Happy Friday my Hippies. Anyone have plans this weekend?

brentan comments on Aug 2, 2019:

You too!

Irony.

brentan comments on Aug 2, 2019:

That's one very devious pope!

Whitney Cummings [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Aug 1, 2019:

That was funny. Very professional.

The Massive Flood That Triggered an Ice Age [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Aug 1, 2019:

It's great to see this information coming out. It's the same time as the demise of Gobeckli Tepe as a hunter/gatherer temple. Maybe there's a connection.

A man knocked on my door.....

brentan comments on Aug 1, 2019:

Every bit helps.

Disregard the last part.

brentan comments on Aug 1, 2019:

So you don't need trigonometry!

What if you replaced the Bill of Rights with the Ten Commandments?

brentan comments on Aug 1, 2019:

Arresting that awful sinner is the Christian thing to do. Some people think it's OK to think something bad so long as you don't do it but Jesus knew better: Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. - Matthew 5:27, 28.

Good Morning Fellow Hippies.

brentan comments on Aug 1, 2019:

I was reading a book about zombies and came across a link to, of all things, an episode of The Twilight Zone called The Monsters Come To Maple Street. It's about the residents of a peaceful 1950s-type street turning on each other out of fear. I couldn't help relating it to the polarised ideologies tearing society apart these days. It's in 5 short parts. Here's the link to Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQMh3junewQ

Archaeological mystery solved with modern genetics [sciencedaily.com]

brentan comments on Aug 1, 2019:

More evidence of 'the fluidity between the species'. Not that I understand the evidence, Y chromosomes and all that, but I trust they know what they're doing.

I Can't Go For That [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Aug 1, 2019:

A great talent! I really like Daryl's House.

"Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot.

brentan comments on Aug 1, 2019:

I think Bryson's secret is to realise how much of interest is packed into relatively short distances.

Met a few of these along the way...

brentan comments on Jul 31, 2019:

Being wrong sucks.

Sunday school teacher blames Noah's flood on climate change.

brentan comments on Jul 31, 2019:

That's hilarious. "You can't bring climate change into the Old Testament". The curious thing is that the Noah's Flood story, like that of the earlier one from Babylon, probably did have its source in the floods at the end of the last Ice Age, around 12,000 B.C.

“But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned.

brentan comments on Jul 31, 2019:

Let's go exploring!

Ancient Bones And Teeth Found In A Philippine Cave May Rewrite Human History [npr.org]

brentan comments on Jul 31, 2019:

"Species are fluid entities, which makes them highly malleable, subject to change," he says. The story is opening up bigtime.

I need something today to remind me that not everything is out of my control.

brentan comments on Jul 31, 2019:

Sorry you're having a bad day. Sometimes the best we can do is bend with the wind.

Yes, I just joined.

brentan comments on Jul 31, 2019:

Welcome aboard! I'm a big Shakespeare fan and love stuff about myth, religion and psychology.

This begged to be set up as a poll

brentan comments on Jul 31, 2019:

I wouldn't give it a thought.

[yahoo.

brentan comments on Jul 30, 2019:

The congresswomen are idiots The deplorables say so Buy a gun Buy a gun for what?

Desperate after nothing they've done has worked, the Democrats look to history for a solution:

brentan comments on Jul 30, 2019:

I'll have your leader. Regular or supersized? Supersized, please. One Trump as he is.

The United States does not police the world.

brentan comments on Jul 30, 2019:

It's great to see people realising what's going on!

"Kolya," a 1996 Czech comedy/drama film, directed by Jan Sverak and winner of Oscar for Best Foreign...

brentan comments on Jul 30, 2019:

I just looked and it has very high ratings on RottenTomatoes. I must try to find it.

He'd be doomed here.

brentan comments on Jul 30, 2019:

That's a real nice song.

Me this morning

brentan comments on Jul 30, 2019:

You bet - it's a drug!

He’s not going to need it

brentan comments on Jul 30, 2019:

What! A PS3? Where's that boy been?

True then, true now..

brentan comments on Jul 29, 2019:

Quite right too!

Sorry, not sorry..

brentan comments on Jul 29, 2019:

"Win one for the Gipper."

This is a repeat.

brentan comments on Jul 29, 2019:

At least it's good to think there will be future generations around who can't thank you.

You can not argue with the English Language.

brentan comments on Jul 29, 2019:

I messed around with the idea on Google Translate and it seems at least difficult if not impossible to use a similar wordplay in Spanish. At least for this joke.

But is it art?

brentan comments on Jul 29, 2019:

It seems it's art if you say it is.

I can't decide if this is funny or not.

brentan comments on Jul 28, 2019:

It's funny. Clever too.

Wait a minute,I thoght this group was about English words not french or russian

brentan comments on Jul 28, 2019:

Qué?

I do not think I have posted a anything on here before but I have been doing a lot of thinking ...

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I think spirits are as real as we make them.

