hellyer 216 Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Yes, they sell like ho.......................never mind Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Why do people create so many accounts if they are still the same person beneath those accounts? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 What is it with hot cakes anyway? Can't remember having one. They are always sold out. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 No one ever says, 'It's only a game' when their team is winning. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 it is Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Speaking from experience?? WVS? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 You never really learn to swear until you teach your kids to drive. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 If you ate pasta and antipasta, would you still be hungry? It's actually "antipasto" = the food before the meal. So, you'd eat antipasto, and then (hopefully) get to eat the pasta! Yeah, I know, pedant! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 whats it antimatter Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 An excellent question Mr Soon We need a registered non poster to answer it but then they won't be a non poster. Need to ponder some more Catch 22 Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 but proved correct Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 I know it's from the excellent novel a while back but can anyone remember wht it's "Catch 22" not Catch 19 or 47 or 2 etc? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Catch 22 reference is, IIRC, a reference to a paragraph in the US army's contract that says you can be excused from duty if you are insane, but to want to prove that you cannot possibly be insane. That's how I remember the book, anyway - no longer have a copy to check. BUT ... Mr Google to the rescue!!! Origin The title of Joseph Heller's novel, written in 1953 and published in 1961, (properly titled 'Catch-22' - with a hyphen). The first chapter was also published in a magazine in 1955, under the title 'Catch-18'. The paradox is presented as the trap that confined members of the US Air Force. In logical terms the 'catch' was that, by applying for exemption from highly dangerous bombing missions on the grounds of insanity, the applicant proved himself to be sane (after all, that's what any sane person would do). If anyone applied to fly they would be considered insane. Either way; sane or insane, they were sent on the missions. This might be described logically as, 'damned if you do and damned if you don't', 'the vicious circle', 'a chicken and egg situation', or 'heads I win, tails you lose'. In the book, this is explained thus: Yossarian looked at him soberly and tried another approach. "Is Orr crazy?" "He sure is," Doc Daneeka said. "Can you ground him?" "I sure can. But first he has to ask me to. That's part of the rule." "Then why doesn't he ask you to?" "Because he's crazy," Doc Daneeka said. "He has to be crazy to keep flying combat missions after all the close calls he's had. Sure, I can ground Orr. But first he has to ask me to." "That's all he has to do to be grounded?" "That's all. Let him ask me." "And then you can ground him?" Yossarian asked. "No. Then I can't ground him." "You mean there's a catch?" "Sure there's a catch," Doc Daneeka replied. "Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy." There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. "That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. "It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed. The phrase is now often misapplied to any problematic or unwelcome situation. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Catcher in the Rye Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Teenagers Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 oops sorry - thread confusion Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 How come you never hear about "gruntled" employees? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 where are the gruntled employees? and who is dissing them? Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 what does gruntled mean? Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Well disgruntled means p...sed off so gruntled must mean happy ot contented I guess Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 grunted Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 TMI, way tmi! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 ok, WTF does TMI mean? Link to post Share on other sites
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