 Friends         |  sophie39332929: How are you! 5 years ago • Report • Link 0  david1971xx: Well you should see her do algebra!! On to partial differential equations next. 1. True or False. There is no Roman numeral for zero. Therefore the Romans had no concept of the number Zero. 2. Same Question, but Valid or Invalid instead of True or False david1971xx: Baby you're the best. Nobody does it better. Makes me feel sad for the rest. Nobody does it half as good as you. Baby baby baby you're the best.
 david1971xx: He's dead. I'm crippled. You're lost. I suppose it's always like that. I mean war. --Flying Officer David Campbell of the RAF (played by Richard Burton in the epic D-Day classic The Longest Day) to his accidental boyish dogface-GI companion after Campbell has shot and killed a German. The enemy soldier, rudely awakened by the plane crash, rushed to investigate the disturbance and inadvertently put his left boot on his right foot and vice versa. The grim humor and irony of war. The GI's rejoinder: I wonder who won. Yea. War. View all 11 posts  Lily__: The War Works Hard by Dunya Mikhail translated by Elizabeth Winslow How magnificent the war is! How eager and efficient! Early in the morning it wakes up the sirens and dispatches ambulances to various places swings corpses through the air rolls stretchers to the wounded summons rain from the eyes of mothers digs into the earth dislodging many things from under the ruins... Some are lifeless and glistening others are pale and still throbbing... It produces the most questions in the minds of children entertains the gods by shooting fireworks and missiles into the sky sows mines in the fields and reaps punctures and blisters urges families to emigrate stands beside the clergymen as they curse the devil (poor devil, he remains with one hand in the searing fire)... The war continues working, day and night. It inspires tyrants to deliver long speeches awards medals to generals and themes to poets it contributes to the industry of artificial limbs provides food for flies adds pages to the history books achieves equality between killer and killed teaches lovers to write letters accustoms young women to waiting fills the newspapers with articles and pictures builds new houses for the orphans invigorates the coffin makers gives grave diggers a pat on the back and paints a smile on the leader's face. It works with unparalleled diligence! Yet no one gives it a word of praise. david1971xx: At dinner, say, after grandly intoning Rupert Brook's "The Soldier" ("If I should die, think only this of me/There is some corner in a foreign field/That is forever England", Georgie might offer his fond prediction that he would die in a foreign land, since, as Napoleon said, the boundaries of an empire are marked by the graves of her soldiers. Beatrice would nod, the fire in the fireplace would crackle significantly, and the meal would resume as the girls furtively eyed their father in expectation of his next trick. If discussing reincarnation (one of his favorite topics), he would offer up as evidence pertinent bits of The Bhagavad Gita ("For sure is the death of him that is born, and sure the birth of him that is dead", and his old standby, Revelations 3:12: "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out." To these he added the fifth stanza of his father's favorite poem, Wordsworth's "Intimations" ode: "Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting,/The soul that rises with us, our life's Star,/Hath had elsewhere its setting/And cometh from afar." Clearly, Georgie said, Wordsworth shared his belief in reincarnation. --From the biographical work on the family, written by Gen. George S. Patton's grandson, Robert Patton, "The Pattons: A Portrait of An American Family" david1971xx: Through the travail of the ages Midst the pomp and toil of war Have I fought and strove and perished Countless times upon this star. I have sinned and I have suffered Played the hero and the knave Fought for belly, shame or country And for each have found a grave. So as through a glass and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names -- but always me. So forever in the future Shall I battle as of yore, Dying to be born a fighter But to die again once more. --Through a Glass Darkly, Gen. George S. Patton Lily__ in reply to david1971xx: Well, I've been a bit bratty lately, so I thought I would make a peace offering! david1971xx: I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So tell me why should it be true That I get a kick out of you? ==Cole Portr, I Get A Kick Out Of You View all 5 posts david1971xx: I do wuv you silly girl and I do reed every weak my Weakly Reeder . Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me. You never figured that one out. And Google is so easy, even for airheads. Which you aren't except in your Tiffie Times but that just enhances your charm. (Post deleted by david1971xx ) View all 21 posts david1971xx: A king wants his daughter to marry the smartest of three extremely intelligent young princes. The princes are gathered into a room and seated, facing one another, and are shown two black hats and three white hats. They are blindfolded, and a hat is placed on each prince's head, with the remaining hats hidden in a different room. The king tells them that the first prince to deduce the color of his hat without removing it or looking at it will marry his daughter. To prevail, a prince must also explain his reasoning clearly. A wrong answer or a poor or inadequate explanation will mean death. The blindfolds are then removed. You are one of the princes. You see two white hats on the heads of the other two princes. After some time passes, you realize that the other princes are unable to make a deduction. You rise and state your hat color, and your reasoning, and you win the princess. What color was your hat? How did you know? View all 9 posts Rachael1968: Perhaps so...which would explain why I couldn't express what my mind visualized. I have reassembled the pieces...hopefully. (Post deleted by david1971xx ) (Post deleted by david1971xx ) david1971xx: There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. -- Oscar Levant (Post deleted by david1971xx ) david1971xx: The greater risk is not that our enemies will defeat us. It is instead that in our zeal we become like them. Then there is no need to defeat us. david1971xx: 1. America's national interest comes first and foremost, no exceptions. If other countries, nations, peoples, races, religions or groups want to save the world, be our guest. We just aren't going to do that any more, with our money and blood, except to the extent it fosters America's national interest. 2. National unity. We may debate with vigor and disagree over policy. But: Once full debate and the methods of representative democracy have settled a question, winners and losers band together for the common good and majority-determined result, and the losers suck it up and join in the national consensus, fairly decided and determined. 3. English as our national language, phased in over ten years. Combined with numerous programs such as tutoring and social and financial incentives to assist non-English speakers to make the transition. New speakers enlisted as trainers and teachers for the next round. Government first, then commerce. 4. Complete amnesty for illegals, with cut-off date (e.g. July 1, 2012) to be set. Eleven million is too large a number to deal with otherwise. Yes, we should have stopped it sooner but it's too late to cry over spilt milk. Get over it. We screwed up. Let's go from where we are, not where we should have been. Conditions: (a) Beneficiaries to sign up for 2-3 years of National Service, including military and new civilian functions; (b) All beneficiaries must seek citizenship (c) All beneficiaries must pledge complete support for the policies set out here (d) Vigorous prevention of future illegal immigration. 5. No foreign aid (economic aid currently about $40 billion per year) to any country which fails to support our policies, Special nonpartisan committee to determine compliance as "support" is a vague test. Many "friends" such as Pakistan will get the boot. If you want our money, be for us. If you're not for us, we're not giving you any money. |
