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Post #217,191
by bionerd
8/3/05 10:12:16 AM
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New Dont feel bad
My brain also thinks in literal and linear terms. As an undergrad, I was in an acclerated math and science program and they made us take a few courses in literature to round us out. As I recall, the classes were called "Third Cultural Rhetoric". I dont even know what that means. I hated them. We had to read great works of literature (which I appreciated and enjoyed) and interpret the metaphores and meta-messages (which I hated and couldnt do). I couldnt get beneath the surface of these great works - which sometimes happens when I read Ashton's posts. When I have the time and energy to decipher them I appreciate the depth and cleverness of Ash. When I dont, I say "Oh bother" and move along.
Post #217,200
by warmachine
8/3/05 10:58:39 AM
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New Thanks
Matthew Greet


Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?
- Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #217,251
by Nightowl
8/3/05 1:30:04 PM
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New Same here
There are times when I have enough time to grab the giant dictionary, or search the online one and decipher what Ashton has written. And those times I am truly rewarded, so I have to agree there.

There are other times when I'm so busy, that I don't have the time right then. So I either make a mental note to return to it later when I do, or I decide it's obviously not that serious for me to decipher. But I do appreciate Ashton's style, especially when I have time to truly understand it.

Last night I didn't have time to decipher the above said post. Maybe later today, but right now I'm taking a brief break from something important to post a few things.

So don't feel bad if you don't get Ashton-Speak, it is after all, an art. :)

Brenda


"Excel is to math what a Microwave Oven is to cooking!"
     A <small>p\ufffdan</small> for Our marlowe - (Ashton) - (43) - Aug. 2, 2005, 05:40:29 PM EDT
         Could someone translate? - (warmachine) - (36) - Aug. 3, 2005, 04:18:45 AM EDT
             You're kidding, right? I hope so, for your sake. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (22) - Aug. 3, 2005, 05:45:19 AM EDT
                 I am not kidding - it's unintelligible. Please enlighten me -NT - (warmachine) - (21) - Aug. 3, 2005, 05:46:05 AM EDT
                     I can't. - (mmoffitt) - (15) - Aug. 3, 2005, 06:03:35 AM EDT
                         If I think style is more important than content, hit me... - (warmachine) - (1) - Aug. 3, 2005, 06:37:19 AM EDT
                             Here's a summary I think you'll really like. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 3, 2005, 09:09:58 AM EDT
                         Tosh - (pwhysall) - (12) - Aug. 4, 2005, 01:42:25 AM EDT
                             What do you know? - (mmoffitt) - (11) - Aug. 4, 2005, 02:58:14 PM EDT
                                 It's bollocks. - (pwhysall) - (10) - Aug. 4, 2005, 04:09:06 PM EDT
                                     Hmmm more - - (Ashton) - Aug. 4, 2005, 04:53:16 PM EDT
                                     Still, it's a "john" not a "lu". -NT - (mmoffitt) - (8) - Aug. 4, 2005, 05:22:51 PM EDT
                                         No, it's a Loo not a Lu. Definitely not a John! :) -NT - (Meerkat) - (7) - Aug. 5, 2005, 06:31:17 AM EDT
                                             Is that Lucy Liu? Mmmmm ... Lucy Liu ... -NT - (drewk) - Aug. 5, 2005, 07:38:35 AM EDT
                                             Is that Lucy Liu? Mmmmm ... Lucy Liu ... - (drewk) - (2) - Aug. 5, 2005, 07:38:57 AM EDT
                                                 That was odd - (drewk) - (1) - Aug. 5, 2005, 07:43:23 AM EDT
                                                     what you never had sideways pie? -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 5, 2005, 08:19:46 AM EDT
                                             My mistake. The proper word is "washroom" ;0) - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Aug. 5, 2005, 03:05:42 PM EDT
                                                 WC works. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Aug. 5, 2005, 10:45:50 PM EDT
                                                     Biffy. - (jake123) - Aug. 6, 2005, 11:31:13 AM EDT
                     Dont feel bad - (bionerd) - (2) - Aug. 3, 2005, 10:12:16 AM EDT
                         Thanks -NT - (warmachine) - Aug. 3, 2005, 10:58:39 AM EDT
                         Same here - (Nightowl) - Aug. 3, 2005, 01:30:04 PM EDT
                     Re: I am not kidding - it's unintelligible. Please enlighte - (andread) - (1) - Aug. 3, 2005, 02:38:30 PM EDT
                         Thank you -NT - (warmachine) - Aug. 3, 2005, 05:09:49 PM EDT
             No nondenumerable infinities or other sets here - (Ashton) - (11) - Aug. 3, 2005, 06:22:35 AM EDT
                 Gimme a break, will ya? - (warmachine) - (10) - Aug. 3, 2005, 07:01:05 AM EDT
                     Hey! Art and engineering aren't mutually exclusive... - (imric) - (7) - Aug. 3, 2005, 07:07:13 AM EDT
                         Naah, that gets old after a while. Matt is right. - (CRConrad) - (6) - Aug. 3, 2005, 07:41:46 AM EDT
                             Et tu, Christian? - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 3, 2005, 09:42:38 AM EDT
                             Werd - (pwhysall) - (4) - Aug. 4, 2005, 01:47:35 AM EDT
                                 Oooh. another IBB - (Ashton) - (3) - Aug. 4, 2005, 03:10:38 PM EDT
                                     Ha! :-) - (Another Scott) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2005, 03:18:44 PM EDT
                                         {guf - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2005, 03:45:22 PM EDT
                                             ICLRPD (new thread) - (Another Scott) - Aug. 4, 2005, 03:47:14 PM EDT
                     In the words of Sophocles (497-406 BCE): - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Aug. 3, 2005, 01:13:25 PM EDT
                         Splendid. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 3, 2005, 03:46:33 PM EDT
             Geez, yeah, and this so-called "jazz" stuff... - (rcareaga) - Aug. 3, 2005, 10:00:24 AM EDT
         translation - (boxley) - (5) - Aug. 3, 2005, 12:51:50 PM EDT
             He is the brittle stone on which we can sharpen our knives. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 3, 2005, 01:07:25 PM EDT
             Why thank you, Box! - (Nightowl) - Aug. 3, 2005, 01:32:41 PM EDT
             {Sheesh} Box! [Not Safe For Work] - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 3, 2005, 02:11:27 PM EDT
                 heh, byte boy couldnt parse prose gave him carni instead -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 3, 2005, 05:26:34 PM EDT
             Thank you... - (warmachine) - Aug. 3, 2005, 05:45:30 PM EDT

And suddenly it occurred to me where these guys had learned their tactics. They'd seen Beau Geste, and were copying the Foreign Legionaires at Fort Zinderneuf.
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