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capnhowdy · 06-14-2009, 06:49 AM

I think the message is: Soften up and share. But whadda I know.

Chocolatl · 06-14-2009, 06:55 AM

So I guess I should've asked those knowledgeable about trains.

Thanks, guys! Makes a lot more sense now.

ZenGum · 06-14-2009, 07:37 AM

Chinglish Essay:

"The china government allows broth control..."

monster · 06-14-2009, 09:25 AM

ooh sorry choco, didn't realize you didn't understand what buffers were. They're the bits on the end of a train to absorb impact. Like a car bumper. So I guess buffering up would be like snuggling up, getting close, holding hands.

ZenGum · 06-14-2009, 09:46 AM

Yeah, but if you say it right, you can still make it dirty.

monster · 06-14-2009, 10:00 AM

at this time in the morning with this cough, everything I say sounds dirty.

ZenGum · 06-14-2009, 10:06 AM

Do you know of the Freudian allegory that can be read into Thomas the Tank Engine?

morethanpretty · 06-14-2009, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Do you know of the Freudian allegory that can be read into Thomas the Tank Engine?

If you're reading, I'm sure.

ZenGum · 06-14-2009, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morethanpretty

If you're reading, I'm sure.

Actually, this one is prety clean. (I know, that doesn't sound like me!)

Busy RFN but I'll be back to explain later. Toot toot.

Chocolatl · 06-14-2009, 07:44 PM

Thanks for the picture, monster! It certainly makes a lot more sense, now. Knowing nothing about trains, I couldn't figure out what the hell "buffer up" was supposed to mean. I know "buffer" to be like an extra space, or some just-in-case extra, but I didn't know it was also a train bumper. I think the idea of holding hands is probably spot on.

I knew I'd find my answer on the Cellar.

glatt · 06-14-2009, 09:23 PM

My wife and kids were in a community chorus Broadway tunes show today at a local church. It was really good and I was proud of them. I got there early with my mother in law, and got a seat in the 3rd pew on the center aisle. I had a nice view. I could see everything very well.

One weird thing that happened is that one of the paid soloists, a beautiful Asian woman who I've never seen before, chose me to look at when she was singing her solos. No big deal, right? Well, it was strange because this attractive woman with the voice of an angel sang two love songs while making direct eye contact with me for the entire songs. I would shyly break eye contact and look away once in a while during the first song, and she would always make eye contact with me again when I would look back. For the second song, I didn't look away at all, and we stared into each others eyes while she sang words about how much she loved me. The emotions I felt were so intense, it felt like I was cheating on my wife, while I just sat there in a crowded church and watched this soloist perform. It felt like this woman and I were the only two people in the room. Making unbroken direct eye contact for that long is powerful stuff.

At the reception after the concert, the soloist and I never even looked at each other, let alone spoke to each other. We're strangers.

Edit: I just re-read this, and it sounds all sad and wistful or something, but the thing that struck me the most about the event is how direct eye contact and music can pull up powerful emotions. Emotions that will disappear as fast as they come up.

ZenGum · 06-15-2009, 12:42 AM

That's very interesting, Glatt, now go and take Mrs Glatt out for dinner before she gets insecure.

Okay, back to the trains.

Of course we all know the Freudian sketch of mental structure with the Id, the Ego and the Superego, but just in case I'll give a quick rehash here.
The Id is the set of basic desires for food, pleasure, sex, ego gratification etc etc.
The Superego is the moralising regulator that controls and often forbids access to these pleasures.
The Ego is the mediator and compromise between the two, that tries to satisfy the Id without getting hassled by the Superego too much.

Id = Troublesome Trucks.
Superego = Fat Controller.
Ego = Thomas the Tank Engine.
Thomas is frequently caught between the strict demands of the Fat Controller who orders him to push the Troublesome Trucks around in specific ways, and the Trucks who are always up to self-indulgent mischief. Thomas is often frazzled trying to reconcile these conflicting forces.
There are some claims that one of the reasons that Thomas appeals to kids so much is that they can relate to his situation. Or maybe it is just that little boys like talking trains. Or else that they look like willies, especially when they go into tunnels.

