Here’s another funny one. Why not, I’m in a good mood...for now.

brentan comments on Feb 19, 2019:

This should happen to all memes.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and ...

brentan comments on Feb 19, 2019:

Excellent. You reminded me of this one from Brendan Behan: I have never seen a situation so bad that a policeman could not make it worse. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/a-history-of-brendan-behan-in-20-quotations-1.2147245

Oh FFS! Bernie just announced he's running again.

brentan comments on Feb 19, 2019:

Bernie will look like a ray of sanity unless the public feel social democracy is madness. Many will.

Ok. a gay man perhaps.

brentan comments on Feb 19, 2019:

I guess we need to ask different questions when dealing with myth and allegory.

Sheela-na-gigs: The naked women adorning Britain's churches For hundreds of years carvings of ...

brentan comments on Feb 19, 2019:

'gee' pronounced with a hard 'g' was a very common word for vagina when I was young. If I remember right, the French equivalent was trou, which basically meant hole and was how female captives were categorised. While it's accepted that these are fertility symbols, it's really curious how they ended up on Christian buildings and give them a Gothic look. One explanation is artistic license, deviously taking a shot at the large imposition of churches and cathedrals.

It's very hard to believe in a God of love when the followers of that God, claiming to have the ...

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I came to the conclusion that the promised holy spirit never came.

Is it a Catholic sin when a priest rapes a nun and she has an abortion?

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Not if it's all kept quiet.

Pope Francis admits nuns have been sexually abused by clergy - this great organization look better ...

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

And they used to say the nuns were hardened bitches because they weren't getting any.

[geekxgirls.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I think nature takes a scatter-gun approach to most things and they end up on a spectrum, with a bell-curve type of distribution. We never needed everyone to be reproducing for the human race to survive.

Hello Everyone I grew up In washington state until I was 14 then moved to the east coast I returned ...

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I lived in Washington State for a few years. Lovely place. I suppose people thought you didn't have to deal with much of a change in weather. I've often thought of visiting Edinburgh to see the castle and maybe go to the comedy festival to see who's new. Anyway, welcome to the forum!

Butt... it helps.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I always struggled with those insertable whatchamaycallems to deal with piles. I was very pleased last time I had the problem when I got a prescription for oral medicine. The tablets were very effective too.

I feel appreciated.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I always wanted to appreciate my ex as much as humanly possible. Now I know why she's my ex!

I love modern tech!

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I hope it doesn't discriminate between alt-right and Antifa.

The Church of Norway Just Apologized for Its Inconsiderate Anti-Abortion Stance (not satire) ...

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I'm not so chirpy about these liberal churches. If you are a female member of the church, sure it matters and it is a good thing. But these churches muddy the waters on religion when they abandon the basic scriptural instructions not to murder. and to love others as themselves. I don't think it will help these churches to survive the liberal world. I think they'll implode under their own contradictions.

Folsom Prism Blues

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Darn. How do people keep coming up with these witty ideas?

PragerFU: God and Suffering, Part II - misterdeity [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

This is how dictionary.com defines intersubjective. For some reason, it didn't recognise intersubjectivity: adjective Philosophy. comprehensible to, relating to, or used by a number of persons, as a concept or language. My guess is the definintions of good and bad things are intersubjective and that might be as close as we can get to objectivity.

This is correct.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

That verse 'the fool has said in his heart there is no god' could generate a lot of fucks not to give. I'm not sure that makes sense. Oh well.

The healthiest, fittest prez ever - according to his quack.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Macho Lardo. Mucho lardo.

While being an agnostic or atheist, would it be still be reasonable to swear using the phrase "God ...

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Sugar noodles!

No numbers allowed... I'm vinyl records and bad-curly-perms years old.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Wooden pens with nibs and ink-wells made into to the desk at school.

Religion is nothing but a source of income for some people (bastards) and it steals joy and ...

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

He told you because he loves you. Still, at least it's hot there.

