Dear Barry, ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha; bha ha ha ha ha ha ha; bwha ha ha ha ha. Yes, yes, I hear you. I was thinking today, on my walk with my intrepid dog through the wetlands and fields of a nearby regional park, that FFL has restored my sense of humor - about myself, about others', about life, about love, about it all. I literally spent months and months and months laughing and giggling...all day affairs....on and on and on..I laughed and laughed and laughed and cried and laughed and cried and paced and laughed and cried and so on. I lost a couple of inches around my waist. Might have started with Ravi posting Osho's rendition of George Carlin's meaning of the word "fuck" or it could have started with one of Bob's stories, but I couldn't stop it. And I assure you, that at the end of every "reactive state" I express is a good laugh. A full belly laugh, an inclusive laugh, a laugh of acknowledgment, a laugh at you and a laugh at me. Tee Hee.
>________________________________ > From: turquoiseb <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:38 AM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia to Steve to Emily > > > >> > From: Share Long >> > >> > BTW my smiley faces mean that I was joking >> >> --- In [email protected], Emily Reyn wrote: >> >> Yay! The meaning of the smiley face. > >While I seriously doubt that you understood this meaning, >I shall riff on it anyway, just for FUN. :-) > >The smiley face is an artifact of the early days of what >we now know as the Internet. Back in those early days, >for those who were not There Then, it was called Arpanet, >and it was populated by people who were mainly programmers, >and thus somewhat...uh...humor-deprived. > >Those who were...uh...somewhat *less* humor-deprived found >that people were reacting Seriously to things they had said >that were on the other side of the galaxy from anything >they considered Serious, and sought a remedy for this >perplexing problem. And thus was born the smiley face. > >The smiley face is a remedial educational device, designed >to remind people who take themselves Far Too Seriously >that not everyone shares their particular sense of humor >or lack thereof. Its creator cites its creation as a >fed-up reminder that, "Hey...I'm having FUN here...why >aren't you?" > >The original smiley face paradigm was meant as a reminder >that people may say things that make you completely uptight >and that plunge you into a reactive state in which you get >perturbed or angry or whatever and feel that you have to >get All Serious On Their Asses in reply...uh...that you >don't necessarily have to Be That Way. > >The original smiley face paradigm was supposed to be >interpreted as an indication that the poster was having >FUN while posting the things you found so objectionable, >and that if you just Lightened The Fuck Up, you might >be able to have FUN with them, too. > >Then, as now, it is often misinterpreted. > >The Lightened Up tend to use it anyway, as part of their >compassionate Bodhisattva Vow-like quest to help others >Lighten Up, too. > >Now you know. :-) > > > > >
