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Markc
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Post Number: 215
Registered: 06-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, August 14, 2005 - 06:33 pm: | 
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"Better to go in a new direction than to back up on the path that your'e on ." MC
Mark Campbell
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Joseph_emmanuel
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Post Number: 96
Registered: 05-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 04:51 am: |
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The spiritual kingdom is like a house that has had its lights on throughout the whole day, but went unnoticed because the inhabitants of the house could only perceive the daylight. Then the day grew dark and they were able to see the light in the house, and realized that it had been lit all the while. |
Scott
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Post Number: 673
Registered: 12-1999
| | Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 05:12 pm: |
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Anonymous |
Scott
Moderator
Post Number: 675
Registered: 12-1999
| | Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2005 - 06:00 pm: |
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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
George Benard Shaw |
Beli
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Post Number: 30
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 12:56 pm: |
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"The future is not a result of choices among
alternative paths offered by the present, but a place
that is created; created first in the mind and will,
created next in activity. The future is not some place
we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are
not to be found, but made, and the activity of making
them, changes both the maker and the destination. " |
Beli
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Post Number: 31
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 01:54 pm: |
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Coincidence is thoughts trying to remain anonymous... |
Beli
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Post Number: 32
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 01:03 pm: |
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If love is a game, these are the rules
Wenn die Liebe ein Spiel ist, sind das die Regeln
1. You must love yourself first.
Zuerst musst du dich selbst lieben.
2. Partnering is a choice.
Eine Beziehung Einzugehen ist freiwillig.
3. Creating love is a process.
Liebe zu erschaffen ist ein Prozess.
4. Relationships provide opportunities to grow.
Beziehungen bieten Gelegenheit zu geistigem Wachstum.
5. Communication is essential.
Kommunikation ist essentiell.
6. Negotiation will be required.
Verhandlungen sind notwendig.
7. Your relationship will be challenged by change.
Deine Beziehung wird durch Veraenderung herausgefordert werden.
8. You must nurture the relationship for it to thrive.
Du musst die Beziehung pflegen, damit sie erbluehen kann.
9. Renewal is the key to longevity.
Erneuerung ist der Schuessel zur Langlebigkeit.
10. You will forget all this the moment you fall in love.
Im Moment wo dich verliebst, wirst du all dies vergessen.
love
beli |
Beli
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Post Number: 33
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2005 - 02:14 pm: |
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LOVE starts with a SMILE , grows with a KISS , and ends with a TEAR.
DON'T cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
Good FRIENDS are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
You can only go as far as you push.
ACTIONS speak louder than words.
The HARDEST thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.
DON'T let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.
LIFE'S SHORT. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it.
Good friends are like STARS You don't always see them, but you know they are ALWAYS THERE.
DON'T frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile.
What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry?
Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end. |
Jacob
Moderator
Post Number: 395
Registered: 01-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 01:24 pm: |
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Socrates:
"My way towards the truth is to ask the right questions."
"Do not be convinced by me. Be convinced by the truth"
"We must escape the Cave of illusions"
"A flame of wisdom illumined and warmed us, which none of us could have ignited alone."
"It has been my fixed principle to speak the truth"
"Oh, my friend, why so little care for your soul" (note: Psyche , consciousness and the spirit)
"To judge a person's capability by gender is like judging a man's intelligence by the amount of hair on his head."
" A unexamined life is not worth living."
Salome,
Jacob
Saalome gam naan ben uurda, gan njjber asaala hesporoona!
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George
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Post Number: 72
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 16, 2005 - 12:07 pm: |
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The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
-John Dewey |
Edward
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Post Number: 536
Registered: 05-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 05:35 am: |
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Einstein wrote Gandhi. The reply: "Namaste. " He then wrote again to ask
the meaning of this Hindu word, "Namaste. " The reply:
"I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides.
I honor the place in you of light, love, truth, peace and wisdom.
I honor the place in you where, when you are in that place,
and I am in that place, there is only one of us. "
So Einstein wrote Gandhi back ending his letter with:
So, as a Christian, my phrase, "Namaste in Christos" means:
" "Namaste in Christos"
I honor that place in you where the Holy Spirit dwells.
I honor that place in you that is love, light, truth, peace, and wisdom.
When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me.
We Are One!
In Jesus Christ
Amen"
Kinda Spooky....
(Jose My Good Friend: What do ya say???)