Just sayin'...

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Time for tea.

As if there would've been some kind of prejudice back then? [msn.com]

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I think they would have found some darn thing to hate about each other.

Tommy Chong has a goal to get cannabis recognized by the American Medical Association as a viable ...

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I love how it can help people with problems like Tourette's. That must be divine relief!

If you call me a Hippie, I take it as praise.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

For shame!

might as well...

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Best not to bother with the zipper either. It'll just have to be done again.

I just wish they'd not stop in so often:

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Maybe. I think it's because I've become a doddery old fuck.

Don't argue with someone who knows everything. You heard me. E-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g. [youtube.com]

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCyYuLQ7_Ws

I would like communities opinion on this please. And @admin if possible?

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I would like to say that I defy any of you whiners to try to stop me saying what I think is true within the rules of the forum. The place to argue your point was within the thread itself. It's sad to see such lame appeals to admin that remind me of extreme lefties always demanding that their feelings be recognised over any other concern.

Level 7 in 7 weeks!

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I want my money back.

Any french speakers?:)

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Je ne comprend pas Qu'est que s'est que ca No? Sur le pont d'Avignon OK, I can't speak French. But I tried, godammit!

Intermission

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

You guys are all in denial.Get out of that closet.

Iconic performance on MTV's unplugged. [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Could it be a dreadful case of indigestion or is the man off his medication?

Oh snap!! ..

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

The guy before you was responsible and you're annoyed about it. The woman hasn't removed the condom. I wish I hadn't started this comment.

We don't need stinking wall

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

It's the principle of the thing! No pasaran!

I never watch NASCAR but was flipping channels last night.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I don't care. I'm seriously disappointed in you, Dave.

It's Butte not Butt. But oh well..

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Bear with me. I'm not American. Is it pronounced 'byute' as in beauty?

Sweetest words announced!

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I guess it's another form of release.

This is currently relevant to the UK but could affect any western countries.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I wasn't able to pick yes or no. My emotions tell me they chose a certain path and now that this theocratic war has failed, they want to return to secular comfort. I'm very angry with them. They have children too which makes me think we should suffer the mothers on behalf of the children, I used to be a religious parent so I understand the predicament children of believers are in.

This might sound familiar to UK rock fans of a certain age :-) [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I enjoyed that. I don't remember it because I'm only 64 but elderly folk probably do.

Interesting trip to the farm

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

God bless the child that has his own.

It'll give you the warm fuzzies.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Yes, yes, yes. I think it includes a little bit of 'that'll learn ya' but who's perfect?

With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I'd put that young woman over my knee.

Who plays ps4?

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I do. And the other console which will remain nameless unless permission is granted.

Just joined a group yay

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Bad move. 'They'll take your soul if you let them'.

Anyone travel anywhere cool these holidays?

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I wish.

Number 6 is my Achilles heel.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

8, I think, for me.

Awww, dare you not to smile.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

She needs a smack.

When you’re stupid

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I wonder. Even though I'm familiar with the Biblical idea that 'in the increase in knowledge there is an increase in pain', I think stupid people also pay a price for their condition.The idea was rammed home to me recently when a soap opera on TV was running and I was in no position to turn it off. I had experienced this neverending drama in real life and the 'actors' do pay a price for their participation.

Prune juice....

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

This is what James Joyce was talking about in Finnegans Wake.

What Loneliness Can Do To Those Experiencing It

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

It's probably just evolution weeding out the weak. Perhaps social workers aiding the lonely are prolonging the lives of people who have nothing to contribute to society.

England's Oldest Cave-Art Site Is Covered with Signs Ward off Evil Spirits [livescience.com]

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I wonder what spirits they might be. Theoretically, they are not the evil spirits of Christianity. They reside in the air. I think they are pre-Christian evil spirits. I'm biased toward Anglo-Saxon monsters because I've just read Beowulf. But the beliefs of the people don't fit neatly into historical divisions and these fears may well belong to people living well into the Christian era.