ETA. Ducks is right. I do know some weird shit.

capnhowdy · 06-15-2009, 07:50 AM

sweetwater · 06-15-2009, 10:22 AM

I just made an appointment to take our other dog in for teeth cleaning and to have a couple removed. Poor guy will have a sore mouth for a day or so, but at least he won't have to pay for the procedure.

capnhowdy · 06-15-2009, 03:52 PM

Dogs can't pay bills anyway. No pockets. No money.

06-14-2009, 06:49 AM	#1
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I think the message is: *Soften* up and share. But whadda I know. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-14-2009, 07:37 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Chinglish Essay: "The china government allows broth control..." __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-14-2009, 09:25 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	ooh sorry choco, didn't realize you didn't understand what buffers were. They're the bits on the end of a train to absorb impact. Like a car bumper. So I guess buffering up would be like snuggling up, getting close, holding hands. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-14-2009, 09:46 AM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Yeah, but if you say it right, you can still make it dirty. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-14-2009, 10:00 AM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	at this time in the morning with this cough, everything I say sounds dirty. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-14-2009, 06:55 AM	#2
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	So I guess I should've asked those knowledgeable about trains. Thanks, guys! Makes a lot more sense now.

06-14-2009, 10:06 AM	#7
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Do you know of the Freudian allegory that can be read into Thomas the Tank Engine? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-14-2009, 07:44 PM	#10
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Thanks for the picture, monster! It certainly makes a lot more sense, now. Knowing nothing about trains, I couldn't figure out what the hell "buffer up" was supposed to mean. I know "buffer" to be like an extra space, or some just-in-case extra, but I didn't know it was also a train bumper. I think the idea of holding hands is probably spot on. I knew I'd find my answer on the Cellar.

06-14-2009, 09:23 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My wife and kids were in a community chorus Broadway tunes show today at a local church. It was really good and I was proud of them. I got there early with my mother in law, and got a seat in the 3rd pew on the center aisle. I had a nice view. I could see everything very well. One weird thing that happened is that one of the paid soloists, a beautiful Asian woman who I've never seen before, chose me to look at when she was singing her solos. No big deal, right? Well, it was strange because this attractive woman with the voice of an angel sang two love songs while making direct eye contact with me for the entire songs. I would shyly break eye contact and look away once in a while during the first song, and she would always make eye contact with me again when I would look back. For the second song, I didn't look away at all, and we stared into each others eyes while she sang words about how much she loved me. The emotions I felt were so intense, it felt like I was cheating on my wife, while I just sat there in a crowded church and watched this soloist perform. It felt like this woman and I were the only two people in the room. Making unbroken direct eye contact for that long is powerful stuff. At the reception after the concert, the soloist and I never even looked at each other, let alone spoke to each other. We're strangers. Edit: I just re-read this, and it sounds all sad and wistful or something, but the thing that struck me the most about the event is how direct eye contact and music can pull up powerful emotions. Emotions that will disappear as fast as they come up.

06-15-2009, 12:42 AM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	That's very interesting, Glatt, now go and take Mrs Glatt out for dinner before she gets insecure. Okay, back to the trains. Of course we all know the Freudian sketch of mental structure with the Id, the Ego and the Superego, but just in case I'll give a quick rehash here. The Id is the set of basic desires for food, pleasure, sex, ego gratification etc etc. The Superego is the moralising regulator that controls and often forbids access to these pleasures. The Ego is the mediator and compromise between the two, that tries to satisfy the Id without getting hassled by the Superego too much. Id = Troublesome Trucks. Superego = Fat Controller. Ego = Thomas the Tank Engine. Thomas is frequently caught between the strict demands of the Fat Controller who orders him to push the Troublesome Trucks around in specific ways, and the Trucks who are always up to self-indulgent mischief. Thomas is often frazzled trying to reconcile these conflicting forces. There are some claims that one of the reasons that Thomas appeals to kids so much is that they can relate to his situation. Or maybe it is just that little boys like talking trains. Or else that they look like willies, especially when they go into tunnels. ETA. Ducks is right. I do know some weird shit. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-15-2009, 07:50 AM	#13
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	__________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-15-2009, 10:22 AM	#14
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	I just made an appointment to take our other dog in for teeth cleaning and to have a couple removed. Poor guy will have a sore mouth for a day or so, but at least he won't have to pay for the procedure. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

06-15-2009, 03:52 PM	#15
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Dogs can't pay bills anyway. No pockets. No money. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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