I wasn't talking about you, Doc. At least I don't think I was. Have you ever gone on and on about someone using a DSM 5 label? That's what I was referring to.
________________________________ From: "doctordumb...@rocketmail.com" <doctordumb...@rocketmail.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:05 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Scenes One Sees While Peoplewatching In Avignon "rag on people"? I don't call menstruating, being, "on the rag", nor do I menstruate, so I am never "on the rag". Sounds like someone got a mouse dropping in their cheerios this morning. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > Edg, I was thinking something similar about DSM labels. Meaning if Poster A > really thinks that Poster B has an affliction from DSM whatever number, why > would they ridicule and or malign that person? Isn't compassion more > appropriate? BTW, I'm not sinless either but at least I don't rag on people > for things that might be largely out of their control. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Duveyoung <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 9:57 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Scenes One Sees While Peoplewatching In Avignon > > > > Â > He wasn't writing poetry -- just taking "authorly" notes. > > And, if Barry is envying, frustrated and impotent -- why would we make fun of > a person who is suchly beset? > > I have been sooooooooooo guilty of bonking FFL others herein that I can't > toss a stone at DocDummy, but if any of you out there are sinless . . . > > Edg > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Here's another one: > > > > Barry, alone as usual, > > envying those he sees passing him, especially couples, > > so he writes bad poetry, to express his frustration > > and impotence, and tries to make it sound free and easy. > > Don't quit yer day job, Mr. B. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Japanese guy with a girlfriend > > > Much too beautiful for him > > > Carrying a camera > > > With a really, really, really > > > Long lens > > > Compenisation? > > > > > > > > > > > > Dad carrying his son > > > In one of those front-facing babycarriers > > > That leave the kid facing forward > > > And looking as if > > > He'd just popped out of Dad's stomach > > > That reminds me > > > I should watch 'Alien' again > > > > > > > > > > > > Guy in a Zorro suit > > > Complete with full-face mask > > > Walks along carrying a saxophone > > > Which he occasionally raises to his lips > > > And uses to make random squawking sounds > > > Not those John Coltrane or Albert Ayler > > > Squawking sounds, as if he knew how to play > > > And chose not to > > > More like someone playing a saxophone > > > Who doesn't know how to play a saxophone > > > He doesn't panhandle, he doesn't ask for money > > > He just walks around doing this > > > Maybe he's a relative of Sun Ra > > > Here visiting from their native Saturn > > > > > > > > > > > > A passing posse of caterpillar people > > > All following a tour guide > > > Who is telling them fascinating things > > > About the historic and beautiful square > > > They're walking through > > > Not one of them is listening > > > Or even seeing the square > > > They're all staring into their 'Smartphones' > > > Being smart > > > > > > > > > > > > Chinese guy with another cute girlfriend > > > Walks along ignoring her completely > > > Instead taking 'selfies' of his own face > > > With his camera every few steps > > > No shit > > > > > > > > > > > > Waiter with a goatee and moustache > > > Who would not have been out of place > > > In any era of this cafe's history > > > Spins his tray on one finger > > > As he spins his web > > > On patrons who look > > > As if they have the money to tip > > > I feel eternity > > > In this scene repeating itself > > > Over and over, over the centuries > > > In this cafe, in this moment > > > > > >