OK.

indirect76 comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Reminds me of the last time I bought one of those. Wanting to be discreet, I asked the clerk where the prophylactics were. He looked at me puzzlingly and I could tell he did not know what I meant. “A raincoat, jimmy hat, rubber, scum bag...” and so on I said until he got it.

Triphid replies on Apr 10, 2019:

Just ask for Sperm Catchers, Tadpole Catchers, Frangers, the 'common' names for those are endless....LOL.

This would be a good feature to have.

Triphid comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Not that I use a block on anyone ( I just tend to ignore them) but I didn't know this site actually had a blocking method of its own.

Triphid replies on Apr 10, 2019:

@azzow2 I only contend with Agoraphobia so I don't need it anyway.

This is a honey bee.

Haemish1 comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Weeds are plants who’s virtues have yet to be discovered - Thomas Jefferson

Triphid replies on Apr 10, 2019:

@silverotter11 Out here we also get the imported Sth. Africa Thorn Bush ( more like a small tree than a bush though) and we call it 'Camel Thorn' it spreads like wildfire and has thorns about 3 inches long, sharp as needles, the only ways to kill it are either by up-rooting every bush you find and burning it or spraying it at the base of the trunk. I prefer to up-root it and then burn it. We also have the imported Prickly Pear Cactus to contend with, that too spreads like wildfire but science released the Catoblastis moth so 20+ years ago and for a while it was successful until a native species of ant discovered that the grubs were a great and easy source of food and, of course, idiotic 'townies' decided to actually grow the cactus in their gardens as well.

This is a honey bee.

Quarm comments on Apr 10, 2019:

...Or do not spray weed killer at all?

Triphid replies on Apr 10, 2019:

Just find where the tap root and centre of the weed is and pour boiling water over it, it'll burn the stem and the roots system, then dig the weed up and consign it to the garbage bin.

This is a honey bee.

Haemish1 comments on Apr 10, 2019:

Weeds are plants who’s virtues have yet to be discovered - Thomas Jefferson

Triphid replies on Apr 10, 2019:

Except for the Aussie weeds known as 3 Cornered Jacks, Bidoorie Burrs, Copper Burrs and Love Grass. For example, the 3 Cornered Jack can spread across the ground to over a square metre in size, drop thousands of small seed cases with sharp thorns and is shaped very much like the old Roman Legion weapon knows as a Calltrop, Bidoorie Burrs grow in clumps and have sharp, piercing spines with a barb on each that hook into your flesh as you pass by them, Copper Burrs are similar but shed masses of tangled spines that when they stick into your skin sting and burn like hot copper and Love grass, well it's name tells it all, it sticks to your clothing and hangs on like a 'lover' you can't get rid of with its minute but equally nasty spines probing through to find your skin. Once you've been 'attacked' by any of those you never forget them and the pain you've experienced.

At lunch the other day, one of my coworkers had attended a Travel show and had told us about one of ...

Triphid comments on Apr 10, 2019:

As for the sanitizing AFTER a Nudist Cruise I think you'll find that clothed people carry far more germs, etc, on their clothing than Nudists do since clothing actual can and does create an ideal breeding ground and habitat for the numerous little nasties, germs, bacteria, etc, that drift through ...

Triphid replies on Apr 10, 2019:

@IrishTxJudy No worries, did you know that making your bed soon or immediately after you get out of it also encourages and creates a lovely habitat and breeding ground for all those little nasties like bed mites, etc, that we shed every night? When you strip you bed to change the sheets, etc, ALWAYS leave the mattress bare and exposed to any light from the window for at least 2-3 hours BEFORE re-making it, ad if possible vacuum both the mattress and the bed base regularly, that helps remove any remaining nasties, dead or alive and leaving the bed unmade for as long as possible each morning exposes them to fatal doses of U.V. light.

A hunter who who shot dead two elephants with his friend has seen his company's website and social ...

Triphid comments on Apr 9, 2019:

May his penis rot and shrivel, may his bones become brittle and shatter, may his teeth all decay and rot at the same time, may his eyes become blind, his ears become deaf and may he taste nothing but iron and ashes for all his life.

Triphid replies on Apr 10, 2019:

@callmedubious Yeah, but it would be a bit of justice in the end, wouldn't it?

Just checked my E-mails and what do I see, an e-mail ( junk of course) saying " Be like Jesus, learn...

Novelty comments on Apr 9, 2019:

This opens entirely new concepts in my mind, like "Be like Jesus and go somewhere and die for your opinions." That's not at the poster, I'm more thinking of a Mormon elder that was my boss once.

Triphid replies on Apr 10, 2019:

Oh Jeez Louise, you too had a Moron ( Mormon) for a boss did you, my sympathies go out to you most definitely.

Has anyone tried an Instapot?

SeeCanU comments on Apr 9, 2019:

you can use a pressure cooker too. i haven't - my mother used to. but it always turned out as good as one cooked slow.

Triphid replies on Apr 9, 2019:

@Mike1947 Much worse, we didn't a hood over the kitchen stove in those days and the lid went completely through the ceiling, there were bits of pot everywhere around the room as well as kangaroo tail soup splattered all over the place.

Workplace religion.

indirect76 comments on Apr 9, 2019:

It’s simple: Do not go on Facebook.

Triphid replies on Apr 9, 2019:

@OwlInASack I'm neither Fascist nor a proponent of either Fascism, Socialism, Communism, etc, etc. I am stating KNOWN and Historical Facts.

Workplace religion.

indirect76 comments on Apr 9, 2019:

It’s simple: Do not go on Facebook.

Triphid replies on Apr 9, 2019:

@OwlInASack Did you know that even since the Rothschilds backed BOTH sides in the Napoleonic Wars they have been financing almost EVERY war humankind has waged?

Has anyone tried an Instapot?

SeeCanU comments on Apr 9, 2019:

you can use a pressure cooker too. i haven't - my mother used to. but it always turned out as good as one cooked slow.

Triphid replies on Apr 9, 2019:

@SeeCanU Somewhere around an early 1950's model Pressure Cooker I think it was, I was only about 10 years old when it happened.

