Answer me this

[Mrs Peel]

Who on this board is 'sad'....?

Is it me or is it thee?

Is it everyone or no-one?

There are lots of posts about sad people... is this just down to Moz's previous life as Morose - ey?

Constructive comments only if you please

[Cinderella]

Nobody?

It is such a non-discriptive term...I have found no use for it as the basis for a discripion of anyone. It's, IMO, a cop out, for those unable to express an opinion above the seventh grade level ('ee by 'ek when I was at school they called that the first year!)

[Baby's On Fire]

> Who on this board is 'sad'....?

> Is it me or is it thee?

> Is it everyone or no-one?

> There are lots of posts about sad people... is this just down to
> Moz's previous life as Morose - ey?

> Constructive comments only if you please

Good grief!

[pat.mckanevirgin.net]

We are all sad. Intellectually and emotionally impotent, only being able to communicate with people using a dislocated, anonymous apparatus.

We are all prostitutes tricks.

What hope our children? What hope our children's children? What hope Tottenham winning the Premiership?

Answer me this. No clever answers please, it's late and nobody gives a toss.

[tottenham tod]

> We are all sad. Intellectually and emotionally impotent, only
> being able to communicate with people using a dislocated,
> anonymous apparatus.

Not sad. Not happy. Lukewarm. Limbo.
This is a powerful state; extreme sadness and extreme joy are not creative states of mind.
This is. Like being trapped in a room of a poorly programmed computer game - there should be an exit, but they forgot to implement it. And you keep trying to get out, just for the sake of getting out. To where? Who knows. Might be better, could be worse.

Oh, message boards are way funnier than Ouija boards.

> We are all prostitutes tricks.

This is nothing close to prostitution. Better, "collective psychiatry". Try to have a decent conversation in the pub... the world won't listen.

> What hope our children? What hope our children's children? What
> hope Tottenham winning the Premiership?

Children? Don't want any. There's still too much around who aren't mine, and who are so sad and lonely. Why produce new ones if we can't even take care of those that are here?

> Answer me this. No clever answers please, it's late and nobody
> gives a toss.

I couldn't care less. Your mind is the only thing that is designed to take care of you. Don't spoil it.

BTW, what's supposed to be joyful about life? "Constructive comments only, if you please".

Wholeheartedly thanks!

[Qui Vive]

> Who on this board is 'sad'....?
> Is it me or is it thee? > Is it everyone or no-one?

I will laugh about this now because at this time it is terrible...

[Cinderella]

> This is nothing close to prostitution. Better, "collective
> psychiatry". Try to have a decent conversation in the
> pub... the world won't listen.

Well...it will...if you vapidly witter on about self-tanning lotion and whos on a diet that is! But try and talk about anything ABOVE the 'I Can Read' level and you get those looks...you know the ones...the you're weeyuurd, we are sooooo gonna say that and tell everyone we know in tomorrow nights vapid exchange...before the calls of turn the, and I use the term loosly, music up so we don't have to speak to each other!

> BTW, what's supposed to be joyful about life? "Constructive
> comments only, if you please".

Puddy Cats and books.

[Blank Frank]

[tottenham tod]

> Puddy Cats and books.

can't say anything on the first, as for the second, I'm not so sure. "worthwile" a big YES, but "joyful"? OK, I've been brestfed with Celan, Pessoa and Borchert ... so my perception on joy will surely be dimmed.

Thanks for the uplifting notes, nonetheless!

TT

[Cinderella]

Well OK on a micro level it does depend on the actual book! But macro view, don't you think it's (and I squeal with nerdy glee here) just super that there are so many books, so many topics, so much you can learn, experience..?

Now you have to read The Gobbler by Adrian Edmonson...I defy you to read that and NOT laugh out loud!

[tottenham tod]

> Well OK on a micro level it does depend on the actual book! But
> macro view, don't you think it's (and I squeal with nerdy glee
> here) just super that there are so many books, so many topics,
> so much you can learn, experience..?

yes, yet the sheer number of available knowledge, the lack of time to read them all ... fills me with awe. There's so much to read, and to re-read; how can I ever manage?
However, there's so much humanity in most of the little crowd of books I managed to live through, that it makes, yes, life a more bearable adventure.

> Now you have to read The Gobbler by Adrian Edmonson...I defy you
> to read that and NOT laugh out loud!

I will read it, be sure. And I'll let you know. Don't put a time-limit on me, but eventually I'll get there. Thank you for your time & info! I'll be calling my bookseller right now!

TT