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[Sykaara]

Boredom Thread

[Law of Five]

I really don't like Tony Blair. He's such a fake. Gordon Ramsay for Prime Minister, I say. Is that what you were after?

[jillah pie]

GOD i hate that paris hilton.

hah, jk. i dont really hate anyone. especailly any one from here, seeing as how i dont know any of you well enough to. hate comes from fear and fear comes from the unknown, so lets all get to know eachother! i say we change this negative forum to something positive- how about we post something intetesting about ourselves that has nothing to do with all this triskanonsense.

ill start:

my birthday is the day before christmas and i live infront of a graveyard!

[Jamie]

I once peed on a cat, and it hissed and ran away.

[shylilembrace]

edit: nm thought this was a new thread

[sollune]

When i was about 9 years old, i spoon fed my porridge (which I was supposed to be having for breakfast) to some rottweilers through the gate of the house they were supposed to guarding. They growled really fiercely at first but calmed down after a while and allowed me to pat them. They forgot me the next day- almost bit my hand off.

Nice doggies.

[Sykaara]

Yeah, this is sort of what I wanted, but if you want to complain about anyone or anything in this site or not go ahead, but be sure it stays in the thread. No lashing out.

[Dragonfly]

When I was five I was feeding bread to some big, white ducks. Then they decided my little five-year-old hands couldn't throw bread at them fast enough so they came after me like a pack of rabid wolves. And then they bit my hands off. Just kidding. But they did scare me enough to make me grab on to my dad's legs so he could hardly run away from them. It probably looked funny to anyone passing by.

[Shane]

Gunz. It's an addictive lil' game. www.gunzonline.com If anybody is thinking about playing (or already plays) lemme know We could forma clan! Or I could train the new peoples. Just a thought.

And in other news, The Horrorist(a band) scares me.somebody..hold me

[green ice queen]

[missphinx]

When I was little, one time we went to Knott's Berry Farm, and a donkey bit me.

Then there were the rabbits that came with the house we rented when I was four. One of them got out of its cage, and I tried to catch it. It bit me, and I hid in my room, crying.

Strangely, I still like animals.

[jillah pie]

haha

[kylegumby]

I was bitten by a bat once.

No, I don't want to talk about it.


Go read this instead.

[joebrent]

I once killed a drifter, but in all fairness, the bastard had it comin'.

We all have it comin'.

I believe that a great deal of international squabbles would be eased if bloody Americans would quit calling it 'soccer'.

I believe that a great deal of international squabbles would be eased if bloody Europeans started eating peanut butter.

I believe that neither the Americans or Europeans care enough about what the Africans think, and care too much about what the Middle East thinks. I believe that if Africa had oil, the situation would be reversed.

I believe that anyone who drives a Prius or any other hybrid car should be given a tax cut and a sponge bath from the attractive member of the opposite/same sex of their choice, and anyone who drives a Hummer should be ritually flogged before their whole town.

When I hear someone with a New York accent outside of New York, I brighten and seek to make friends instantly. Why? Nothing more arbitrary than place of birth, or less indicative of character. Especially since New York is very much like London in that there are, in reality, many different types of New York accent.

I believe that the most obnoxious accent in the world is not the northern New Jersey accent, nor the South Boston accent, nor Brooklyn, nor Queens, nor 'Old South', nor New Orleans, nor California Surfer Dude, nor any of the various Cockneys, Latin/South American gibberish patois, or the rough sort of Parisian French one hears in Jules Dassin films. No, the most obnoxious accent in the world is the 'New Money Texas' accent, which is usually heard from Texans who made a killing in the oil industry, speak very poor Spanish ("Down-day es-tah my eckipawhay, Seenyor?"), pronounce it "newculer" instead of "nuclear", can't let a sentance go by without comparing some thing or another to "a snake's ass", and wear boots, cowboy hats, and bolo ties with otherwise finely cut suits. It's like listening to someone rend sheet metel with a cheese grater.

The most pleasing accent in the world is Portuguese, regardless of language. I once heard a Portuguese woman speaking French; it was like listening to a slice of tiramisu singing 'Sull'aria'.

The sexiest is Russian.

The greatest American holiday is Holloween (dadaist paganism, for those who have never had the pleasure), with Thanksgiving (gorging yourself on turkey, stuffing, and cranberries) coming a close second. There are several holidays tied for last.

The best New York City parades are, in order: The Gay Pride Parade, The Crucifixtion March during The Feast of San Gennaro. And that's it. All others are just annoying, including the Macy's.

I am willing to debate any of the opinions discussed here, but there are three things I will not argue about:

1) The Fugue which begins Beethoven's String Quartet in c# minor is the most perfect piece of music ever written.

2) The final movement of Mahler's 9th is the saddest.

3) 99% of everything is crap. But the other 1% is worth living for.

[Bootsy]

Joe Brent,

As far as parades are concerned, I whole-heartedly agree with the exception of the Mermaid Parade, which is most likely in its last year due to the planned gutting of Coney Island next year for a strip mall.

It is more trendy than it used to be, but the mermaid floats are great and it ends up with people doing a ceremony in honor of Neptune, where they go through the metaphorical gates of the seasons to welcome Summer and then everyone runs into the ocean to throw fruit offerings to him. Quite a sight.

And to add to the no one listens to Africa, a great read if you get a chance is Malidoma Patrice Some's 'Of Water and the Spirit'. He is from Burkina Faso in West Africa. It is his story of how he was taking from his tribe by French missionaries as a child for re-education in seminary school until he was 20 when he escaped and returned home. He then went through a process of his own tribes' re-education.

Let's just say after reading this book, the idea of inter-dimensional and time travel doesn't seem so unrealistic. It is also a humbling reflection on how ignorant the west is in its idea of African history as primitive.

I have the copy lent out right now, but when I get it back I can send it around. Otherwise if no one is interested just ignore me. I tend to ignore myself so I'm used to it.