Teacup Café XVIII - Page 49

hectorberlioz · 06-15-2007, 11:23 PM

Hey guys, just thought I'd say hi, and steal one of these....fudge ice-cream bars

durinsbane2244 · 06-16-2007, 12:27 AM

HECTOR!!!!!!! how are you?!!??!

Thain Peregrin Took I · 06-16-2007, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Tabby

www.freewebs.com/brendonintern

I'd have a domain name, but those imbeciles are deciding to take their sweet time to "personally check it".

I skimmed it. You mentioned me! Coolness! And you used the nickname that I gave to you, too.

...Unless I'm mistaken and I didn't make up the nickname Tabby, but I'm pretty sure that I did because it was either that or Trolly, right, and you liked Tabby better because Trolly sounds too much like the trollies in 'Frisco, and now I'm just being myself and rambling on about weird things like this...
EDIT: *looks up Teacup Cafe X* I DID make up that nickname! I KNEW it!!! Hi, I'm normal. *gullom* *gullom*

sisterandcousinandaunt · 06-16-2007, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by trolls' bane

That is precisely the thing that draws us in. We become like the serval, coming out at dusk and dawn.

You know, it's sad that Firefox thinks "Serval" is a spelling error.

That is indeed sad.

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I believe in monogamy as in something one should practice for a fair portion of their life. Why?

Most people need a lot of practice on it.

trolls' bane · 06-16-2007, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Thain Peregrin Took I

I skimmed it. You mentioned me! Coolness! And you used the nickname that I gave to you, too.

...Unless I'm mistaken and I didn't make up the nickname Tabby, but I'm pretty sure that I did because it was either that or Trolly, right, and you liked Tabby better because Trolly sounds too much like the trollies in 'Frisco, and now I'm just being myself and rambling on about weird things like this...
EDIT: *looks up Teacup Cafe X* I DID make up that nickname! I KNEW it!!! Hi, I'm normal. *gullom* *gullom*

A very good ear you have.

Are you still running for Chancellor?

durinsbane2244 · 06-17-2007, 02:00 AM

i'm running for Grand Emporer...hail Palpatine!

trolls' bane · 06-17-2007, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by durinsbane2244

i'm running for Grand Emporer...hail Palpatine!

*Imperial salute*

trolls' bane · 06-17-2007, 02:54 AM

...

Really, are we in a trade deficit or something?

durinsbane2244 · 06-17-2007, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by trolls' bane

*Imperial salute*

Darth Vadar: My lord, do you truly feel that another Death Star will lure Skywalker to us?

Palpatine: If you build it, they will come... I mean, yes...I sense it...

trolls' bane · 06-18-2007, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by durinsbane2244

Darth Vadar: My lord, do you truly feel that another Death Star will lure Skywalker to us?

Palpatine: If you build it, they will come... I mean, yes...I sense it...

Exquisite.

*taps fingers*

Nerdanel · 06-18-2007, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by The last sane person

Er, Monogamy?? As in a man marrying more then one wife? You...have strange views kiddo.

And at anyrate, the further north you go, the less hot it becomes. It's still in the lower 60's in Seattle.

I find this the most amusing answer: not because terms got confused, that happens all the time, but because you think it's weird.

And, on a side note, polygamy is not only about a man having more than wife: it might as well be about a woman having more than one husband, a man having more than one husband or a woman having more than one wife. Perhaps not according to the definition, but in my definition, it also involves relationships outside marriage (as I don't believe in that).

The real question is: do you think our species is a monogamous one? How can you choose only one path, only one lover, only one home? And if you do choose only one, will that satisfy you until the end of your days?

sisterandcousinandaunt · 06-18-2007, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Nerdanel

The real question is: do you think our species is a monogamous one? How can you choose only one path, only one lover, only one home? And if you do choose only one, will that satisfy you until the end of your days?

And the answer is, no ordinary human relationship "will satisfy you until the end of your days." That's not their nature. Being satisfied in that way is something you experience through a profound knowledge of and respect for yourself, as a soul in relationship with God (as you understand Her

) It's not really an external thing. Once you truly have that, it's a lot easier to be monagamous, because the "reflecting" aspect of relationships isn't as important to you.

***Jonathan*** · 06-18-2007, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Nerdanel

The real question is: do you think our species is a monogamous one?