I'm going to ease off the posts for a while, I made level 9.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

But will you know how to live in the real world after this? Be very careful and don't think it a failure to come back to our virtual world.

I find this striking:

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

You guys just wait until employment is up and immigration is down.

I feel terrible for not having posted anything in a while.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Daniel, all you have to do is pick a side and stick to it. Let's hear no more about philosophical what-not. Hippies are dead - they just don't know it. If you want sex. just pay for it. Welcome back to the forum.

Reality Check on education in ameriKKKa. How can Academia grow in ameriKKKa?

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Here's a recent article about teaching on Quillette. I'm sure she's just a Commie:: https://quillette.com/2019/02/10/public-educations-dirty-secret/

The story of a man that will never get laid no matter how good looking he is.

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

If there's any justice.

Sometimes, I can feel Mother Nature's tender embrace .

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I have a feeling that Mother Nature only shows her hand if we're feeling generally positive. If we're not, she'll stay hiding.

Intermission

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

I guess it's cheek. It's definitely not aesthetics.

Todd Snider Statistician’s Blues [youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

That was fun!

Upgrading to level 2

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Try to agree with people, especially people who have clout on the forum. This knowledge will come with time. If you are particularly open to instruction, you will get messages from the ones with clout to avoid people who have been designated as 'other'. Grow the strong relationships and avoid the fuckers they hate like the plague. You'll find it's very like real life. Before you know where you are, you'll be Level 8 and hosting groups to beat the band!

Every time. Poor doctors :(

brentan comments on Feb 18, 2019:

Uppity pagans!

Crazy how thoughts of what happened with my Dad and his wife pop in and out of my head.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I think it will in proportion to its relevance in your life. That's the theory. I wish you well. We all carry these darn burdens with us through life.Try to make it matter less. I think that can only be by making other things matter more.

“Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular ...

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

Oh Lord have mercy. He must have been a commie!

[youtu.be]

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

Gosh, it's about people.The bastards!

[youtu.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I liked it. Should I say it's interesting? No. That's useless. Your voice is very nice. Not great, nice. The guitar is pretty poor. I'm sure you know. The sentiment is what has some power. And it's very feminine, that fear of being second choice. I'm not sure how to work on the strengths and minimise the weaknesses in the music business but I always love to hear people express what it is to be human in their art.

Inspiration

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

That's what it is to be human. We can reach such wonderful heights and yet always need to use the toilet.

Altar boys

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

It was such a strange feeling to be sexually abused as a child. The initial response was bafflement. It took time to rationalise what happened. That wasn't easy in the 1960s and 70s when the whole society was in denial about it. I'm so pleased that it has all come into public knowledge. I can't imagine how many people lost their lives because they couldn't live with themselves as partakers of homosexual sex. Then there were the people whose quality of life was so bad that they were walking dead. I think the perpetrators had no idea that they were ruining lives when they did what they did. If they did, they must have had an outlook on life that was satanic.

Diary of Newcomer to Ogden, Utah

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

Gosh yes. I'm amazed that our ancestors made a virtue out of hardship.

Thankfully!

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I think it's decadence and an argument for the lasciviousness of incompleteness. I would kick that quarter-moon's butt and make him get with the program.

I inadvertently started a bit of a "brew-ha-ha" earlier.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I think it's a fair response, bigpaw. I can put my photo up because I have nothing to lose. If my ex was on this site and she did it, she would have paid a helluva price.

It's the truth we all know it

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I always thought it wasn't fair that women don't fart.

My kind of movie

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I just want to see the bad guy get what he deserves in 90 mins.

I'm usually a pretty optimistic person, but lately I've decided that I think I just hate people.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I'll bet it's just the mood you're in. And you're right. And then some person will do something to redeem the whole human race in your eyes.

Only example I know of white privilege not really working out.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

Jesus H. Some people think nature is beautiful. OK, it is. It's fucking awful too.