What if poverty was not a priority to fix because it is profitable for some? [theguardian.com]

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Africa is a real good template (did I really say that?) for thinking about charity and trade restrictions and Chinese investment and stuff.

JAMES TAYLOR - LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY A sweet sentimental song, Joni Mitchell sings background ...

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I couldn't resist posting all the words. This album came out when I was a teenager dealing with a nervous breakdown. JT was a great comfort to me when nothing else was helping: Long ago, a young man sits And plays his waitin' game But things are not the same It seems as in such tender dreams Slowly passing sailing ships And Sunday afternoons Like people on the moon I see Are things not meant to be Where do those golden rainbows end? Why is this song so sad? Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed my friend Loving the love I love to Love is just a word I've heard When things are being said Stories my poor head has told me Cannot stand the cold And in between what might have been And what has come to pass A misbegotten guess alas And bits of broken glass Where do your golden rainbows end? Why is this song I sing so sad? Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed my friend Loving the love I love To love to love to love Oh no no no

Christians are very confused people. . . .

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

This is 6th century B.C. thinking. It's good for its time.

What if the septenary nature of the human condition needed the 7 billion + of us for the experiment ...

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

The thing is that it's a religious notion - you know, 7 for spiritual completeness and 10 for human completeness. We might as well believe in the Book of Revelation.

My new fave. Vic Mensa you tube [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Well, at least he's happy.

"Power", the Italians say, "wears out those who do not have it."

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I guess. Is it fair to say it has detrimental effects on those who have it too?

Some Janis Move Over [youtube.

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I think it would have taken a very special man to give Janis what she needed.

I'm familiar with that size.

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I guess the Japanese must have some fat people but I don't think of them that way. I thought the only fat person in Asia was the Buddha.

Pie chart ,supply and demand

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Can the market be that stupid?

[youtu.be] Love anything by Nazareth

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Easy, Joni......

More code talking...

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Everyone's a victim!

It's not wrong...

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

It's a disease the Japanese call Tsunde oku: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsundoku

Today's acquisition

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

They are, no doubt, but they are also our fellow assholes. We seem to be simultaneous victims and perps.

Jim Jefferies [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

We'll have to settle for Paradise Lost and The Screwtape Letters. I wonder are there any other books like those.

What a savage

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

One of these things is not like the other.

Oops wrong question

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Just what I need to hear right now.

Nouveau groupe francophone J’y songeais.

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

That's a good idea.

Ouch!!!!!!

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I'm so glad that's all in the past!

New incentive for men to exercise.

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Maybe just get a little something to hold up your balls.

How much US government pays to the Private prisons to keep the criminals created by Capitalism in ...

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

While it's true, I can't help wondering how many criminals we would have in a fair society.

In religion, mystery eventually wins out over logic and always has.

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

This is what I believed as a Jehovah's Witness. Jesus was a lesser divinity even though he was 'begotten, not made' like all other creation. I suppose the Church felt Jesus had to be fully human so that he could compensate for the sin of Adam- otherwise, it wouldn't be a fair propitiation. I can't remember what the problem was with being a lesser divinity. Maybe it didn't sit right with the Trinity idea.

Is it just me or do Christian movies always have terrible acting?

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

I think they believe they can get away with substandard stuff if they are dealing with a virtuous theme. They do it all the time in my country with anything to do with the Irish language.

The real hero of the story...

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Poor man. We're not told how he ended up.

Like OMG.

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Well now! Oh deary me! Crikey! (I guess not)

The Death of Free Speech in Europe

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

You need to look at the 7th century through 21st century glasses to think Muhammad was a pedophile. Nonetheless, our right to free speech isn't based on being correct. I feel sure all this is to encourage the growth of cheap labour in Europe.

FUCK all you whiners, haha! Go see the movie BLAZING SADDLES that makes fun of EVERYBODY and get ...

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

We're very understanding about leprechauns. We know not everyone can see the little divils.

I have known a few bad spellers for quite a spell

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Another synapse made redundant.

Q:379713..

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

That's a disturbingly high number. I thought most would understand creation as an allegory.

Toto......

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

These mental leaps are a tribute to the human imagination.

Useful Jesus

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Curious to think of all the porn coming through Jesus' head.

Sooo... You think YOU had a bad day? Think AGAIN, bwahaha!!! [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Only a script could save you!

A Denisovan Jawbone Was Discovered in a Tibetan Cave [theatlantic.com]

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

That's really interesting. Especially the parts about the ability to live in high altitude low-oxygen areas and the fact that they have a jaw but no chin.

Is it? Oh c'mon?😁😅

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

The more I think about it........I'm not sure which is better.

That's one ugly chicken!

brentan comments on Jul 27, 2019:

Ok. That explains 'choke the chicken'.

Well.

brentan comments on Jul 26, 2019:

With a bit of luck, you'll get a chance to use your brolly before you get back to sunny Spain.

I just luv British humour

brentan comments on Jul 26, 2019:

A traditional English trait was that no matter how hot things got (literal or figurative), that was no excuse to be uncivil.