Yes and no. Our species is complex and we can do pretty much what we want, enjoy or choose to. If anything, it's our society that's monogamous, not our species.

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Originally Posted by Nerdanel

How can you choose only one path, only one lover, only one home?

Some people want that, enjoy that or choose that. Some don't. Our species is made up of individuals with unique wills and we can't expect everyone to like the same things

Btw, isn't there a thread on marriagea and stuff already?

durinsbane2244 · 06-18-2007, 05:33 PM

indeed, the relative calm and laziness among the sea of controversy, calamity, catastrophie, and just plain zaniness of the moot is being disturbed...i want to eat my cookies in peace!!!!

The last sane person · 06-18-2007, 07:11 PM

Heh, erg. I did almost over does on that stuff. Geh. Back now, but christ it was uncomfortale.

*pours a sour mash for self**

Er, wait, what now? on monogmy? Hell, I dont care either way. Have as many as floats your boat. personally though, i preffer one lover at a time. I just dont think i have the enrgy for more then that at once.

trolls' bane · 06-19-2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by The last sane person

Heh, erg. I did almost over does on that stuff. Geh. Back now, but christ it was uncomfortale.

*pours a sour mash for self**

Er, wait, what now? on monogmy? Hell, I dont care either way. Have as many as floats your boat. personally though, i preffer one lover at a time. I just dont think i have the enrgy for more then that at once.

My views are the same, basically.
After all, I'm a raven.

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-19-2007, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Nerdanel

I find this the most amusing answer: not because terms got confused, that happens all the time, but because you think it's weird.

And, on a side note, polygamy is not only about a man having more than wife: it might as well be about a woman having more than one husband, a man having more than one husband or a woman having more than one wife. Perhaps not according to the definition, but in my definition, it also involves relationships outside marriage (as I don't believe in that).

Properly speaking, I think, that would be polyamory.

durinsbane2244 · 06-19-2007, 02:53 PM

...no, it's polygamy...

Nerdanel · 06-19-2007, 04:02 PM

Oxford English Dictionary:

1. a. The practice or custom of having more than one spouse at the same time. Contrasted with monogamy.
Chiefly applied to the practice or custom (more explicitly called polygyny) in which a man has several wives at once, but also including polyandry, in which a woman has several husbands.
Sometimes also used with reference to sexual partners rather than spouses.

***Rían*** · 06-19-2007, 04:22 PM

I think monogamy is like a lot of good things - it's not there for the asking; you have to work at it; but it's SO worth it! Like me playing the harp - I have to work at it but it's SO worth it! Like a lot of good things

06-15-2007, 11:23 PM	#961
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06-16-2007, 12:27 AM	#962
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	HECTOR!!!!!!! how are you?!!??! __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

06-17-2007, 02:00 AM	#966
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	i'm running for Grand Emporer...hail Palpatine! __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

06-17-2007, 02:54 AM	#968
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	... Really, are we in a trade deficit or something? __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

06-18-2007, 05:33 PM	#974
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	indeed, the relative calm and laziness among the sea of controversy, calamity, catastrophie, and just plain zaniness of the moot is being disturbed...i want to eat my cookies in peace!!!! __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

06-18-2007, 07:11 PM	#975
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	Heh, erg. I did almost over does on that stuff. Geh. Back now, but christ it was uncomfortale. pours a sour mash for self* Er, wait, what now? on monogmy? Hell, I dont care either way. Have as many as floats your boat. personally though, i preffer one lover at a time. I just dont think i have the enrgy for more then that at once. __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

06-19-2007, 02:53 PM	#978
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	...no, it's polygamy... __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

06-19-2007, 04:02 PM	#979
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Oxford English Dictionary: 1. a. The practice or custom of having more than one spouse at the same time. Contrasted with monogamy. Chiefly applied to the practice or custom (more explicitly called polygyny) in which a man has several wives at once, but also including polyandry, in which a woman has several husbands. Sometimes also used with reference to sexual partners rather than spouses. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

06-19-2007, 04:22 PM	#980
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	I think monogamy is like a lot of good things - it's not there for the asking; you have to work at it; but it's SO worth it! Like me playing the harp - I have to work at it but it's SO worth it! Like a lot of good things __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

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