The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

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Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #425 – 2015-07-07, 19:43:33

Is it weird, wacky or wonderful?
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so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens
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And from another...
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It's no use, you are Americans, just the dregs.
It's all you deserve. You've got the cash,
what the hell do you care? You've got
nothing to lose. You are inheritors of a great
tradition. My country right or wrong!
You do what you're told to do. You don't
answer back the way Tommy Jeff did or Ben
Frank or Georgie Washing. I'll say you
don't. You're civilized. You let your
betters tell you where you get off. Go
ahead

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #426 – 2015-07-28, 22:51:01

Is Manson still alive? the one that killed Sharon Tate?
I was talking with friends about an interview I saw with him many years ago, already in prison. Not a stupid guy.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #427 – 2015-07-29, 13:54:27

He's still alive.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #428 – 2015-08-20, 15:39:07

Wonderful and wacky...

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #429 – 2015-08-20, 18:50:05

Or vice versa.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #430 – 2015-08-23, 18:52:12

Hey. We could maybe accord jimbro the title above that photograph??!

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #431 – 2015-08-23, 20:52:20

Quote from: Belfrager on 2015-07-28, 22:51:01

Is Manson still alive? the one that killed Sharon Tate?
I was talking with friends about an interview I saw with him many years ago, already in prison. Not a stupid guy.

He may not be stupid--- but you still don't want him and his followers as house-guests.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #432 – 2015-08-23, 20:59:23

Quote from: mjmsprt40 on 2015-08-23, 20:52:20

Quote from: Belfrager on 2015-07-28, 22:51:01

Is Manson still alive? the one that killed Sharon Tate?
I was talking with friends about an interview I saw with him many years ago, already in prison. Not a stupid guy.

He may not be stupid--- but you still don't want him and his followers as house-guests.

I don't know... you see, we are not easy preys around here... really not.

That's one of the things that irritates me more about the younger generations these days, how blind they are. Either they are stupidly aggressive or stupidly victims.

That's an interesting theme, how much people are or can be dangerous. Really dangerous.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #433 – 2015-08-28, 05:52:02

What's the difference between a hippo and a Zippo?

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #434 – 2015-08-28, 06:47:48

Easy: A hippo (the animal) may require humans to tend to it, or -at least- not slaughter it. (If "hippies" are meant, then there's no long-lasting hope: They know how to f*ck but they don't know how to reproduce…)
[Manson was -by my estimation- a mediocre song writer— But I'm only going by the music that I know he wrote! I'm sure that, in his head, it seemed so-o-o much better…

]
A Zippo -if given reasonable care- will last two lifetimes, and light more cigarettes than anyone could possibly smoke.
(My current one has lasted more than 20 years, without any major fixes. It's a rather simple machine.)

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #435 – 2015-08-28, 08:19:19

Close.
The official answer is "One is heavy and the other is a little lighter."

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #436 – 2015-08-28, 09:00:14

I don't understand. Hippos are a little lighter than what?

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #437 – 2015-08-28, 09:17:21

hypos

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #438 – 2015-08-28, 11:21:00

This

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #439 – 2015-08-28, 18:47:34

The ever popular Zippo.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #440 – 2015-08-28, 20:23:01

Okay, okay. So, I'm a little literal minded…

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #441 – 2015-08-28, 20:39:08

Zippo, or at least, true Zippo worked with gasoline and puts your cigarettes with bad taste and a green filter. No person of taste uses it, only appropriated for the populace.
Use a Ronson or, for something a little bit more flashy, a Dupont.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #442 – 2015-08-28, 22:05:09

Quote from: Belfrager on 2015-08-28, 20:39:08

Zippo, or at least, true Zippo worked with gasoline

So does it today.

Quote from: Belfrager on 2015-08-28, 20:39:08

and puts your cigarettes with bad taste and a green filter.

Can't confirm. Maybe if stuffed with petroleum benzine.

Quote from: Belfrager on 2015-08-28, 20:39:08

Use a Ronson or, for something a little bit more flashy, a Dupont.

Wonder if you've ever spent some days in the wilderness. Good luck with a Ronson or Dupont.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #443 – 2015-08-28, 23:05:13

Quote from: krake on 2015-08-28, 22:05:09

Wonder if you've ever spent some days in the wilderness.

In the wilderness I make fire with silex stone German boy. Two sticks of wood, when I feel bored.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #444 – 2015-08-28, 23:27:44

Quote from: Belfrager on 2015-08-28, 23:05:13

In the wilderness I make fire with silex stone German boy. Two sticks of wood, when I feel bored.

After 2 days of heavy rain? And what are you using if you want to smoke? Silex stone or 2 sticks of wood?

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #445 – 2015-08-28, 23:33:38

You rub two sticks of wood together and in no time a couple of Boy Scouts comes by, falls about laughing, and gives you a box of matches.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #446 – 2015-08-29, 21:34:22

So--- I had to look it up. Around here, what you're calling "Silex stone" is something we call "flint". Strike a piece of flint against a piece of steel, and you get sparks which can-- if conditions are right-- get tinder going.

Today most cigarette-lighters use a man-made flint that is better in that it can use different fuels as tinder.

Krake asks about the use of silex stone when it's raining: The stone and steel will have no trouble producing a spark. The problem is that the tinder may be so soaked that a flame-thrower and a gallon of JP-4 may not be sufficient to light it-- much less flint and steel. This follows the well-known camping rule which states that it is impossible to light a decent campfire--- especially when you're soaked and cold and really, REALLY need the fire to try to get warm and dry.

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #447 – 2015-08-30, 00:20:52

Having been a long member of The Boys' Brigade, I would have tried rubbing the head of the 2 scouts together!

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #448 – 2015-09-05, 00:05:34

This isn't weird or wacky or wonderful but it is interesting. I don't know where else to put it. I found it illuminating and I imagine many of us would.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150902-the-mysterious-origins-of-punctuation

Re: The Weird, the Wacky and the Wonderful

Reply #449 – 2015-09-05, 19:39:48

Fascinating.