Workplace religion.

indirect76 comments on Apr 9, 2019:

It’s simple: Do not go on Facebook.

Triphid replies on Apr 9, 2019:

@OwlInASack Er, try again my friend.

Has anyone tried an Instapot?

SeeCanU comments on Apr 9, 2019:

you can use a pressure cooker too. i haven't - my mother used to. but it always turned out as good as one cooked slow.

Triphid replies on Apr 9, 2019:

My mother, not remotely even close to being classed as a good cook by any stretch of the imagination, once tried to use a Pressure Cooker, it resulted in the cooker exploding and the lid being sent through the kitchen ceiling, luckily no-one was in the kitchen at the time though.

Workplace religion.

indirect76 comments on Apr 9, 2019:

It’s simple: Do not go on Facebook.

Triphid replies on Apr 9, 2019:

@OwlInASack And, IF one were to research deep enough one would discover that, like almost every Banking/Financial Company/Organisation that the Jewish community, aka, the Rothschilds, have, not just a finger, BUT both hands in the pie, so to speak. Yes, I fully realise that some will read this and scream " Antisemitism/Anti-Semitic " at me very loudly and they 'd 110% WRONG for I am merely STATING FACTS.

If only those heartless Xstians had bothered to read their own damned book then they would know ...

UpsideDownAgain comments on Apr 9, 2019:

Depends on which part of the book. They also could invade and kill every man, woman and child.

Triphid replies on Apr 9, 2019:

@Meili Yeah, basically speaking that is EXACTLY how they view everything since, in the Goat-herders Guide to the Galaxy (aka bible) it states that their Invisible and Imaginary God gave them absolute DOMINION over everything and everyone on this planet.

Workplace religion.

indirect76 comments on Apr 9, 2019:

It’s simple: Do not go on Facebook.

Triphid replies on Apr 9, 2019:

@OwlInASack What kind of Nazi like company do you work for that DICTATES in a contract that ALL employees MUST subscribe and have a FB page? That's similar to when I was on the N.S.W. Railways, had the weekend rostered OFF, took my daughter camping in the bush, returned to work on the Monday and was berated because, according to the Boss and ONLY the Boss, not the Railways themselves, " Every Employee is on CALL 24/7."

If only those heartless Xstians had bothered to read their own damned book then they would know ...

UpsideDownAgain comments on Apr 9, 2019:

Depends on which part of the book. They also could invade and kill every man, woman and child.

Triphid replies on Apr 9, 2019:

Yeah well isn't that exactly what their Peace-loving, Caring and Omnibenevolent Hebrew God told his ' chosen' people to do to every nation after they SUPPOSEDLY escaped from Egypt into the desert region known these days as Israel?

I truly think the desperation is beginning to show with the ScumMo Lib-Nat Government.

David1955 comments on Apr 4, 2019:

The extra money for electricity is only for some, and struggling working people will miss out. Also I hear the scum electricity companies have already increased their prices. Nationalize Electricity Now! Don't expect the ALP to be any better. Shorten stands for nothing.

Triphid replies on Apr 8, 2019:

@David1955 Imho, the political 'scene' and system in Australia desperately needs a complete and total utter demolition and renovation. Beginning with a completely NEW and Comprehensive NON- British system or American related Constitution that ACTUALLY puts the power of Government Decision Making, etc, back where it truly belongs, i.e. the hands of the PEOPLE.

[youtu.be] Wild Thing by The Troggs

Triphid comments on Apr 8, 2019:

Thanks for posting it, my daughter's theme song and lullaby from when she was about 12 months old, she was one truly individual,WILD child BUT in a very good and often funny way.

Triphid replies on Apr 8, 2019:

@Ray13 It was one of the 3 songs I had played at her Celebration of her Life ( not to be confused with a Funeral), the other 2 were, ' Slice of Heaven' by Dave Dobbin and ' I am Pegasus.'

I truly think the desperation is beginning to show with the ScumMo Lib-Nat Government.

David1955 comments on Apr 4, 2019:

The extra money for electricity is only for some, and struggling working people will miss out. Also I hear the scum electricity companies have already increased their prices. Nationalize Electricity Now! Don't expect the ALP to be any better. Shorten stands for nothing.

Triphid replies on Apr 8, 2019:

@David1955 The Labor Party lost the plot not long after the shameful and rigged dismissal of the Great and Nationally Minded and Driven Gough Whitlam. Unions were once the protectors of the Workers of Australia, here in Broken Hill, where I was born, raised and still live, they did GREAT things, and a very few not so great things as well, BUT the good and great things have far out-weighed the not so good. Since the Unions have been almost neutered miners here now work 12 hour shifts with 10 days on and 4 days off where once it was 8 hour shifts 5 days per week, the Companies now DICTATE the working conditions, the workers and their immediate families suffer and pay the ultimate price. Once, a worker could retire at 60 and get on to the Aged Pension, NOW the Government, the Lib-Nat Government btw, wants people to work on until 70 or 80 years of age and, like the slaves of old, they'll most probably drop dead on the job THUS saving the Government of paying them a well overdue and richly deserved Pension. Is THAT what you want for yourself and future generations of Aussie workers? If so, then stick to your beloved Lib-Nat ideologies by all means BUT you WILL end up in the graveyard just like everyone else anyway.

who would you want on your side?

Pralina1 comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I walk alone ? Guns need to be controlled regardless of my trans or gay friends rights . ? When I walk w a team , it doesn't matter to me what color they are , what they do in their bed , or who they voted for . I care who is capable to run a fair and most successful code , who is fast , smart , ...

Triphid replies on Apr 8, 2019:

@Happy_Killbot Yes, I agree, and imho, in your case ignorance is absolute paradise for you.

Is afraid of?????

Stephanie99 comments on Apr 8, 2019:

Mice, not bugs scare me. Does that make me more evolved?

Triphid replies on Apr 8, 2019:

@Sheannutt Yep, especially with our King Brown snakes, Yellow-bellied Black Snakes and all the other ones, though I did have a pet Rock Python as a child, my Dad assured me that it would grow to more than 18 inches to 2 feet in length but she ended up just over 6 feet long by the time I donated her to the zoo.

