Ouch, some of those really hurt, orn! Still, I suppose people who live in grass houses shouldn't get stoned ...
Francis On 27 Apr., 16:37, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > ....and now for a word from our sponsor...the king of laughs!!! > > Some creative puns for educated minds~ > > 1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table > was Sir Cumference . He acquired his size from too much pi. > > 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but > it turned out to be an optical Aleutian . > > 3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. > > 4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class > because it was a weapon of math disruption. > > 5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a > little behind in his work. > > 6. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll > still be stationery. > > 7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited > for littering. > > 8. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result > in Linoleum Blownapart. > > 9. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie. > > 10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. > > 11. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The > police are looking into it. > > 12. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. > > 13. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One > hat said to the other, "You stay here; I'll go on > a head." > > 14. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then > it hit me. > > 15. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: > "Keep off the Grass." > > 16. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a > hospital. > > When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse > said, "No change yet." > > 17. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion. > > 19. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a > small medium at large. > > 20. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is > now a seasoned veteran. > > 21. A backward poet writes inverse. > > 22. In democracy it's your vote that counts. In > feudalism it's your count that votes. > > 23. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of > religion. > > 24. Don't join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects! > > On Apr 27, 6:22 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Pleeeease, not that "do be do be dooo" stuff again! :-) > > > Sometimes I wonder - and yes, I am one of the most enthusiastic > > examples myself (!) - if we often throw ourselves into differences and > > discussions which are more linguistic than eanything else. At some > > level, doing, being and becoming are all the same: when we have > > started to, as they say, "get ourselves together" and are residing in > > and acting from our own centre (and then, as a zen master would > > probably comment, realise that this centre is an empty, non-existent > > point - that is, if he/she spoke Western :-)). This, of course, does > > presuppose the realisation that we can define ourselves and not be > > defined by the expectations of and the roles required by others. Not > > that this can be seen as a a point to be achieved, but rather a > > dynamic journey of ever more depth and discovery. > > > Naturally, it's not always so easy to stay in this kind of mode on bad > > days, when Murphy's Law seems to have especially chosen oneself as a > > particularly suitable guinea-pig ... stupid, fucking reality, always > > getting in the way ... ! > > > Francis > > > On 27 Apr., 15:01, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ohhhhhhh, good one, can we become without doing? > > > > On Apr 27, 5:44 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hey Slip, > > > > > The short answer would be we are defined by what we do. > > > > > Your background does not matter, as much as which actions you perform. > > > > > On 26 Apr, 03:27, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I find that many people regardless of their social status, socio- > > > > > enconomic level or general upbringing sometimes identify with that > > > > > which they are not. Some call them a "wannabe". Whatever the label > > > > > whatever the alter ego it still remains the same, people relating with > > > > > that which they are not. > > > > > > Actor extraordinaire Daniel Day-Lewis once said, > > > > > "I came from the educated middle class but I identified with the > > > > > working classes. Those were the people I looked up to. The lads whose > > > > > fathers worked on the docks or in shipping yards or were shopkeepers. > > > > > I knew that I wasn't part of that world, but I was intrigued by it. > > > > > They had a different way of communicating. People who delight in > > > > > conversation are often using that as a means to not say what is on > > > > > their minds. When I became interested in theater, the work I admired > > > > > was being done by working-class writers. It was often about the > > > > > inarticulate. I later saw that same thing in Robert De Niro's early > > > > > work - it was the most sublime struggle of a man trying to express > > > > > himself. There was such poetry in that for me." > > > > > > Are we who we are or are we that which we identify with, or possibly a > > > > > combination of both? > > > > > > Personally I think that in someway we all identify with specific > > > > > things in the external world that we feel suits our personal desire, > > > > > want or need and then by adopting that identity we somehow learn to be > > > > > that which we identify with, unless it is beyond our capacity to > > > > > become that. > > > > > > Is that a distraction from who we "really" are? Is the constant > > > > > bombardment from multi-media a detriment to the development of the > > > > > true self? > > > > > > Do we waste much of our time in youth attempting to emulate that which > > > > > we are intrigued by only to realize later in life the reality of who > > > > > we really are?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
