[accent]

( Noun/Verb ) Its just something I am finally learning. While the syntax might be off, it is pretty much self-explanatory I would think.

[BrianM]

C'mon, guys... let's desist with the grammar lesson.

If you go back and read my first post, it was more of an "irony lesson" than a grammar lesson. I'm not into grammar nannying, but if someone then comes back with more bad examples they get what's coming to 'em.  It's for the children, DU.

[Double Ugly]

I'm not into grammar nannying, but if someone then comes back with more bad examples they get what's coming to 'em. 

If that happens, the accused will have to read about your corrections in the Intergalactic Wastebin since that's where further posts on the topic will be found.

It's for the children, DU.

  A noble endeavor, I'll admit, but I stand by the above.

Again, if you insist upon correcting someone, do so via PM, or perhaps in the Sports Bar if you're determined to embarrass them publicly.

Double Ugly
Facilitator/Audio Central

[nathanm]

ur defntly a looser if u correct ppls spelling+grammer Brianem.  dat 8nt kewl yo.  Just look teh other way!  

But seriously, let's face it; the most important things in life after your basic human needs are met are this:

KEYS
WALLET

I've often said that one of the greatest feelings in life is finding your lost wallet.  It's really a shame that it is that way, but it is.  And if you don't have your keys you're also screwed.  That'll really ruin your day.  Of course, these basic needs are always changing and relative to the individual and their place in the world.  There might be a guy who fell off a boat right now and high on his list is breathing.  Wouldn't care if all his material possessions vanished, all he wants is some nice dry air.  There might also be a person having their leg chewed on by a grizzly bear in the woods.  The breathing, food and water have been taken care of, but now it's all about keeping the remainder of your body in one piece.  A poor person in the ghetto right now is bemoaning their poverty; can't pay the rent, car got repossessed, lost a job, but elsewhere an even poorer guy is living in a box with only a cart full of junk to his name.  Then another fellow is all skin and bones, starving to death and crawling through the dirt.  Elsewhere a wealthy person who has everything a man could want is feeling just as grief-stricken as the others when he learns he has terminal cancer.  The point is, misery is relative.  As much as we would like to suspend our own personal complaints to defer to the lower guy on the totem pole it is very difficult.  If this were followed to the letter we may have a state where everyone in society is content and happy as long as they are not being drawn and quartered, broken on the wheel or melted with acid.  But then again, maybe the man with a frostbitten leg being eaten by a polar bear ought to defer his bitching to the man whose caged face is being eaten by rats.  Hmmm...

[Marbles]

Thanks for that uplifting post 

[chadh]

Thanks for that uplifting post 

Oh, it is an uplifting post.  Now, before bemoaning the sorry state of my life, all I have to do is think, "Well, things could be worse.  Nathan saw some guy having his face eaten by rats, imprisoned in a cage around his head.  I bet that really ruined Nathan's breakfast."

Chad

[lonewolfny42]

nathan....

But seriously, let's face it; the most important things in life after your basic human needs are met are this:

KEYS
WALLET

Now I thought you would of said....online banking access....

[darrenyeats]

Of course, these basic needs are always changing and relative to the individual and their place in the world.  There might be a guy who fell off a boat right now and high on his list is breathing.  Wouldn't care if all his material possessions vanished, all he wants is some nice dry air.  There might also be a person having their leg chewed on by a grizzly bear in the woods.  The breathing, food and water have been taken care of, but now it's all about keeping the remainder of your body in one piece.  A poor person in the ghetto right now is bemoaning their poverty; can't pay the rent, car got repossessed, lost a job, but elsewhere an even poorer guy is living in a box with only a cart full of junk to his name.  Then another fellow is all skin and bones, starving to death and crawling through the dirt.  Elsewhere a wealthy person who has everything a man could want is feeling just as grief-stricken as the others when he learns he has terminal cancer.  The point is, misery is relative.  As much as we would like to suspend our own personal complaints to defer to the lower guy on the totem pole it is very difficult.  If this were followed to the letter we may have a state where everyone in society is content and happy as long as they are not being drawn and quartered, broken on the wheel or melted with acid.  But then again, maybe the man with a frostbitten leg being eaten by a polar bear ought to defer his bitching to the man whose caged face is being eaten by rats.  Hmmm...

[Stunned silence.....................]
[...........wind blows across the moor]

...ROFL.

As for this line of reasoning: that way lies madness. Don't take this the wrong way but you, Nathan, are living proof. All in good humour of course.

Personally, I feel it's important to appreciate and make the best of the good things that you have (rather than think about how things could be worse).
Darren

[BobM]

Thanks for that uplifting post 

Oh, it is an uplifting post.  Now, before bemoaning the sorry state of my life, all I have to do is think, "Well, things could be worse.  Nathan saw some guy having his face eaten by rats, imprisoned in a cage around his head.  I bet that really ruined Nathan's breakfast."

Chad

Ohhhhh ... lost my tail again.



Enjoy,
Bob

[nathanm]

Well, the rats eating your face bit is from "1984".  That's how they got the main character to break and figure out what a "swell guy" Big Brother is.  Dunno about polar bears, but Tim Treadwell certainly came to a sticky end.  Actually, that's a bad example.  That guy probably enjoyed getting eaten by his dear friend.  Where the hell is this going...wait now I remember:

Yep, audio is more important than football.  No doubt about that.  Even Ohio football.   I would rather listen to the Bose Wave Radio for the rest of my life than have to watch a football game.  Actually I've never heard the Bose Wave Radio so what do I know?  Maybe it's really good.  I do like those NFL film highlight reels, though.  Perhaps I'd rather watch that than listen to the wave radio.  Hard to say.