Everyone’s a fan, until it comes down to where do you put them, then it’s ‘Not in my ...

brentan comments on Apr 26, 2019:

I read that they produce too little to be any use other than a salve for consciences.

I love Mark Twain.

brentan comments on Apr 26, 2019:

I guess he could be a right cynic!

Name an old school word that we don't use anymore.

brentan comments on Apr 26, 2019:

The leather.

Beautiful!

brentan comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Yes it is. I also like going through the general posts to find topics I like.

What's the oldest thing you own and still use?

brentan comments on Apr 26, 2019:

It's one of those stacked stereo systems with the record-player on top.

Mixed bag for Friday

brentan comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Excellent! Are you named after the soup or beer pot? I looked it up and it said it meant a big pot or dish. I thought the een meant small but it turns out this een means made of or having the nature of. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tureen

This has most likely been discussed multiple times, so apologies for creating yet another ...

brentan comments on Apr 26, 2019:

I don't remember the mindset that lead me to try to kill myself. I just know it was very different from my mindset today. You're not yourself and it'll take a lot more than a Snickers to solve the problem. I think the religious condemnation came from the idea that you rejected the gift of life God gave you so what's the point in you getting a resurrection. I think that old idea still has traction in my old religion, the Jehovah's Witnesses. That was in the 80s and 90s. Maybe it's different now.

Birth Of A Nation (Movie) on You Tube is outstanding and will guarantee your anger.

brentan comments on Apr 26, 2019:

I think it's a fascinating film. Nowadays it's educational. Other films like Triumph Of The Will ditto.

LET US HELP YOU SUSS THIS.

brentan comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Look at the new mods, just like the old mods.

I'm sure 99% of you all get the joke. For the 1% that don't get it, .... well we can't help you.

brentan comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Big Brother doesn't always have a cure but it always has a solution.

Who dun it?

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

Off to a good start.

I never dreamed ... (NO! Not me specifically ... I just think it's funny.)

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

Well ... I got nothin'.

I have never understood how any self-respecting woman could be a Christian.

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

They rationalise some of the things they don't like and ignore the other things.

Harsh......

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

She is very pretty. Omar too!

"The narrative that government is inefficient and its optimum role should be ‘limited’ to avoid ...

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

That's a tough one! I'm thinking of the early business model of bartering. That doesn't seem to involve much politics but maybe that was just in the beginning. The Viking business model might be classed as political because the survival of the whole people was at stake. Then what about the colonial business model? That must have been political.

I have two already full. How about you?

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

Loyalty should be rewarded, I guess.

To be or not to be attached... [theoatmeal.com]

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The wife's’s wrong, the proud husband’s contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? It wasn't easy to get a divorce back then.

In keeping with the current theme.

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

It's tough. I realised the buck stopped with me when things fell apart a few years ago. There was no point in looking for someone behind me. It's a lonely revelation.

Dat glue tho.....

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

When sticky fingers was an innocent term.

Love her spirit!

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

That should help!

Those of you who—like me—frequently travel in Europe will completely understand this...

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

I think this is good evidence that the mind sees what it wants to see.

I came across this article in the Independent.

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

Lots of space is going down those black holes.

Most political punditry is saying Trump will likely win reelection in 2020.

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

I think it is important to recognise those factors.

"What could possibly go wrong?" Timmy Turner

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

Stay alive, Bernie!

Passenger | Let Her Go [youtube.

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

I owe James Blunt an apology. I thought he was responsible for this outrage.

Don't fit in, that's a good thing..... [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

That was good. I enjoyed the fairly recent spate of TV programs that linked autism to brilliance. Monk comes to mind. There was a movie with Claire Danes telling the story of an autistic women who studied cattle and set up new more humane ways of slaughtering them. It is really good to see the amount of videos available on the workings of the autistic mind and the value non-neurotypical people can add to society. This and the continued study of the brain and how it works will open up great understanding for anyone who wants to value the differences in people.

Got to love a stout beer called Sweet Baby Jesus

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

That looks tasty! They should make a very strong version and call it Jesus Christ Almighty!

We put back the link to the "General Forum" at the top header (currently in archive mode) and are ...

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

Thanks a lot for listening to us!

But I will find you.. and I will kill yo, Oh, whoops wrong meme.

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

A role model for evangelists.

This meme is relevant... We get mad when the forum is re-arranged...

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

Yes indeed. I could find my way around the stores I use with a blindfold on. At the rate I'm abusing my eyesight, that might come in handy.

Declaration of War I, Sir Lawrence of a’Labia, declare war against everybody, including...

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

Sun Tzu couldn't have put it better.

Kids ask the craziest questions LOL

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

It certainly was black and white in my day. Grey areas were for atheists and perverts.

As far as I can see, this site was set up and is run by and financed by a small group of ...