Edward. |
Kingman
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Post Number: 32
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 11:42 am: |
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"You are becoming that which you think about most"
a friend in america
Shawn
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Elvis
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Post Number: 8
Registered: 09-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 09:13 pm: |
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I once listened to someone who spoke as those who you quote. Then one day he said to me, "No longer do I call you grasshopper. Now, you are master in your own right." Then I heard no more from this entity for a long time. I must have angered this entity. For strong winds ripped through the town although no damage was done. Later the voice heard before returned saying, "No longer do I call you master." |
Jo_jo
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Post Number: 71
Registered: 04-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 08:58 pm: |
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Edward,
What is the source of your quote of Einstein and Gandhi? Wasn't Einstein both a Jew and a spirit-form of ET origin? Based on that I wouldn't think him a believer in the Christ character. |
Elvis
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Post Number: 11
Registered: 09-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 01:58 pm: |
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If the rain falls to the earth, then evaporates up into the clouds to be recycled and to fall again to the earth. How then, can a man die and be recycled and return to earth as a drop of rain? (One of the questions asked by a friendlier unseen voice while listening to Johnny Cash) |
Beli
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Post Number: 34
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 02:49 pm: |
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Accept misfortune as a blessing. Do not wish for perfect health or a life without problems. What would you talk about?,,
,,Wherever you go, there you are. Your luggage is another story.,,,
..Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated?
DEMOCRATIC
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
REPUBLICANISM
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides
you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government
pays you to shoot one, milk the other,
and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself
and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the
milk of four cows. You are surprised
when one cow drops dead. You spin an
announcement to the analysts stating
you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth
the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty
times the milk.
They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink
lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and
run a hundred miles an hour.
Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of
vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You have some more vodka.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many
cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan,
which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot
touch any creature' private parts.
You get a $40 million grant from the US
government to find alternatives to milk
production but use the money to buy weapons.
IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows. They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed
attempting to milk them.
BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French,
other times he's Flemish.
The Flemish cow won't share with the
French cow.
The French cow wants control of the
Flemish cow's milk.
The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
The cow dies happy.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who actually like the
brown one best accidentally vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state
tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese.
Only five speak English.
Most are illegals.
Arnold likes the ones with the big udders. |
Beli
Member
Post Number: 35
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 03:42 pm: |
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These are JOKES. They are neither tasteful nor nice nor politically correct nor puritanical..... Only read them if you are an adult and truly have a sense of humour! So, if you are a prude,under 18 and cannot laugh about yourself, do not read them! (Do you feel offended? Then you definitely are on the wrong page!)
GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD
1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're
down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking
chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers
to ask you the questions.
6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
An older Jewish gentleman marries a younger lady and they are very much in love. However, no matter what the husband does sexually, the woman never achieves orgasm. Since a Jewish wife is entitled to sexual pleasure, they decide to ask the rabbi.
The rabbi listens to their story, strokes his beard, and makes the following suggestion. "Hire a strapping young man. While the two of you are making love, have the young man wave a towel over you. That will help the wife fantasize and should bring on an orgasm."
They go home and follow the rabbi's advice. They hire a handsome young man and he waves a towel over them as they make love. But it doesn't help and she is still unsatisfied. Perplexed, they go back to the rabbi.
"Okay", says the rabbi, "let's try it reversed. Have the young man make love to your wife and you wave the towel over them."
Once again, they follow the rabbi's advice. The young man gets into bed with the wife and the husband waves the towel. The young man gets to work with great enthusiasm and the wife soon has an enormous, room-shaking screaming orgasm.
The husband smiles, looks at the young man and says to him triumphantly,
> >
"You see, THAT'S the way to wave a towel!"
THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.
SUCCESS:
At age 4 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is . . . having friends.
At age 17 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 35 success is . . . having money.
At age 50 success is . . . having money.
At age 70 success is . . . having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . . . having friends.
At age 80 success is . . . not peeing in your pants.
A young boy went up to his father and asked him, "What is the difference between potentially and realistically?"
The father thought for a moment, then answered, "Go ask your mother if she would sleep with Robert Redford for a million dollars. Then ask your sister if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. Come back and tell me what you learn from that."
So the boy went to his mother and asked, "Would you sleep with Robert Redford for a million dollars? The mother replied, "Of course I would! I wouldn't pass up an opportunity like that."
The boy then went to his sister and asked, "Would you sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars?"
