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26 Nov 15

Originally posted by Suzianne
And what is YOUR personal agenda for constantly riding his back?
Just participating and voicing my takes on things here in a straight ahead, candid, honest and non-lily-livered way without the slightest bit of mealy-mouthed or furtive passive-aggression. Shouldn't being forthright and unpretentious be everyone's "personal agenda" on a message board? 😉

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If everyone told the truth in forums, after a month there'd be no forums.

Boston Lad

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26 Nov 15

Originally posted by Kewpie
If everyone told the truth in forums, after a month there'd be no forums.
“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.”
―Spencer Johnson

“In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.”
―Czesław Miłosz

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26 Nov 15

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.”
―Spencer Johnson

“In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.”
―Czesław Miłosz
When you are confronted with some nonsense you posted in the past, you often pretend to not be able to find it, or you claim not to know exactly what page it was on, or you just ignore the fact that you said it, or you just ignore the fact that you have been confronted on it. Would Spencer Johnson call such evasiveness "integrity" or "honesty", or would he call it something else perhaps? 😉

Boston Lad

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“Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas.” ~Charles Stewart

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26 Nov 15

Originally quoted by Grampy Bobby
“Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons...
The "habit of always talking about persons"? Goodness me. Name another poster who starts as many threads as you do for the obvious purpose of reprimanding fellow "persons" with long lists of perceived faults and slights. 😉

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26 Nov 15

Apart from threads specifically titled "quote threads", where quotes belong, can we please reduce the sheer overwhelming volume of inapposite quotes cluttering up so many general forum threads? Originality is so much more interesting.

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26 Nov 15

Originally posted by Kewpie
Apart from threads specifically titled "quote threads", where quotes belong, can we [b]please reduce the sheer overwhelming volume of inapposite quotes cluttering up so many general forum threads? Originality is so much more interesting.[/b]
I think Charles Stewart, if he were here, would certainly object to his words being used as a fig leaf in that way. 😛

Boston Lad

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26 Nov 15

A Poem by Pinocchio's Good Friend Child Anon About Tedium

today i asked my grade one language teacher, Emily Wordsmith,
what the word "tedium" meant. she said: "the state of being tedious".
after thanking her, i asked one more question before morning recess:
Miss Wordsmith, what does "the state of being tedious' mean"?

she said: 'child anon, please giggle its antonyms on the internet'.
here's what i found: "banality; boredom; ennui; deadness; doldrums;
drabness; dreariness; lifelessness; routine; sameness; tediousness;
tiresomeness; yawn; irksomeness; lack of interest; wearisomeness."

i'll tell her what i found during our next language class Monday. the end.

~child anon

Boston Lad

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Originally posted by Kewpie
Apart from threads specifically titled "quote threads", where quotes belong, can we please reduce the sheer overwhelming volume of inapposite quotes cluttering up so many general forum threads? Originality is so much more interesting.
Ok, at least on this thread in favor of "Originality.

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26 Nov 15

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
A Poem by Pinocchio's Good Friend Child Anon About Tedium

today i asked my grade one language teacher, Emily Wordsmith,
what the word "tedium" meant. she said: "the state of being tedious".
after thanking her, i asked one more question before morning recess:
Miss Wordsmith, what does "the state of being tedious' mean"?

she said: 'child anon, please giggle its antonyms on the internet'.
here's what i found: "banality; boredom; ennui; deadness; doldrums;
drabness; dreariness; lifelessness; routine; sameness; tediousness;
tiresomeness; yawn; irksomeness; lack of interest; wearisomeness."

i'll tell her what i found during our next language class Monday. the end.

~child anon


This is no fig leaf, it's a Raffia Palm leaf! 😵

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... but at least it's an original palm leaf ...

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Originally posted by Kewpie
... but at least it's an [b]original palm leaf ...[/b]
Fair point, but as for the notion that he can refute specific accusations of glaring hypocrisy by simply declaring them tedious is a hackneyed dodge that he's trotted out more times than I can remember. 🙂

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26 Nov 15

Originally posted by FMF
Has someone said something about you that don't like? Is that your personal agenda with this? 😉
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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]"Pinocchio Feature" Poll Status Update as of Tuesday, November 25, 2015; Page One:

*Yea Posts: 0

**Thumbs Up: 20

***Thumbs Down: 25

****Nay Posts: 0
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Total *****Net Plus Votes: 45

"Votes will be counted as follows: One for each *Yea Post and for each **Thumbs Up and ***Thumbs Down [on the premise that those ...[text shortened]... ling Station will close at midnight December 31, 2015. Thanks for your cooperation." (OP)[/b]
People are voting you down, not your post, do you not get that? This seems to be your new way of turning your usual plethora of thumbs down into some sort of pseudo-positive interesting in yourself.