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

I guess this follows the general thrust of put up or shut up. Well, no thanks! A large part of the problem is the transfer of power to suppress speech to too many people who have already demonstrated their lack of objectivity and often megalomania. Power attracts these assholes. So we'll complain like anybody in a free country should and withdraw if and when we want to, not when you want us to.

Ironic, isn't it?

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

That's much worse than rain on your wedding day.

I definitely agree with this now that I'm older, what about you?

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

I agree but I don't always do it.

Matching bags

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

And why not?

This is maga?

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

I must get my ass over over there. Justified murder doesn't come every day!

True story.....

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

She's a goddess and I love her black booty.

So are we going to get the cute little site meter back, showing us total people on the site, group ...

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

It would be interesting because I don't want to go off in a huff, or leave on principle to put it a better way. I think I'll stay until a day comes when I think it's just no fun anymore.

After the conservative wave, will we see now a funny wave? [theconversation.com]

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

It's like the king's fool has become the king. This was a tradition, but I think the poor fool only lasted a week at most and then paid for the wrong done by the real king by being executed. I think this was referred to in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The tradition of the fool being the only person permitted to tell the truth to the king still lives on in comedy today and I find comedians to be very intelligent, insightful people. I fear any good they might do will be sucked into the political machine and shat out the other end.

If the bear is like Trump, he might like it

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

Going out on a limb to solve the problem.

Happy WTF Happened to the Site Day!

brentan comments on Apr 25, 2019:

Who'd have thunk our faith would be tested?

Amy Winehouse....singing a selection at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, 2008. [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

She had so much going for her but of course I don't know what her problems were but she was lovely looking, a super singer and Jewish. I would love to know someone Jewish. We could talk til the cows came home about all sorts of stuff.

This is my first time posting here...my passion is photography

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

Welcome aboard!

Yes, we removed the general forum.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I don't think the decisions were difficult because of their complexity or quantity. After all, all forums have basic rules for behaviour. Was the problem between admin and the group moderators who wanted the final decision on 'acceptable' posts and it was decided to simply hand the power over to them? If so, this was the easy way out and I think it will cost more than expected.

Score... 10 points

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I guess they didn't get clear.

Those would be the non normies.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

Those normies might not be fucking their own shit up (I think they do) but they're always fucking other people's shit up.

A wood carving... She's feeling a little woody... ;)

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

Me too!

If anyone finds the frog ? -your a special kind of person

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I just see sex.

I liked the General Forum. Not thrilled about it's removal.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I don't understand it at all! It just seems counter-intuitive, unnecessarily complicated.

Anybody else using Duolingo to study another language? Estoy estudiando español.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

Me too. I love Spanish.

I need someone to test this

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

They do. There was a funny part about that in the movie Green Book.

There are places in the brain where the MIND won't go.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I'm sure it's making the right decision. It has to protect itself.

'Jordan Peterson the heretic', with Jonathan Pageau - YouTube

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

Jonathan was on a roll there. I think it’s fair to say that he looks on the very heights of metaphysics as the next place to God. Maybe it could be called the Lobby to the Empyrean of God. Peterson, of course, stops in the Lobby and won’t go any further. He is a bit surprised that Peterson won’t take the next step whereas I’m surprised Jonathan doesn’t understand the Lobby is most likely the terminus and not the last stop before the Empyrean. But the joy for me is watching people who, like Peterson and Pageau, are articulate intermediaries between psychology and religion. Paul Van Der Klay got a mention too. He is a Calvinist pastor who is very into Peterson too and does terrific YT videos.

Plain White T's: Hey There Delilah.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

That's a helluva good love song! Love the pointed lyrics!

I don't think I've posted any that have been reported, but this still seems accurate.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

Justice should be seen to be done.

I've often seen these in English, but doubtless the rest of the world does them too.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

That's a hoot! It's French, isn't it?

like round Legos

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

That's put a zip on my lips.

A married couple in their 60s....

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

LOL. He deserved that, the ungrateful git!

A little cowboy humor...

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

Have you no shame?

How can anyone support a culture/religion that executes Gays, Protesters and Women who "shame" their...

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

That's a clever picture.

Disgusting Zombie pope returns from the death to try and excuse his life time of pervert protecting ...

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

They haven't even the sense to stop digging a bigger hole for themselves.

Greta Thunberg: Teen activist says UK is 'irresponsible' on climate - BBC News

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

She's not just a spokesperson for climate change but for those on the Asperger scale too. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/23/greta-thunberg-autism

Taken from the " ask god" web site.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

It's so long since I heard about the god of the gaps, I can't remember what it was about. I feel sure they can't offer anything supporting the 6,000 year history of man so that's something..

Deep Purple - Pictures of Home [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

That was great! I think I heard echoes of Jon Lord's concerto in there too.

In memory of those lost to the Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland. [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I don't think the religious ever realise how evolutionary their thinking is. They deal with society's outcasts much like Hitler did.

“Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they don't like him.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I don't think women want to be able to control a man that much. Even though some can't help trying, they lose respect for the man if they succeed. My mother actually said this to me about herself and my father when I was a young man. I was really taken aback at the time.