The girl replied, "Oh my God! I would just love to do that! I would be nuts to pass up that opportunity!"
The boy pondered that for a few days, then went back to his dad. His father asked him, "Did you find out the difference between potential and realistic?"
The boy replied, "Yes, sir. Potentially, we're sitting on two million dollars, but realistically, we're living with two sluts."
A female computer consultant was helping a smug male set up his computer and she asked him what word he would like to use as a password to log in with.
Wanting to embarrass the female he told her to enter "PENIS." Without blinking or saying a word she entered the password. She almost died laughing at the computer's response:
"PASSWORD REJECTED. NOT LONG ENOUGH."
A GIRLS PRAYER
Lord,
Before I lay me down to sleep,
I pray for a man, who's not a creep,
One who's handsome, smart and strong,
One whose willy's thick and long.
One who thinks before he speaks,
When promises to call, he won't wait weeks.
I pray that he is gainfully employed,
And when I spend his cash, won't be annoyed.
Pulls out my chair and opens my door,
Massages my back and begs to do more.
Oh, send me a man who will make love to my mind,
Knows just what to say, when I ask "How big's my behind?"
One who'll make love till my body's a twitchin,
In the hall, the loo, the garden and the kitchen!
I pray that this man will love me no end,
And never attempt to sh ag my best friend.
And as I kneel and pray by my bed,
I look at the assho.. you sent me instead.
Amen.
A BOYS PRAYER
Lord,
I pray for a girl with nice tits.
Amen.
GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who finds such a man.
HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
HOW TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUGGING YOU ABOUT GETTING MARRIED:
Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
SEND THIS TO A SMART WOMAN WHO NEEDS A LAUGH AND TO THE GUYS YOU THINK CAN HANDLE IT. |
Markc
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Post Number: 235
Registered: 06-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 08:11 pm: |
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Thanks Beli ; I needed a laugh , and you gave me 20 !
Mark
Mark Campbell
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George
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Post Number: 74
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Monday, October 24, 2005 - 11:47 am: |
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Feelings of worth can florish only in an atmosphere in which individual diffrences are appreciated, love is shown openly, mistakes are used for learning, communication is open, rules are flexible, responsibility is modeled and honesty is practiced.
Virginia Satir |
Hunter
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Post Number: 174
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 09:39 am: |
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Looks like Thomas Jefferson thought the New Testament had clearly been altered:
"The whole history of these books [the Gospels] is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry into it: and such tricks have been played with their text, and with the texts of other books relating to them, that we have a right, from that cause, to entertain much doubt what parts of them are genuine. In the New Testament there is internal evidence that parts of it have proceeded from an extraordinary man; and that other parts are of the fabric of very inferior minds. It is as easy to separate those parts, as to pick out diamonds from dunghills."
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Adams, January 24, 1814
"Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him [Jesus] by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the most lovely benevolence; and others again of so much ignorance, so much absurdity, so much untruth, charlatanism, and imposture, as to pronounce it impossible that such contradictions should have proceeded from the same being."
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Short, April 13, 1820 |
Lonnie
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Post Number: 101
Registered: 12-1999
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 09:01 am: |
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"To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate."
--Michael Jordan, Basketball player |
Beli
Member
Post Number: 36
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, February 25, 2006 - 10:23 am: |
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Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = pregnancy
Dumb man + smart woman = affair
Dumb man + dumb woman = marriage
Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a
little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot & not try to
understand her at all.
Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot
more willing to die.
Men wake up as good looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after
that is the beginning of a new argument.
There are 2 times when a man doesn't understand a woman - before
marriage and after marriage.
Oben/top
The Difference between Men and Women
Let's say a guy named Roger is attracted to a woman named Elaine. He asks
her out to a movie; she accepts; they have a pretty good time.
A few nights later he asks her out to dinner, and again they enjoy
themselves. They continue to see each other regularly, and after a while
neither one of them is seeing anybody else.
And then, one evening when they're driving home, a thought occurs to
Elaine,and, without really thinking, she says it aloud: "Do you realize
that, as of tonight, we've been seeing each other for exactly six months?"
And then there is silence in the car. To Elaine, it seems like a very loud
silence. She thinks to herself: Geez, I wonder if it bothers him that I said
that.
Maybe he's been feeling confined by our relationship; maybe he thinks I'm
trying to push him into some kind of obligation that he doesn't want, or
isn't sure of.