Is afraid of?????

Stephanie99 comments on Apr 8, 2019:

Mice, not bugs scare me. Does that make me more evolved?

Triphid replies on Apr 8, 2019:

@Sheannutt My motto out here in Outback Aust. is " The only GOOD snake is a DEAD snake."

Mass extinction?

Triphid comments on Apr 3, 2019:

Yes, climatic change due to mankind's love for burning fossil fuels has been underway since the beginning of the Industrial Age. Mankind has also been most sadly and steadily pushing innumerable other species to extinction ever since 'civilisation' came into being. We ARE going to be the cause of ...

Triphid replies on Apr 8, 2019:

@AJimboShep82 Yes, and we are responsible for much of the degradation of the Ozone layer with our obsession for using CFC based aerosols in our 'spray-on' deodorants, etc.

Kids More Likely To Be Molested At Church Than In Transgender Bathrooms

Jolanta comments on Apr 5, 2019:

Kids are more likely to be molested by a relative or friend of the family than a stranger.

Triphid replies on Apr 8, 2019:

@Jolanta There is vast difference between ACTUALLY knowing a person and just knowing a person. I was a boy scout for many years and though we recognized our Scout Group Leaders we did NOT actually KNOW them, just as you may know your neighbours but you do NOT truly KNOW them.

God, Irony and non-believers As I wander through this site and read here and there a connecting ...

Acree comments on Apr 7, 2019:

This post is equal parts smug and misinformed.

Triphid replies on Apr 7, 2019:

And liberally mixed, imo, with large doses of both delusion and common BULLSHIT.

He's got her 6!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I need someone like that! The cats are good, but they can't go to the store.

Triphid replies on Apr 7, 2019:

@HippieChick58 I saw it in real LIFE as an Assistant in the Local Morgue.

who would you want on your side?

Pralina1 comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I walk alone ? Guns need to be controlled regardless of my trans or gay friends rights . ? When I walk w a team , it doesn't matter to me what color they are , what they do in their bed , or who they voted for . I care who is capable to run a fair and most successful code , who is fast , smart , ...

Triphid replies on Apr 7, 2019:

@Happy_Killbot Sir, as a retired Psychologist here, I'd humbly suggest that you could well be showing symptoms of a deep paranoia.

And I'll bet anything that he later told all of his other equally insufferable religious freak ...

VictoriaNotes comments on Apr 6, 2019:

From the U.S. Figures.

Triphid replies on Apr 7, 2019:

@darthfaja Well, I could do it when I was younger, actually caused quite a kerfuffle during my Nursing Training when, as the 'practice' patient I did it for fun while my fellow student Nurses where taking my pulse, respirations, etc.

Kids More Likely To Be Molested At Church Than In Transgender Bathrooms

Jolanta comments on Apr 5, 2019:

Kids are more likely to be molested by a relative or friend of the family than a stranger.

Triphid replies on Apr 7, 2019:

@Jolanta I think of Scout Leaders, etc, as being people that the kids know of but NOT as regular ( for want of better term) and frequent 'extended' family members/friends. As numerous of those whom I've counselled told me, "They were people we were TOLD to trust implicitly simply because they WERE in charge of us." To my mind, that is just ONE of the failings of the whole system.

I truly think the desperation is beginning to show with the ScumMo Lib-Nat Government.

David1955 comments on Apr 4, 2019:

The extra money for electricity is only for some, and struggling working people will miss out. Also I hear the scum electricity companies have already increased their prices. Nationalize Electricity Now! Don't expect the ALP to be any better. Shorten stands for nothing.

Triphid replies on Apr 7, 2019:

@DragonDust I agree, National Power Generating Sources SHOULD belong to the Nation and the People NOT private companies and ESPECIALLY NOT overseas consortiums. Many decades ago, here in Broken Hill, we had our OWN Power Station, never had power failures as big and long as we often get now with the grid from Victoria, etc, we had our OWN Public Hospital, owned, operated ad paid for by the locals and it was widely known as the best in the Southern Hemisphere, our OWN local water Authority, our own rail services to South Australia, our own Bus Services DAILY to and from South Australia, ALL locally owned and operated, everything ran smoothly UNTIL the governments stepped in and now it has ALL gone to shit.

"And another bites the dust.

t1nick comments on Apr 7, 2019:

The lions got their just dessert. Lol

Triphid replies on Apr 7, 2019:

And the lion slept well that night, with a full belly and a very contented look on his face....LOL.

Why it pays to do your research, be persistent, and speak up.

Triphid comments on Apr 3, 2019:

It is great to have a support network when battling cancers, great for the person battling it and just as great for the partner or the parent as I was when it was my daughter fighting it. We were lucky here in Australia because from diagnosis right through we had the Childhood Cancer Association ...

Triphid replies on Apr 7, 2019:

@bleurowz Thank you for your kind sentiments.

He's got her 6!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I need someone like that! The cats are good, but they can't go to the store.

Triphid replies on Apr 6, 2019:

@HippieChick58 I've seen, sadly, bodies of cat owners who been chewed upon by their beloved cats, it IS not a pretty sight in the least.

Kids More Likely To Be Molested At Church Than In Transgender Bathrooms

Jolanta comments on Apr 5, 2019:

Kids are more likely to be molested by a relative or friend of the family than a stranger.

Triphid replies on Apr 6, 2019:

No, not really. That is what the Media, etc, once wanted us to believe for decades gone by, BUT the shadows have been dispelled of late and the glare of reality has finally revealed the truth. I have, personally, counselled well over 1,000 victims of abuses, etc, and only 1.25% of those have been victims of 'relative/family friend' Abuse, the rest were victims of random rape/sodomy, etc, by ot through the auspices of religions, religious leaders and those in 'control' such as Scout Group/Youth Group Leaders, etc.

Kids More Likely To Be Molested At Church Than In Transgender Bathrooms

GipsyOfNewSpain comments on Apr 6, 2019:

Funny you said that.... All my life I been hearing Gays and Transgenders that they were Molested as Children and that is why they are like that. I did 6 years of Private Catholic School and never got Molested. I don't hang out in transformers bathrooms or Churches neither I am a Kid but I admit that...