About time, too! Russia Today, (RT) have been playing fast and furious with the news for a long, ...

brentan comments on Jul 26, 2019:

I thought all mainstream media did that.

"His life was one of highs and lows, and he burned himself out much too soon.

brentan comments on Jul 26, 2019:

The baddie was great too!

This is juvenile enough to be real. 🤣🤣

brentan comments on Jul 26, 2019:

Not realising how much the clergy would appreciate it.

You Don't Want To Know It was not a sky that promised rain for immeasurable fertile fields.

brentan comments on Jul 26, 2019:

So many, most if not all, men refused to speak about their experiences. Perhaps they thought we would consider them animals. Or maybe they just couldn't bear to remember. We are a really fortunate generation despite our problems.

My brain and my eyes are sinful and I know it😉😉😉

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

It's not your fault. After so much indoctrination, our synapses are conditioned to make these associations. Pity the poor next generation after a deluge of fucked up memes.

Trying to help

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

It's the thought that counts. I wonder is the thought just to do what everyone else is doing.

Female Orgasmic Innovation in my Neck of the Woods (it’s about the only constructive thing ...

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

I think it's a new expression of Bacchic rites. It always ends up with some man dying.

Attaint verb at·​taint | \ ə-ˈtānt \ attainted; attainting; attaints transitive verb 1 ...

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Somerset to Richard: By him that made me, I'll maintain my words On any plot of ground in Christendom. Was not thy father, Richard Earl of Cambridge, For treason executed in our late king's days? And, by his treason, stand'st not thou attainted, Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry? His trespass yet lives guilty in thy blood; And, till thou be restored, thou art a yeoman. - 1 Henry II:IV.

vi·tu·per·a·tive /vīˈt(y)o͞opəˌrādiv,vəˈt(y)o͞op(ə)rədiv/ adjective ...

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

That's what *we* do!

An American Citizen Is Released From Immigration Custody After Nearly a Month

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

It looks like a fun place to live!

The Hokey Pokey if Shakespeare wrote it.

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Much more than just a jump to the left and a step to the right.

Sunday Morning Wood...

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Saint Kevin knew what to do when he met a wanton woman: 'Another story about his choice of celibacy relates to his time of training at Kilnamanagh. A young woman saw him with his companions in the fields and fell passionately in love with him and pursued him in many ways but he resisted her advances. One day she came on him alone and embraced him and asked him tenderly to lie with her. Kevin rushed away and finding a bed of nettles, stripped off his clothes and rolled himself in them naked. When she further pursued him, he quickly dressed, took up a bunch of nettles and beat her off. She, realising the hopelessness of her quest, quickly repented and went off herself to become a nun. Probably the story shows that at the heart of Kevin’s quest for holiness there was a real struggle'. https://www.catholicireland.net/saintoftheday/st-kevin-of-glendalough-498-618/

I may have posted this one before.

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

That's very good. Very sad. I hope the next stop wasn't Harry's House.

I think I see what the problem is

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xcUJXRCRWI

Jesus trivia is fascinating

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

That's a shame when you think he really was on top of the world looking down on creation.

Gamine gam·ine /ɡaˈmēn/ adjective adjective: gamine 1.

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

I came across it in Les Mis in the character of Gavroche. Here's an article about the gamin of Paris: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255-s01/thenardier/authors/gamin.html

Behind every great love is a great story.

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Love means never having to say you're sorry.

I started a retail job in the inner city a couple of months ago.

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Were you being smug about your belief? Christians feel they have the prerogative on that.

Trump is impressed!

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

"It's good but nobody can paint ceilings like me."

QUESTION RE GOBECKLI TEPE: The 14 12,000 year-old temples at Gobeckli Tepe in Turkey have smaller,...

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

I enjoyed that video! I couldn't help thinking of a development of meaning from survival to psychological. The birth of existential thought, perhaps. And that thought articulated through religion for millenia.

........Hahaha.........

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Some days are like that.

After today's testimony . . . I'm all in on why this is so necessary

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Just make sure he doesn't suffer from severe depression.

......Good one!

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Tell da brother to behave himself!

Point taken.

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Can you get them without those little bumps on them?

@Boomtarat03 is this accurate

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

And they say men can't multitask!

Q:378993..

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

That'll help the immigrants feel at home.

I simply reject the entire notion that there are any sort of non-physical beings in existance.

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

No. I think of spirituality as aspirational.

Something to think about

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

I'm so pleased there's a cool table waiting for me at the hospital. Oh wait....you mean I'm already sitting at it?

Here is another old country song that also is a love song. I hope you like it. [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

A likeable, nasally voice.

Oh oh goof

brentan comments on Jul 25, 2019:

Holy cow! You're fucked!

QUESTION RE GOBECKLI TEPE: The 14 12,000 year-old temples at Gobeckli Tepe in Turkey have smaller,...

brentan comments on Jul 24, 2019:

I didn't know about them. I searched and got this; https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2017/05/31/evidence-lost-civilisation-waiting-under-turkish-ground