Be Wary of Strong Drink...

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-10-2006, 07:42 PM

"Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss."

--Robert A. Heinlein, From the Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Time Enough For Love

Heinlein never reckoned with the internet. He didn't have the chance. BBS's like these provide a substitute both for the strong drink and the shooting at tax collectors. Do we not use heady language, here on these Everyman's soapboxes? Do we not fire off in a big way?

Griff · 10-11-2006, 07:09 AM

...mostly when we're drinking.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-11-2006, 06:15 PM

Ayup.

10-18-2006, 07:48 PM

Strong drink . I am not one for strong drink ( I drink wine very smugly ) , but I have recently moved to the Caribbean where one cannot avoid the rum .

Had a bit of rum last night , after a meal with wine . My husband told me that I spent the night talking in my sleep . Not to tax-collectors , but to my pupils . Oh yes , what did I say ? ON ECRIT LA DATE DANS LE CAHIER / ON NE FRAPPE PAS / ON SE TAIT LORSQUE LE PROFESSEUR PARLE ..... et caetera .

But here is the twist : did you know that if you are French , you can avoid being taxed if you buy a house in Martinique where they all drink rum ?

Ibby · 10-18-2006, 08:19 PM

Wow, Buddug's back!

10-18-2006, 08:45 PM

Buddug does not have SOUTHERN COMFORT written on her forehead , Ibram .

mrnoodle · 10-18-2006, 09:57 PM

Although I cannot yet comprehend what is written in this thread, I feel on the cusp of a breakthrough. I am intrigued.

Someone, say something more, that I might stretch these finally uncovered mental strands as the legs of a newborn foal.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-19-2006, 01:08 PM

Do you think it might be revealing details that will allow you to solidify your pegasus..... from sketchy wisps of desire to the first grasp of functional form, mrnoodle?
It would be a rewarding epiphany, indeed.....gossamer wings from gossamer thoughts.

Aliantha · 10-21-2006, 02:08 AM

geee...that was philosophical Bruce...

xoxoxoBruce · 10-22-2006, 12:28 AM

Well, it should be. I paid a kid $2 to write that.

10-10-2006, 07:42 PM	#1
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Be Wary of Strong Drink... "Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss." --Robert A. Heinlein, From the Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Time Enough For Love Heinlein never reckoned with the internet. He didn't have the chance. BBS's like these provide a substitute both for the strong drink and the shooting at tax collectors. Do we not use heady language, here on these Everyman's soapboxes? Do we not fire off in a big way? __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-11-2006, 07:09 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	...mostly when we're drinking. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-11-2006, 06:15 PM	#3
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Ayup. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-18-2006, 08:19 PM	#5
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Wow, Buddug's back! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-18-2006, 09:57 PM	#7
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Although I cannot yet comprehend what is written in this thread, I feel on the cusp of a breakthrough. I am intrigued. Someone, say something more, that I might stretch these finally uncovered mental strands as the legs of a newborn foal. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

10-18-2006, 07:48 PM	#4
Buddug Guest Posts: n/a	Strong drink . I am not one for strong drink ( I drink wine very smugly ) , but I have recently moved to the Caribbean where one cannot avoid the rum . Had a bit of rum last night , after a meal with wine . My husband told me that I spent the night talking in my sleep . Not to tax-collectors , but to my pupils . Oh yes , what did I say ? ON ECRIT LA DATE DANS LE CAHIER / ON NE FRAPPE PAS / ON SE TAIT LORSQUE LE PROFESSEUR PARLE ..... et caetera . But here is the twist : did you know that if you are French , you can avoid being taxed if you buy a house in Martinique where they all drink rum ?

10-18-2006, 08:45 PM	#6
Buddug Guest Posts: n/a	Buddug does not have SOUTHERN COMFORT written on her forehead , Ibram .

10-19-2006, 01:08 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Do you think it might be revealing details that will allow you to solidify your pegasus..... from sketchy wisps of desire to the first grasp of functional form, mrnoodle? It would be a rewarding epiphany, indeed.....gossamer wings from gossamer thoughts. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-21-2006, 02:08 AM	#9
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	geee...that was philosophical Bruce... __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-22-2006, 12:28 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, it should be. I paid a kid $2 to write that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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