Triphid replies on Apr 6, 2019:

@snytiger6 Yeah it's the same as the ridiculous idea put forth that " The abuse victim is more than likely to become an Abuser," I AM a survivor of Abuse as a child, both from my mother, who abused on numerous accounts and levels and by being sodomised by 3 men, not relatives btw, when 10 years old. I vowed in my own blood that I would NEVER inflict the same horrors on any other person nor, to the best of my abilities, allow, when and wherever possible, those horrors to be inflicted upon anyone else. I also consider a number of LGBTI people as good and trusted acquaintances, even friends, even though I am a 100% heterosexual person. Yes, as inquiries have recently revealed, children, etc, have, most sadly, a far greater chance of being abused by Religious Leaders, etc, than they would ever have from LGBTI people.

He's got her 6!

HippieChick58 comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I need someone like that! The cats are good, but they can't go to the store.

Triphid replies on Apr 6, 2019:

I reckon, when you're on the floor cats just look at you and are wondering what you'd taste like or should they simply eat you while you're still alive and fresh.

who would you want on your side?

Pralina1 comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I walk alone ? Guns need to be controlled regardless of my trans or gay friends rights . ? When I walk w a team , it doesn't matter to me what color they are , what they do in their bed , or who they voted for . I care who is capable to run a fair and most successful code , who is fast , smart , ...

Triphid replies on Apr 6, 2019:

@Happy_Killbot Again, and in my OWN opinion, you seem to be have been gorging yourself on the endless feast of fear that has been served up to you but the megatons as means by which the Politicos can control you to their own ends. Wake up, there ARE NO Reds under the Beds, you are being made into a Marionette, nothing more, nothing less.

Ask an atheist day is coming... [secularstudents.org]

rogueflyer comments on Apr 5, 2019:

Every day should be an "ask an Atheist day". I'm always open to a respectful, rational discussion.

Triphid replies on Apr 6, 2019:

@WeaZ What is so wrong with ridiculing the ridiculous at every possible chance?

And I'll bet anything that he later told all of his other equally insufferable religious freak ...

VictoriaNotes comments on Apr 6, 2019:

From the U.S. Figures.

Triphid replies on Apr 6, 2019:

@VictoriaNotes Scams like that are ever so easy to rig and pull. AS a teen I used to be able to lower my heart and pulse rate down to 4 or 5 beats per minute almost at will. So, being as Aussie teenagers were back in the 60's, a couple of friends and I got together and planed out a trick we'd play outside a Baptist Church one Sunday. I would lower my heart rate and pulse thus looking like I'd dropped dead suddenly, 2 friends would go into a panic, and the third would appear suddenly, as from nowhere, dressed in a ' borrowed' white kaftan, walk up, place his hands on my head, mumble some incoherent words and say, " Rise up my child, live again for I command it be so," and I would then rise up, fall to my knees and utter praise after praise to him. Oh how it worked, it was great, went perfectly and every single member of the Baptist Congregation, including the Minister, began hailing Tyrone as the Messiah and pushing money into everyone's hands, inviting us in the church, etc, etc. Of course, being honest, we gave them back their money and just thanked them and walked away telling them we had other people who needed our 'help' but that they should have faith and we would return one day soon.

I truly think the desperation is beginning to show with the ScumMo Lib-Nat Government.

DragonDust comments on Apr 6, 2019:

The Coalition is a cheat of the preferential system.

Triphid replies on Apr 6, 2019:

In my honest opinion the Preferential Vote System SHOULD be scrapped and dumped, replaced by a system where ! vote means only ! vote cast for ONLY the person/candidate CHOSEN by the elector. Another thing, imho, that needs desperately to be eradicated is the idea of Coalitions between 2 or more Political Parties, EACH Party MUST and SHOULD be made to stand on its own merits and stand ALONE.

who would you want on your side?

Pralina1 comments on Apr 6, 2019:

I walk alone ? Guns need to be controlled regardless of my trans or gay friends rights . ? When I walk w a team , it doesn't matter to me what color they are , what they do in their bed , or who they voted for . I care who is capable to run a fair and most successful code , who is fast , smart , ...

Triphid replies on Apr 6, 2019:

@Happy_Killbot To what you say I say BULLSHIT, IMHO you've been listening for far too long to the ravings of those who use fear-mongering and war-mongering as a tool to warp the populace to suit their own needs and ends in exactly the same way as do religions.

Mormon Elder: Pay The Church, Even If It Means Your Family Starves | Michael Stone

Jolanta comments on Apr 5, 2019:

So the church leaders can buy another Lamborghini, or have a bigger swimming pool installed.

Triphid replies on Apr 5, 2019:

@snytiger6 That's what they tell you, the truth is far, far different though.

I had a moment of weakness the other day but I am feeling better now. :)

WonderWartHog99 comments on Apr 4, 2019:

When you've poked a hole in their belief, they shut up -- for awhile, followed by returning to tell you about their belief. Short story: doesn't work.

Triphid replies on Apr 5, 2019:

@freeofgod I've been branded as a Heathen, Pagan, Devil's Pawn and innumerable other things as well, I love it EVERY time they TRY desperately to shame me.

I had a moment of weakness the other day but I am feeling better now. :)

WonderWartHog99 comments on Apr 4, 2019:

When you've poked a hole in their belief, they shut up -- for awhile, followed by returning to tell you about their belief. Short story: doesn't work.

Triphid replies on Apr 5, 2019:

Oh but it does IF you keep up the job on a regular basis, I've done that numerous times with the Morons ( Mormons), the Jehos ( Jehovah's Witnesses) and plenty of Catholics as well and had more victories than losses as well.

Has anyone else noticed when a true non believer locates Agnostics.com?

BitFlipper comments on Apr 5, 2019:

I've been surprised to see a couple of tru-believer bios, complete with full disclosure of their beliefs. I don't see them posting, but they're hanging around nevertheless.

