Post #36,706
4/28/02 9:02:30 AM
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Do you have a dirty mind?
Look deep at this [link|http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20020422/capt.1019436652.lpga_longs_drugs_rcp107.jpg|picture] and ask yourself how far away is the gutter...:)
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Post #36,725
4/28/02 6:20:29 PM
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Not to mention.. ___"The Longs Drug Challenge"
Gutter? Only for Puritans, that..
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Post #36,744
4/29/02 12:19:23 AM
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Prejudiced post...
If you hadn't had said you what you did, then I'm sure most people would be more likely to first see a pretty female golfer kissing a trophy.
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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Post #36,746
4/29/02 2:32:43 AM
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Uh.. would that be like
seeing the 'Statue of Liberty' as... so many sq. meters of copper sheeting with a green patina?
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Post #36,868
4/30/02 7:40:28 AM
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Nothing of the sort.
With Matthew's comment, I went looking at the picture with the thought "Why is this dirty?". I would have preferred a subtler comment, that's all.
I guess it's like looking at Blind Justice after being told "look at the half top-less statue!". Er, yeah.
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
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Post #36,996
4/30/02 7:29:43 PM
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OK - 'unsubtlety' agreed! ____ (and I forgot the :-\ufffd)
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Post #36,791
4/29/02 12:51:26 PM
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"most people"?
Well, most people who have never seen a dildo maybe.
[grin]
Don't blame me. I voted with the majority.
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Post #36,809
4/29/02 3:57:34 PM
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That group is called 'Puritans'.__(or literalists)_____:-\ufffd
Local example:
In San Francisco is a mega-glass biz-EgoTower, built by Papa Giannini's spawn: the Bank of America. On the approach plaza to entrance was placed (Corporate Committee idea of art !) a huge obsidian (-colored anyway) Rock!
Immediately this was dubbed, The Banker's Heart.
Natch this proved a great Shock! to the droids who could not Imagine it coming. Too big to move, I guess - Banker's Heart remains, sort of a reminder for all who enter there.. of just Who they shall be dealing with.
Ah yes.. life IS metaphor -
[cackle]
Ashton
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Post #36,812
4/29/02 3:59:56 PM
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LRPD sez: "42, of course."
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Post #36,814
4/29/02 4:21:53 PM
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Here's a pic
Just had to find it after that description.
[link|http://www.mistersf.com/props/propsbofa03.htm|here]
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I can't be a Democrat because I like to spend the money I make.
I can't be a Republican because I like to spend the money I make on drugs and whores.
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Post #36,818
4/29/02 5:05:18 PM
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Hee hee..
In another context / locale, I might see the sculptor's symbolism. Located as the theme of a mere Corporate money prestidigitation/washing commodity broker:
The sculptor may be forgiven for his inspiration; the purchasing droids are forgiven for their insouciance: how Rare when Corp-Am is so solidly hoist by own petard. (B of A has of course, its own sordid history and I have my personal one, to boot:)
When my Mater was borrowing $ for my schooling, a 'loan' at B of A on #1 Powell St. in SF was negotiated. It was secured with common stock, which she had used in pref. to idiotically low "interest" rates. Later on, as I examined this paper and the "payment book" - I noted that they had charged her regular "chattel mortgage" (unsecured consumer loan) rates.
When I went there to complain, the guy in office said .. after contemplating but offering no *rebate:
* see: it was a Holy Contract. Caveat Emptor (this in pre-calculator days). Wanna try to evaluate I=Io ekt in your head?
"Y'know, most people don't pay any attention to "The Rate". In fact, many just ask, Can** I get it?" [huh? huh? Daddy? Can I ??]
** yes, the distinction may/can is another hors de combat of dumbth + Language pollution.
I was too young to have presence of mind to pursue up the Corp Ladder, and continue to point out that they had stolen $, and I wanted restitution. Still.. this Official! dishonesty + dissembling taught me Two Things at an early-enough age:
1) Notice what a pack of thieves! wear.. expensive Suits.
2) Notice what insatiable desire to Get Now / Pay Later: COSTS.
In the end I think the Lesson was worth the cost - I have ever since diverted any business (mine or others', when I had the chance) away from BA and its social Darwinist crew. It daily gets harder to know Whom to boycott, but my sleaze file is open-ended.
Ashton
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