What do you KNOW?
 

--I know that people are capable of anything, from the ultimate evil to the ultimate good. So don't be surprised!

--I know that the IRS sucks!

--I know I love my children, and they love me.

I know that I am smarter than nearly everyone else I have to deal with.

I also know that I just ended a sentence with a preposition, and I don't care.

My wife told me that her mantra before group insurance enrollment meetings was "I'm smart, you're stupid... I'm smart, you're stupid..."

I know.....lamp!

I know it won;t be long until someone says that they know that they don't know more than they know. probably spex or bigv would be my guess.

I know that The Cellar was a topic of discusion at my dinner table last night, and I enjoyed talking about it with my husband.

laying plans for the next photo shoot????

Don't worry about it. Most prescriptivists that have any clue are dropping that rule.

wolf - that's interesting, because I think that everyone is smarter than me in some way.

It's not always easy to see what that way is, but it sure does keep me humble while I'm trying to figure it out.

i know, as stated somewhere else, that i am (at least in my town)
SURROUNDED BY COW TURDS!!!!!

Well, I had no idea what "prescriptivists" are -- but now I know. :right:

I know that no matter what happens, I will be dissatisfied.

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

Shawnee -- I think you put in one too many.

Also, I see you've changed your title. That's a good one.

They tried to make me go to rehab
I said know, know know

I copied and pasted from a lyrics site...probably unreliable. I tried to do it in my head and lost track.

and this makes you better than them somehow? being humbler? the only true humility is to admit that you are better than everyone else and accept it. Only then can you deal honestly with them. Acting 'humbler' is an expression of superior humility. you cad.

lumberjim -- I bow to your superior wisdom.

...
Thirty spokes meet at a nave;
Because of the hole we may use the wheel.
Clay is moulded into a vessel;
Because of the hollow we may use the cup.
Thus tools come from what exists,
But use from what does not.
...

I think he might have just smacked you down, jumbo. But I can't quite figure it out.

I know there are two season in Chicago. Winter and construction.

I know half and half taste better than skim milk in my coffee.

I know I will be come irritated if I talk about religion with my mother.

I know I am smarter than almost everyone I meet in my daily life
I know everyone I meet is happier and/ or more successful than me
I know I have to make big changes

I know that I'm always late for work

(they know it to)

It's from The Way
Beck's translation is somewhat more literally stated. IMO:

Thirty spokes are united around the hub of a wheel,
but the usefulness of the wheel depends on the space where nothing exists.
Clay is molded into a vessel, but the usefulness of the vessel depends on the space where nothing exists.
Doors and windows are cut out of the walls of a house, and the usefulness of the house depends on the space where nothing exists.

Therefore take advantage of what exists, and use what does not exist.

The five colors blind the eyes;
the five musical tones deafen the ears;
the five flavors dull the taste.
Racing and hunting madden the mind.
Precious goods keep their owners on guard.

Therefore the wise satisfy the inner self rather than external senses. They accept the one and reject the other.

which, when taken in context of our earlier reparte, is very subtley saying that you think yourself wiser than I. well played. you just may be, at that.

I may use this as my sig.
My head is a vessel where nothing exists. Therefore it is important.

Yes - I should have included a reference.

I feel Merel's translations are more poetic, but probably just because his version is the one that I read first.

I like the site to which you linked because of the alternate interpretations.

They made up their minds
And they started packing
They left before the sun came up that day
An exit to eternal summer slacking
But where were they going without ever knowing the way?
They drank up the wine
And they got to talking
They now had more important things to say
And when the car broke down they started walking
Where were they going without ever knowing the way?

I know that no matter how obvious you make an insult, some people just dont get it.....what I dont know is, if that is sad or seriously amusing.

I shall now call you 'humblerjim.'

i love that song

Jim, reel that big red tongue back in before Joan Rivers thinks Oscar Night came early this year and rushes onto the red carpet! Stiletto heels... owie...:p :eek: :thepain:

And I know more people who tell me somebody else thinks Iraq did it than I know somebodies who tell me they think Iraq did it.

do they really count as actual discrete somebodies when their voices are all echoing inside the same skull though, that's the question.

I know that I could improve my life if I just applied myself. I'm smarter than this just too lazy to care.
I know I hate my job, but I also know it has a lot to do with coworkers.
I know I am smarter than I beleive but not as smart as I wish I was.
I also know (for a fact) that if you douse your lover with cold fruit juice just at the moment of orgasm, they scream even louder.

I know I can't tolerate religious and new age fanatics.
( not anyone on the net)

I know people who with their intellect profess to be enlightened but don't know themselves in their hearts enough to see themselves working from old tapes. They talk the talk but can't walk the walk and are too enlightened to take a good look at their own hearts.
I know they confuse me because they are a walking contradiction.

I don't understand a quarter of what I know, but I know it takes 6 quarters to wash and dry a load of laundry.

I know I want my lover to scream but he doesn't.
I know I expect people to be smarter than I expect myself to be.
I know I don't dream anymore.
I know my youth is fading.....fast.
I also know that I'm jaded.
I know I'm using this spot as a confessional.
I know I feel better now.
And thank you.

Lucky you! It takes me about 10 or 12.

I am lucky, I guess I will quit bitching about the .50 increase in price.

i'm bored

DO THIS

i haven't clicked on "this" should i be afraid?

Don't be afraid, but you'll need patience!

ooh, that was fun

5th try 14.306, finally 11th 21.74

this is a keeper

I know that music motivates me.
I know how to tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue.
I know how to play the trumpet.
I know all the words to Livin' on a Prayer.
I know a priest.
I know the alphabet backwards.
I know my hair will be curly tomorrow.

I know a Bishop.
I know the alphabet in Spanish.

but the cherry thing? how is that even possible? I think it's a myth!

A thousand years ago everybody knew as a fact, that the earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on it. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow.

Which leads us to the question of should you, or could you, do what the voices in your head tell you if you can't make out a solitary word they're saying? :right:

And would you know if you had? :headshake

No it isn't. I can do it, too.

I know I smoke too many cigarettes
I know my punctuation and capitalization are usually off.
I know I am dreadfully neurotic
I know at least one person truly likes/loves me

That is a show we listen to on NPR Saturday afternoon.

The vocies keep telling me to stop and load the guns.:shock: :apistola:

But what good artist isn't?

I know that I am easily amused...and those that disdain it are...crabbyasses.

I know that I am living proof that personality and wit are more important than youth and looks any day.

This is basically the idea behind Carl Sagan's book Pale Blue Dot (the "pale blue dot" is a picture of the Earth, taken from the edge of the Solar system, by Voyager 1). Sagan describes the stripping away our layers of anthropocentrism, as our persepctive is changed by new information.

I know that the movie Knocked Up is freaking hilarious!

I'm pretty sure that if I keep riding my motorcycle at 100 mph something bad will happen.

I know that Interleague play in baseball at any time other than The World Series is an affront against God and Nature.

I know that Vodka Mudshakes are the best drinks ever....


Well, I know that *right* now, coz I have had a heap of them :)

I know I don't stand a chance with any of the really hot girls here at TAS...

...but I'm sure I'll have fun trying?

I don't think I know anything. I might be wrong about that, though.

I don't know.