Triphid replies on Apr 5, 2019:

And not to forget the odd one or two claiming to Skeptic, Agnostic, etc, but ALWAYS responding/posting bible verses, etc, with tedious regularity.

Okay .

PalacinkyPDX comments on Apr 4, 2019:

This was in another thread on the site. Very applicable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=EBUTQkaSSTY

Triphid replies on Apr 4, 2019:

An absolutely great and wonderful philosophy imho.

I've just had a haircut today. Tomorrow the barber will cut the other hair.

ToolGuy comments on Apr 3, 2019:

My barber is always annoyed with me because he doesn’t have much hair and I have lots that grows like crazy! Seems I was just there and now I should go back again!

Triphid replies on Apr 4, 2019:

Hehe, my Dad used to say that the Barber always charged him a 'search fee' when he went for a hair cut.

Maybe we're winning:

MissKathleen comments on Apr 3, 2019:

Ironic. God believes in me.

Triphid replies on Apr 4, 2019:

@Petter Well, I'm a god figure to the fish in my aquarium at least since I provide them with their daily 'bread and water,' LOL

POS?

Triphid comments on Apr 4, 2019:

I seem to find that being alone and on the 'outside' is of great benefit, etc, to me as I can often just sit back, think, take stock of my self, my life, etc, without disruptions caused by having an overly large group of wannabe friends.

Triphid replies on Apr 4, 2019:

@PalacinkyPDX I still get great enjoyment from both my friends on here and my small circle of good friends in my town and consider you as being a very good and valued friend as well as many others here.

Has anyone else noticed when a true non believer locates Agnostics.com?

Count_Viceroy comments on Apr 4, 2019:

I watch for inappropriate upper case letters

Triphid replies on Apr 4, 2019:

@Count_Viceroy No, not like that I'm sorry to say.

Has anyone else noticed when a true non believer locates Agnostics.com?

Count_Viceroy comments on Apr 4, 2019:

I watch for inappropriate upper case letters

Triphid replies on Apr 4, 2019:

I sometimes use 'upper case' as a method to get the point across.

I truly think the desperation is beginning to show with the ScumMo Lib-Nat Government.

David1955 comments on Apr 4, 2019:

The extra money for electricity is only for some, and struggling working people will miss out. Also I hear the scum electricity companies have already increased their prices. Nationalize Electricity Now! Don't expect the ALP to be any better. Shorten stands for nothing.

Triphid replies on Apr 4, 2019:

Bill Shortonballs is bloody useless and we all know it, time he got the boot and let someone with some nous and guts do the job properly imho.

This is appropos of nothing but: I'd received this as a Friend Request today.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 4, 2019:

Don't care about facebook ... but that bra is a monumental masterpiece of engineering design and construction

Triphid replies on Apr 4, 2019:

I reckon with the 'contents' it's trying to contain it needs to be made of Titanium based metal or there will be a HUGE fall-out problem....LOL.

Why it pays to do your research, be persistent, and speak up.

Triphid comments on Apr 3, 2019:

It is great to have a support network when battling cancers, great for the person battling it and just as great for the partner or the parent as I was when it was my daughter fighting it. We were lucky here in Australia because from diagnosis right through we had the Childhood Cancer Association ...

Triphid replies on Apr 4, 2019:

@bleurowz My daughter, ever so sadly missed these days, and I found that the 'faith based,' as in religious faith that is, groups/organisations, etc, were about as much use/help as a 1 legged man in an arse kicking contest.

Victoria opens the way for secular or atheist school chaplains | Australia news | The Guardian

Triphid comments on Apr 3, 2019:

A good idea BUT the Atheists SHOULD require to NOT be classified as being Chaplains, etc, it IS, imho, derogatory and insulting to say the very least.

Triphid replies on Apr 4, 2019:

@zblaze I do whatever I can, as much as I can and as often as I can to help my fellow Human Beings. I need no title, no accolades, no appreciations nor any religious jargon simply because IT IS the Right and Decent HUMAN thing to do.

Maybe we're winning:

MissKathleen comments on Apr 3, 2019:

Ironic. God believes in me.

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

@Petter " Cogit ergo sum, ergo sum Deus."

I guess it's time to do some housework...

Triphid comments on Apr 3, 2019:

Oh no, the dust bunnies are breeding again....LOL.

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

@ProudMerrie Got a few of them around my place too, they run and screech when they hear the vacuum cleaner start up...LOL.

I guess it's tough being a religion and not being a religion at the same time. [lionsroar.com]

Count_Viceroy comments on Apr 3, 2019:

In Alabama for sure

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

In Alabama youall gets belted on yo head with the bible at birth, instead of a slap on yo arse,

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

FrayedBear comments on Apr 1, 2019:

In terms of size to respective bill pathetic though I wonder how you use $650/quarter - I'm normally $200-230 / quarter. - I don't use air con or electric heating. My current gripe is paying almost as much for delivery as for consumption as we now have huge qualities of power produced at local wind...

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

@FrayedBear i'm always lopsided since my right leg, due to a fractured femur back in the 70's, is about an inch shorter than my left.

Get ready for the second coming...

SiouxcitySue comments on Apr 3, 2019:

What is wrong with Me that I can see no connection among all the statements in this poster?

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

@ProudMerrie In a survey done 6 years ago in ALL western countries it was revealed ( and I wish I'd kept my copy of the survey results) that the average of Non-believers v Believers unplanned, pre-marital and teenaged pregnancies was 87% in the Believer bracket than in the Non-believers bracket, i.e. only 32%. The Believers bracket encompassed ALL Christian Sects, Jewish and Muslim as well as the more well known East Asian ones as well. Christianity, the Pentecostal, Evangelists and the Baptists fared worst with a whopping 91% followed by Catholics and Anglicans at 67% which to my mind say a whole lot about what religions are teaching/not teaching and what they are ACTUALLY doing.

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

FrayedBear comments on Apr 1, 2019:

In terms of size to respective bill pathetic though I wonder how you use $650/quarter - I'm normally $200-230 / quarter. - I don't use air con or electric heating. My current gripe is paying almost as much for delivery as for consumption as we now have huge qualities of power produced at local wind...

