shaker's comment is untrue.  Rhubarb is dormant during the winter.

Whoosh!

[Shaker]

I don't think anything here has strayed from the brief of Samuel's OP, Gonners:

During discussions within this rag-tag community passions can run high. Occasionally certain posters will be witnessed reaching the soaring heights of eloquent expression or plumbing the depths of idiotic rambling. Sometimes new and fresh ideas will be put forward, and some people even manage to be funny. This thread is all about celebrating those moments on these boards that make you love coming here.

It might be a joke, a flippant but excellently worded insult, a particularly witty comment, an astute observation or simply the fluent way an idea is articulated.

[Aruntraveller]

I have owned my French property for 21 years. My wife and I bought it for our Silver Wedding. She was diagnosed with cancer a year or so later, but we were able to use it for several years before she was taken from me. It is a place I share with her - even if only through memories.

The second relationship was so short. Less than two years. I feel as though I have been widowed twice. But with each relationship there is a place which is personal and powerful and I cherish my memoroes of both.

I hope HH won't mind me posting this here - but as  rhi commented in the original thread here:

http://www.religionethics.co.uk/index.php?topic=10260.0

"It's difficult to say anything that won't sound trite, but somehow your post makes me think of the need to seize life, really live it. Not living fully in an attempt to stay safe isn't really a life at all."

There, 2 best bits for the price of one.

Thanks both.

[Nearly Sane]

Sometimes a couple of words just stand out and for Hope's metaphor, even though I disagree with the idea, of the Scottish govt being trusted in London or Orkney and Shetland being the "sandwich of distrust" - kudos