"Le peuple ne demande que le nécessaire, il ne veut que justice et tranquillité; les riches ...

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

OK. there are good rich people. Bill Gates might be an example.They give from their excess out of charity. I think they should be required to give from their profits as as a matter of social responsibility. When I say responsibility, I mean the responsibility to give to his employees the recompense they deserve. Then he could think of the public who financed his outrageous wealth. Not out of goodwill. Out of responsibility.

I'm back...still same old me..still same old site i see

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I tried. Anyway, you're very welcome back.

Aye tuned in here to find out !

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

Hello. Welcome.

Draw me like one of your French girls.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I still haven't figured out what those French girls have. Is it mystique? And if it is, how does it trump beauty in the sense of Marilyn Monroe?

Grammar is key.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

Well, idiot is more about a lack of smarts.

You have to be of age for this joke...

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

Oh dear, I struggled with that one and I'm 64.

The great.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

That was a fascinating interview, not so much for its content but for the way it exposed the way the status quo attempt to discredit intelligent argument.While Cathy Newman seems to be a lovely person in ordinary life, she adopts a persona in her professional life that leaves a lot to be desired.

"No amount of belief makes something a fact." - James "The Amazing" Randi

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

True. But it might as well be.

According to the European Court of Human Rights, the Prophet Mohammed may not be called a ...

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I think free speech should trump religious feeling but I think calling Mohammad a pedophile is a cheap shot. Child marriage in America was common enough up to the last century in some areas.

1972 McDonalds menu

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I miss rootbeer. I loved it with ice-cream too.

Our Weird World I've been visiting the local Unitarian Universalist fellowship on occasion, and ...

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

You should be afraid. The righteous have little or no concern for contrary opinion when they meet out their justice.

I want my children to think for themselves and whatever conclusions they come to will have no ...

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I hope they reciprocate. Children can be so conservative.

Tonight’s George Michael post is a bit earlier than usual.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I have a vague memory of Frank Sinatra being described as 'portraying' a song. I could never really express what the term meant but I thought I could feel it. I got the same feeling listening to this song.

I believe the dude doth protest too much

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

The New Testament was wasted on that guy. Not that it said homosexuality was OK. It was just that any type of sexual activity outside marriage was illegit. This guy is stuck in the Old Testament.

Just a suggestion

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I'm looking forward to the time when we're post-memes.

Even if he's not first, might still be the one?

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. - Ecclesiastes 9:11.

When you are old ?

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

The benefits of senility!

Happy Hippie Sunday! Let the love bloom! The sun is bright today.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

My relationship with Alexa has reached a low point and I'm trying to figure out what's wrong.

[historic-uk.com] Staying near here...wild n woolly Scots

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I think you can still get human meat in the steak 'n' kidney pies.

I have only 147,916 points to level 9.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

With the best will in the world, Dave, I think only time can sort this out.

This made me chuckle.

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

That's the not so gentle, meek or mild Jesus of the Revelation.

Why do we usually think it's the other person's personality when we don't "hit it off" with them?

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I was always intrigued by the difference between the secular view that if enough people didn't like a person, it meant that person was an asshole, but the spiritual view was that if people didn't like a person, it was because that person was on the right road and the others weren't. But how to come to any definite conclusion in a society of people who are all different levels of idiosyncracies, emotional baggage etc? If I were to use this forum as a guide to getting on with people, I think getting on is a matter of similar opinion,s and an extra level of getting on is to forge further agreements that certain people are anathema. It might be fair to say that in this regard, we still operate on the level of primitive tribes.

Keep your eye on librarians

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

Aren't they always? The hairs on the back of my neck know what I only suspect.

Serious quantum computers are finally here. What are we going to do with them?

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

I think they're as close to making quantum computers as they are to finding the Higgs Boson.

From my friend who is a doctor in Palestine . . .

brentan comments on Feb 17, 2019:

The chosen people clear the land of the native population -again.