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

@FrayedBear sorry typo, I meant humorous.

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Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

@ProudMerrie Yep, you could say that and I'm one of those who don't really like cars, I prefer a good, well built, decent motorbike, especially a B.S.A., Japanese model either a Suzuki or Honda or my dream bike, an Indian.

58 Ford X-2000 concept car

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Yeah I realize that it's not man-made pollutions in the air.

[alternet.

Triphid comments on Apr 2, 2019:

Well it looks very much like those idiotic Climate Change Deniers are going to eating humble pie soon and almost ever coast in the world map will need to be resurveyed and re-charted, coastal cities will be inundated, low islands as well, millions of people displaced or drowned and ALL because of ...

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

@BufftonBeotch Not such a good idea, they'd just pollute the oceans.

[alternet.

callmedubious comments on Apr 2, 2019:

such ridiculous BS. anyone that took grade 9 science would know that when ice melts the water then displaces the same amount of space taken by the ice.

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

Well, I hope you don't die trying to prove how correct might be.

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

FrayedBear comments on Apr 1, 2019:

In terms of size to respective bill pathetic though I wonder how you use $650/quarter - I'm normally $200-230 / quarter. - I don't use air con or electric heating. My current gripe is paying almost as much for delivery as for consumption as we now have huge qualities of power produced at local wind...

Triphid replies on Apr 3, 2019:

@FrayedBear I was being humorous actually.

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

FrayedBear comments on Apr 1, 2019:

In terms of size to respective bill pathetic though I wonder how you use $650/quarter - I'm normally $200-230 / quarter. - I don't use air con or electric heating. My current gripe is paying almost as much for delivery as for consumption as we now have huge qualities of power produced at local wind...

Triphid replies on Apr 2, 2019:

@FrayedBear I get 'gas' everyday and still have to pay GST for it when I buy the food that causes it....LOL.

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Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Apr 2, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 My Native and ORIGINAL American ancestors, well some of them that is, came from the Cherokee lands in what they called the 'Land of the Blue Smoke'.

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

powder comments on Apr 1, 2019:

Easy. Don't vote for them and that budget won't be implemented.

Triphid replies on Apr 2, 2019:

@powder Still 2 months or maybe 2 or 3 decades too late I reckon.

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

FrayedBear comments on Apr 1, 2019:

In terms of size to respective bill pathetic though I wonder how you use $650/quarter - I'm normally $200-230 / quarter. - I don't use air con or electric heating. My current gripe is paying almost as much for delivery as for consumption as we now have huge qualities of power produced at local wind...

Triphid replies on Apr 2, 2019:

Other than my wood-burning heater in my loungeroom, my house, sadly, is 100% electric dependent plus I often make wooden toys, etc, for needy kids and use some power tools for that as well.

58 Ford X-2000 concept car

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Apr 2, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Er, we rarely get humid heat out here considering this region IS classed as being Semi-Arid, Semi-Desert by nature and climate. Annual recorded average rainfall, when and IF we get it, out here is about 10,5 inches per annum, in the first 3 months of this year so far, we have received a massive amount, i.e. 1 inch of rain which disappears as quickly as it hits the dry, arid ground. The last, and only ever recorded time this town actually saw SNOW was in the winter 1967 ( July to be exact) when rail trucks coming up from South Australia arrived here with snow inside the open wagons.

Which came first: society or a fear of god? | PBS NewsHour

Triphid comments on Mar 26, 2019:

As humans evolved more of a clan structure rather than merely nomadic family type groups I'd lean towards the idea that society arose long before any religious based belief system/s. Most mammals congregate in groups/herds for protection, etc, i.e. they are socially based groups, for example, our ...

Triphid replies on Apr 2, 2019:

@Storm1752 Religion only offers up a completely unfounded and unbased hypothesis as to WHY people began to exist, etc, etc. To even claim religious commentaries are 'anecdotal' is, imho, a vast STRETCH of anyone's imagination. It is extremely similar to the old 'Telephone message experiments' where I tell you a particular thing and you then tell someone else, etc, etc, down along the line and through a hundred or more mouths it goes and grows until the original because embellished that it cannot be sifted from the fictional embellishments when the whole thing finally comes back to its point of origin. It is an experiment really worth trying and the result almost always turn out the same.

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

DragonDust comments on Apr 1, 2019:

That is the worst bribe ever.

Triphid replies on Apr 1, 2019:

Running a close second to the one the Nationals candidate ran in the recent N.S.W. election with his 'promise' of $250 Regional Seniors Transport card IF they got elected that is.

58 Ford X-2000 concept car

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Apr 1, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Out here in Broken Hill, my friend, we ARE a bloody LONG, LONG way from any mountains, the sea shore anything else for that matter. I was born on a day in 1953 when this town had nearly 2 weeks of nighttime temps ranging from 90 to 98 degrees Fahrenheit and day temps up to 114 F, at 8.00am 21/12/53 it was 101F then the dust clouds rolled in and right behind them came rain that lasted for 2 days, any wonder why mu Dad called me the Rainmaker....LOL.

The river, returned by its strength by the rains, is joyful.

Triphid comments on Mar 31, 2019:

So earnestly wish and hope that would happen to our Mighty and now dying Darling River here. It's dying because successive Governments have turned blind eyes to the Cotton and Rice Growers up north of here sucking the tributaries dry of every drop of water they can. In recent months we've seen ...

Triphid replies on Apr 1, 2019:

@Jolanta And those Crow-eaters from S.A. who whinge like little babies every time the Lakes get more than few drops of water in them and want it sent down to 'flush out' their precious Murray River.

58 Ford X-2000 concept car

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Apr 1, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Don't worry 'roos can and often do exactly the same, sheep are even worse though, one crosses in front of you about 50 metres away and then a mob of 30 or more suddenly decide to follow it. Hitting a full grown merino sheep can turn a car into a pile scrap metal quicker than you say Jack Robinson. Back in 1979 I was riding 'shot-gun' on an International Acco truck when we hit a merino ram at a speed of just 80kph, the 'roo bar took the impact but it was driven right into the radiator housing, smashing the radiator, the belt pulleys and cracking the engine block. We had bruises from arse-hole to breakfast time for well over a week afterwards.

