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Post by Alex on Jul 13, 2006 8:39:49 GMT -5
Let's just say the milk had some extra zap to it that day.
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Post by Mark on Jul 13, 2006 10:13:50 GMT -5
Aha! The old Scotch in the milk, trick, aye kitty?
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Post by Alex on Jul 16, 2006 9:22:46 GMT -5
Brimstone flavored. Unique taste.
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Post by Mark on Jul 16, 2006 16:56:41 GMT -5
Ah! From the 'undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns' then, aye? A kitty treat if you can identify the source of the quote....
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Post by Alex on Jul 17, 2006 10:17:34 GMT -5
I didn't know you were Mormon>
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Post by Mark on Jul 17, 2006 12:16:06 GMT -5
Huh? The quote is from Shakespeare. I don't believe he was a Mormon. To be specific, it's from Hamlet's great soliloquy. He is pondering suicide, among other things, and he is referring to death, the "undiscovered country."
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Post by Alex on Jul 18, 2006 9:21:57 GMT -5
The quote is from the book of Job in the Morman Bible written by Joseph Smith.
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Post by Alex on Jul 18, 2006 9:41:40 GMT -5
It is made by Lehi but is not exactly like your quote. Me thinks Joe ran out of original material or it is a coincidence that they are similiar. Must be hard writing a Bible.
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Post by Mark on Jul 18, 2006 14:33:14 GMT -5
Well, I would think that since Shakespeare lived in an earlier century, we know who copied whom, don't we? I've never read the Mormon book but have read Shakespeare and actually had to memorize Hamlet's soliloquy in high school. I don't know what Mr. Smith was writing about, but Hamlet was contemplating committing suicide at the time.
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Post by Alex on Jul 19, 2006 11:13:39 GMT -5
Mr Smith was going about setting himself up as a leader and getting as many wives and followers as possible. Talk about a big ego!
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Post by Mark on Jul 19, 2006 14:37:41 GMT -5
Wow, a big head and a glutton for punishment at the same time!
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Post by Alex on Jul 20, 2006 11:42:15 GMT -5
Exactly.
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Post by Mark on Jul 20, 2006 14:45:10 GMT -5
Wow! We agree on something at last! The skies will fall! The earth will open! I will faint!........................ker-thump....
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Post by Alex on Jul 21, 2006 23:59:39 GMT -5
SISSY!
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Post by Mark on Jul 22, 2006 12:36:35 GMT -5
Yeah, right.
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Post by Alex on Jul 24, 2006 9:51:52 GMT -5
Was traveling this weekend. Wanted to visit the Middle East. BUT Hey! Those idiots are shooting at each other! No place for a black cat like me! Seems to me that given the history of the area and the present circumstances of the area, not a whole lot but the type of ammo used has changed. People talk of world peace. That is something that is unattainable. The animals in the wild do not have peace. They constantly have to defend their territory from other predators. People are just more evolved animals but basically have the same instincts.
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Post by Mark on Jul 24, 2006 12:47:50 GMT -5
People are much worse, kitty, they kill each other for silly reasons, not for food - usually.
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Post by Alex on Jul 25, 2006 9:26:21 GMT -5
I have noticed that. Must be a missing link somewhere. It seems to be that most of the violence (world, not domestic) is attributed to religion. Man needs to believe in something. But every man does not need to believe the same. Which seems to be what a lot of religions believe. Crazy world , isn't it?
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Post by Mark on Jul 25, 2006 9:32:26 GMT -5
Rafael Sabatini, the man who wrote "Captain Blood", and many other works had the following inscribed on his tombstone by his wife, "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad..."
It was also the first line of his best-known work, "Scaramouche".
Yes, the world is mad...
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Post by Alex on Jul 27, 2006 8:30:49 GMT -5
And madness can be good or evil.
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