--- In [email protected], "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Tom" <azgrey@> wrote: > > > > > > Shame on you Angela. Questioning her POV must mean > > > are a hypocrite, a liar, intellectually dishonest, and > > > prolly voted for Republican tax cuts for the rich. > > > > Uh, toots, the "POV" that Angela was questioning was > > the purest sarcasm. Both you and she missed it. > > > > Lighten up, hey? > > Oh, it was pure sarcasm alright sweet-cheeks. > > sarcasm > ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French sarcasme, or via late > Latin from late Greek sarkasmos, from Greek sarkazein > `tear flesh,' in late Greek `gnash the teeth, speak > bitterly' (from sarx, sark- `flesh' ). > > ...'gnash teeth...'tear flesh...speak bitterly......yes, > your sarcasm is the purest, and noticed in the first place. > Nice and light. > Re-cueing the tunes: > "Because a vision softly creeping, > Left its seeds while I was sleeping..."
Translation: Ooopsie, I really put my foot in it, didn't I? Let's see now, how will I recoup? I know! I'll give the etymology of "sarcasm" and pretend I saw it all along! Nobody will ever notice that my comment to Angela doesn't quite fit that scenario. Will they? I mean, jeez, it's really crucial that I bash Judy here to distract folks from Barry's embarrassing hypocrisy, but I don't want to look like a hypocrite myself... I dunno, but it's the best I can come up with. > > > No worries. Just cue some nice tunes "Hello darkness, > > > my old friend. I've come to talk with you again....." > > > > > > ---- In [email protected], Angela Mailander > > <mailander111@> wrote: > > > > > > > > That's a misunderstanding of the Now. It contains all > > > > of the past and all of the future. Otherwise, > > > > Alzheimer's would be enlightenment. > > > > > > > > --- authfriend <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > Edg is a putz, and I really don't want to spend > > > > > > any more of my Sunday thinking about him, but I > > > > > > just had to comment on the above. > > > > > > > > > > Sez Barry, who then proceeds to lecture Edg on his > > > > > inability to control himself. > > > > > > > > > > That's the great advantage of Being in the Now, you > > > > > see. You can never be a hypocrite, because whatever > > > > > you've said or done in the past--even in the past 10 > > > > > seconds--is simply no longer operative.