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

David1955 comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Yes, never forget that the free market always does things better. Duh! Electricity should be nationalised and run as a non profit essential service. We have a weak country, weak politicians and weak political parties. Don't hold out that the ALP will be any better. I don't any more.

Triphid replies on Apr 1, 2019:

@powder, @FrayedBear I'd say more tan merely "Piss poor," but the adjectives I used when reading about it were far to crude to publish here or anywhere else.

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

David1955 comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Yes, never forget that the free market always does things better. Duh! Electricity should be nationalised and run as a non profit essential service. We have a weak country, weak politicians and weak political parties. Don't hold out that the ALP will be any better. I don't any more.

Triphid replies on Apr 1, 2019:

@powder NO government should ever permitted to sell off ANY assets owned by the People WITHOUT getting a 98% Yes vote from the People first. The Governments own NOTHING, we do, we pay for it NOT them.

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

David1955 comments on Mar 31, 2019:

Yes, never forget that the free market always does things better. Duh! Electricity should be nationalised and run as a non profit essential service. We have a weak country, weak politicians and weak political parties. Don't hold out that the ALP will be any better. I don't any more.

Triphid replies on Apr 1, 2019:

The Libs-Nats are blatant crooks imo, the Labor Party under Shortonballs (Shorten) is not much better. I still reckon Gough Whitlam was by far the best P.M. post WWII that we've ever had.

Wow, the Lib-Nat Federal Government must be getting very bloody DESPERATE, they going to budget for ...

powder comments on Apr 1, 2019:

Easy. Don't vote for them and that budget won't be implemented.

Triphid replies on Apr 1, 2019:

That's easy to say BUT the Budget gets decided upon long before we get the next Federal Election.

58 Ford X-2000 concept car

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Mar 31, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Yeah we have Air-coolers and Conditioners as well in case you didn't know. We even have MODERN Tractors on farms too AND they have Air Conditioned cabs as well.

How can someone be agnostic and a believer both?

Triphid comments on Mar 30, 2019:

To my mind an Agnostic, well perhaps a percentage of them at least, are merely 'hedging their bets.' I.e. they don't want to jump either way just in case they may be wrong.

Triphid replies on Mar 31, 2019:

@Pariah Well, IF the shoe fits then wear it.

58 Ford X-2000 concept car

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Mar 31, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Nah, out here in Outback we might complain about the summer heat but we are born into it, we are accustomed to it for the most part, enjoy the smog free blue skies during the day and the clear VERY starry skies at night. Who, in their right mind, could ask for more?

How can someone be agnostic and a believer both?

HippieChick58 comments on Mar 30, 2019:

Maybe they're like the weather. If you wait a minute it will change.

Triphid replies on Mar 30, 2019:

Yep, kind of like the people who will wear wet-weather gear in bright and clear, sunny days just in case it MIGHT rain. Seen and known more than my fair share of those in my time.

Scientists Find Fossilized Fish That May Have Been Blasted by Debris From Asteroid That Ended the ...

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

When that asteroid/meteor hit almost everything within a few thousand miles radius of the impact would have either been blasted to shit or had the shit blasted out of them. Kind of like quite few years ago when I had been helping a good friend to muster his 3,000+ sheep over 2 days and we all ...

Triphid replies on Mar 30, 2019:

@josh_is_exciting My pleasure.

Scientists Find Fossilized Fish That May Have Been Blasted by Debris From Asteroid That Ended the ...

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

When that asteroid/meteor hit almost everything within a few thousand miles radius of the impact would have either been blasted to shit or had the shit blasted out of them. Kind of like quite few years ago when I had been helping a good friend to muster his 3,000+ sheep over 2 days and we all ...

Triphid replies on Mar 30, 2019:

@josh_is_exciting Watched the video, quite interesting and informative as well. Here's a crater you probably haven't heard nor seen of before, Wolff Creek Crater, Australia, more than likely way, way older than the Arizona ones, been there, seen it and it's bloody huge and deep to boot.

58 Ford X-2000 concept car

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Mar 30, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 I guess you haven't been in the Aussie Outback then, out here we see heaps of Fords, Holdens and Yank Tanks sitting deader than Julius Caesar by the roadsides, mostly because they aren't made or built to take the terrain or conditions. Whereas we rarely see Japanese vehicles doing the 'Caesar bit' because they are made and built to handle the conditions, etc. Only ever seen 1 'Beemer' (BMW) broken down and that was because the driver was from the Big Smoke and thought that a 'roo wasn't a s tough as his precious 'Beemer.' Give me a decent Toyota or Mitsi any day out here, at least I know they can take it.

58 Ford X-2000 concept car

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Mar 30, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Nope, don't drive anything these days but used to ride motorbikes. I started with a Honda 750 4 cylinder, which got stolen and was never recovered, then went on to complete restore a BSA 500cc, single cylinder from two trailer loads of parts, had to buy a car when I got married though, it was a Ford Station Wagon, an older model that actually worked great and lasted for ages. That was followed by a Datsun 200B wagon and finally, last transport bar one was a Suzuki 850GS ( not the standard 850G btw) that I sold after my arthritis in my knees became too much for me to hold up at Stoplights, etc.

58 Ford X-2000 concept car

Triphid comments on Mar 29, 2019:

LOL, FORD = Fix and Repair Daily or Full of Rust and Dents.

Triphid replies on Mar 30, 2019:

@WonderWartHog99 Yeah ONLY IF no other cars show up for the race.

I don't get this either

Triphid comments on Mar 28, 2019:

2) Assistance, i.e. Welfare/Unemployment Payments are a burden to the economy BUT the exorbitant 'salaries,' etc, etc, claimed and paid to politicians are NOT, please explain, Mr. Government Economist how that works?