Friday night was very fortunate to see this woman in concert.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I knew she was at least twice-blessed with talent and beauty. It's good to hear she's a nice person too.

'The Good Fight' promotes violence. This is unacceptable. [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I think justice systems can't, often don't want to, redress the unfairness in society. I'm thinking of everything from physical violence being punished while mental violence goes unpunished all the way up to violent rebellion in response to oppression. Humans are not yet capable of resolving everything peacefully.

Luke Christopher - "FAMOUS" [youtube.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I wish these guys would just write their thoughts down on paper and not bother music with them.

It's all about positioning

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

The first one is very witty. The second is just crass. OK, I'm getting old and cranky.

This hits pretty close.

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

I think this is because words are tools and try to lay out reality in geometric terms - linear, tangible, proportional etc. They are the left brains best attempt to explain the world of the right brain which needs intuition more than words. This is where the value of good poetry lies because it tries to cross the divide between words and intuition.

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one ...

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

There's a lot to be said for fairness.

Had your fill of wolves today?

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkaBD6CBrA0

ISIS bombed two christian churches in Shri-Lanka killing 300 because a white supremacist bombed two ...

brentan comments on Apr 24, 2019:

What's next, I wonder?

There can be no absolute creator.

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

I think you're right about us not understanding the eternal nature of the universe. God has been our best understanding of this mystery for a long time.

Makes me feel welcome

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

Abandon hope all ye who enter here.

Monday masturbation memes

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

The message box says be as specific and detailed as you can but I'm too embarrassed.

I can't understand how Lady Macbeth could have accused her husband of being unmanly, when at the ...

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

She's desperately afraid his conscience is getting the better of him and she is goading him into holding to their murderous plan.

Think I turned off my alerts, that, or I got bounced from hearing from everybody.

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

Same here. I hope it gets back to normal soon.

Sums alot to me

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

That's very clever!

Christian School Expels Two Black Students Because Their Mother Committed ‘Adultery’ |

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

Jesus wept! If he was real.

It’s pretty simple...one can easily exchange “she” for “he”.

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

The bastards! The bitches! By their fruits you'll know them.

Hello people im new,single open to new everything.

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

Sometimes we do. The challenging times are character-forming. Welcome to the forum!

Wha,Whaaaaaat?

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

Thank goodness we don't live on those roundy planets. Life would be very precarious.

Have you noticed how every nation but one celebrates its national day?

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

England, Britiain really, could do with a morale boost.

Today is Shakespeare's birthday, may his works be long remembered as doing so has given him the ...

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

It's a pity we don't know who invented the wheel. He (yeah, I said it) got robbed.

Aunt Mary's on top of the world today.

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

Good for you! Enjoy!

I just read an Atlantic Article regarding the end of the US as a world power.

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

Did they mean he is ruling over a split country?

Something happening with site?

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

I think it's copying the Easter program of death and resurrection but it's running a bit late.

I have noticed that there are a lot more religious callers at my door, I try to be polite but when ...

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

I thought our modern lifestyle had killed it off. I never even see a Jehovah's Witness any more.

What is the difference between "makers" and "takers" in the economy?

brentan comments on Apr 23, 2019:

From what I remember, value-added was a feature or features added to a product or service that give it a competitive advantage in the marketplace. I think it even extended to intangibles such as a brand name. I can't help thinking value extraction here is another way of saying cutting costs. That wouldn't really be the opposite of value-added but I must admit I didn't come across the term when I was in college.

Forty years of speaking Emglish and i asked the lawn mower guy whether this model is ...

brentan comments on Apr 22, 2019:

LOL. Was that a Hispanic mistake or a German one? If the mower really was self-actualised, I'm very jealous.

Over 20% of Sanders supporters say they’ll vote for Trump if Buttigieg or Warren win

brentan comments on Apr 22, 2019:

I guess they think there is something inauthentic about Buttigieg and Warren. I understand the issue with Buttigieg. I'm not sure what the problem is with Warren.

Don't be a slave to religion..

brentan comments on Apr 22, 2019:

I try, Charlene......God knows I try.

I have rejected the Allah of Quran and have made social media my new Allah.

brentan comments on Apr 22, 2019:

Could that be a move from the frying pan into the fire?

Brave Israeli "soldiers" in action. Fuck you for your service [rt.com]

brentan comments on Apr 22, 2019:

They learned all about untermenschen from the Nazis.

Just a "somewhat" humorous quip.

brentan comments on Apr 21, 2019:

I can't relate to crucifixation 'jokes' at all.

Another warning by a person on the front lines::: "This Is Why We Can't Have Islam In The West'' ...

brentan comments on Apr 21, 2019:

He's great to listen to!

ANOSMIA Anosmia is the disorder of being unable to smell or taste. Anyone suffer from it?

brentan comments on Apr 21, 2019:

No. I suppose it can be a bit dangerous apart from not enjoying good tastes and smells.