And Roger is thinking: Gosh. Six months.
And Elaine is thinking: But, hey, I'm not so sure I want this kind of
relationship, either. Sometimes I wish I had a little more space, so I'd
have time to think about whether I really want us to keep going the way we
are, moving steadily toward . . . I mean, where are we going? Are we just
going to keep seeing each other at this level of intimacy? Are we heading
toward marriage? Toward children? Toward a lifetime together? Am I ready for
that level of commitment? Do I really even know this person?
And Roger is thinking: . . . so that means it was . . . let's see . .
..February when we started going out, which was right after I had the car at
the dealer's, which means . . . lemme check the odometer . . . Whoa! I am
way overdue for an oil change here.
And Elaine is thinking: He's upset. I can see it on his face. Maybe I'm
reading this completely wrong. Maybe he wants more from our relationship,
more intimacy, more commitment; maybe he has sensed -- even before I sensed
it -- that I was feeling some reservations. Yes, I bet that's it. That's why
he's so reluctant to say anything about his own feelings. He's afraid of
being rejected.
And Roger is thinking: And I'm gonna have them look at the transmission
again. I don't care what those morons say, it's still not shifting right.
And they better not try to blame it on the cold weather this time. What cold
weather?
It's 87 degrees out, and this thing is shifting like a damn garbage truck,
and I paid those incompetent thieves $600.
God, I feel so guilty, putting him through this, but I can't help the way I
feel. I'm just not sure.
And Roger is thinking: They'll probably say it's only a 90-day warranty.
That's exactly what they're gonna say, the scumballs.
And Elaine is thinking: Maybe I'm just too idealistic, waiting for a knight
to come riding up on his white horse, when I'm sitting right next to a
perfectly good person, a person I enjoy being with, a person I truly do care
about, a person who seems to truly care about me. A person who is in pain
because of my self-centered, schoolgirl romantic fantasy.
And Roger is thinking: Warranty? They want a warranty? I'll give them a damn
warranty. I'll take their warranty and stick it right up their .... . .
"Roger," Elaine says aloud.
"What?" says Roger, startled.
"Please don't torture yourself like this," she says, her eyes beginning to
brim with tears. "Maybe I should never have.. Oh God, I feel so....." (She
breaks down, sobbing.)
"What?" says Roger.
"I'm such a fool," Elaine sobs. "I mean, I know there's no knight. I really
know that. It's silly. There's no knight, and there's no horse."
"There's no horse?" says Roger.
"You think I'm a fool, don't you?" Elaine says.
"No!" says Roger, glad to finally know the correct answer.
"It's just that . . . It's that I . . . I need some time," Elaine says.
(There is a 15-second pause while Roger, thinking as fast as he can, tries
to come up with a safe response. Finally he comes up with one that he thinks
might work.)
"Yes," he says. (Elaine, deeply moved, touches his hand.)
"Oh, Roger, do you really feel that way?" she says.
"What way?" says Roger.
"That way about time," says Elaine.
"Oh," says Roger. "Yes."
(Elaine turns to face him and gazes deeply into his eyes, causing him to
become very nervous about what she might say next, especially if it involves
a horse. At last she speaks.)
"Thank you, Roger," she says.
"Thank you," says Roger.
Then he takes her home, and she lies on her bed, a conflicted, tortured
soul, and weeps until dawn, whereas when Roger gets back to his place, he
opens a bag of Doritos, turns on the TV, and immediately becomes deeply
involved in a rerun of a tennis match between two Czechoslovakians he never
heard of.
A tiny voice in the far recesses of his mind tells him that something major
was going on back there in the car, but he is pretty sure there is no way he
would ever understand what, and so he figures it's better if he doesn't
think about it. (This is also Roger's policy regarding world hunger.)
The next day Elaine will call her closest friend, or perhaps two of them,
and they will talk about this situation for six straight hours. In
painstaking detail,they will analyse everything she said and everything he
said, going over it time and time again, exploring every word, expression,
and gesture for nuances of meaning, considering every possible ramification.
They will continue to discuss this subject, off and on, for weeks, maybe
months, never reaching any definite conclusions, but never getting bored with it, either.
Meanwhile, Roger, while playing racquetball one day with a mutual friend of
his and Elaine's, will pause just before serving, frown, and say:"Norm, did
Elaine ever own a horse? |
Scott
Moderator
Post Number: 749
Registered: 12-1999
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
- Socrates - |
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