Triphid replies on Mar 29, 2019:

@RobertMartin Well there you see the difference between most Aussies and Americans. We are permitted to RESTRAIN an Intruder BUT not by means of exerting ANY DEADLY force, (a quick tap on the head or knees with a handy Pick handle or a shortish length of 4x2 timber works quite well and leaves little or no messy blood to clean up as well) or in my case, my nice friendly but very protective male Blue Heeler does and has done the job perfectly well leaving the Intruder with nice, life-long 'reminders' ( 32 surgical sutures to his nether regions btw) of his/her error plus a nice little gaol sentence handed down by the Magistrate in court afterwards.

I know there are lots of variables, but what should it cost for a single person to eat for a month ...

Triphid comments on Mar 28, 2019:

I live alone in Australia, some would say " Way out in the back blocks," my pension after bills, etc, are taken out comes to around $500 in hand, out of which I spend between $180 and $250 per fortnight at the Supermarket for groceries that will last me for the fortnight, not including bread, etc, ...

Triphid replies on Mar 29, 2019:

@sewchick57 It is and very tasty I might add. Recipe for simple Damper; 1-2 cups of either Self-raising or Plain Flour, a pinch of salt, water, flat beer, fruit juice minus the fleshy bits to mix the flour to a dough, knead the dough in a bowl or flat dish/pan, you can wrap the dough in Aluminium Foil IF you don't want the ashes to stick to the crust during baking or can merely bake it in an oven using a normal cake baking dish/pan. Get a decent camp-fire going that will leave plenty of hot coals, dig a small dent into the coals, place in the dough and cover it over, leave to bake. Once it is browned on the outside, remove it, brush off the ashes, cut it into slices or simply tear of chunks, add butter, lashing of, or, an Aussie favorite, Golden Syrup then sit back and enjoy with a cup of coffee or, another Aussie favorite, Billy Tea.

I don't get this either

Triphid comments on Mar 28, 2019:

2) Assistance, i.e. Welfare/Unemployment Payments are a burden to the economy BUT the exorbitant 'salaries,' etc, etc, claimed and paid to politicians are NOT, please explain, Mr. Government Economist how that works?

Triphid replies on Mar 29, 2019:

@RobertMartin Don't get me started on the absolute inanity of your American Love and Dependence ( Addiction imho) to personal ownership of guns, handguns, semi-automatic, automatic, military style/issue rifles, etc, etc. Here in Australia we had ONE massacre at Port Arthur and deemed it to be ONE massacre too many and willing introduced tighter Gun Ownership Laws and Regulations. Yes, I'm full aware that a) the criminal element here still has and gets guns illegally, and, b) we do still have the odd random death by gun or rifle, BUT we do not have, most thankfully and hopefully NEVER, the dubious 'honour(?)' that American Constitutional Law has bestowed upon itself that has permitted the absolute ATTROCITIES of the needless deaths of Innocents in the MASS Shootings you lot have had over the years. Wake up America, guns do NOT decide by themselves to merely go out and shoot people, it IS the rank IDIOTS, the INSANE, rabid, uncaring, Inhumane absolute Arse-holes with guns that use those very guns to kill the people. Guns are NOT a solution to any problem, they ARE a problem that URGENTLY NEEDS a solution.

I know there are lots of variables, but what should it cost for a single person to eat for a month ...

Triphid comments on Mar 28, 2019:

I live alone in Australia, some would say " Way out in the back blocks," my pension after bills, etc, are taken out comes to around $500 in hand, out of which I spend between $180 and $250 per fortnight at the Supermarket for groceries that will last me for the fortnight, not including bread, etc, ...

Triphid replies on Mar 29, 2019:

@sewchick57 I often bake Aussie Damper, a kind of bread once made by Australian Swagmen, I use different things like flat beer, etc, instead of water for extra flavor when mixing the dough. But damper, although it can be baked in an ordinary oven, tastes best when baked the traditional way, i.e. either in the coals of a camp-fire or on a flat stone or steel hot-plate sheet. Sadly, open fires are banned in Australia during summer bushfire season so I have to resort to ordinary bread simply because I much prefer my damper baked the traditional way.

Does the fact that you are agnostic with regard to religion make its way into effecting your ...

mordant comments on Mar 28, 2019:

Agnosticism is not a helpless "I don't know / can't make up my mind". It is just an honest acknowledgement that no data is (or can be) available to stake a knowledge claim on a particular topic. This empowers me to not waste energy determining the undeterminable. God is not, after all, a ...

Triphid replies on Mar 28, 2019:

@JCII " A small minority....." you have to joking my friend.

The Secret Jehovah’s Witness Database of Child Molesters - The Atlantic

Pariah comments on Mar 28, 2019:

So the Catholics don't have a monopoly on child abuse? I'm shocked

Triphid replies on Mar 28, 2019:

No, the Catholics only started it in its present form about the same times as the Catholic Church was created, the ensuing splinter Sects( Religions) caught on to the idea and went with it with just as much gusto as did the Catholics, if not, more so.

Damn Catholics.

Sofabeast comments on Mar 27, 2019:

My 'Jewish' grannie used to eat pork chops on Fridays so the catholics would have enough fish! She ate bacon a couple of times a week too, come to think of it. My granddad - her man was an Atheist in a foxhole.

Triphid replies on Mar 28, 2019:

@Sofabeast Well that blows the old saying, " About as welcome as a pork chop in a Synagogue" out of the window, doesn't it?

What do you say about near death experiences where the person claims they've seen heaven or hell?

AnneWimsey comments on Mar 27, 2019:

I have had 2 such experiences and never saw/felt any such thing, not even close. Nor did I "return" with a burning desire to "help humankind" by raking in the big bucks on the lecture/book tour showboat!

Triphid replies on Mar 27, 2019:

3 times I've been, medically speaking, " At Death's Door" and never once have had any memories, etc, remotely resembling anything that could classed as a bright light, heaven or hell.

Damn Catholics.

Merseyman1 comments on Mar 27, 2019:

The catholic church commanded fastening but that was in the begging, then they changed it to "no red meats" only so then the fish thing started. I like fish but I don't care about the church and her pope!

Triphid replies on Mar 27, 2019:

@Piratefish Cognitive Dissonance I think is the word used in relation to them.