Am I A Moron?

[MossMan]

I remember one time when I was about 10 or 11. A carnival had come to town and I had spent the entire afternoon there. Finally I was down to my last 25 cents. What to do? Maybe get another corn dog or candy apple. I also could have taken another spin on the scrambler or octopus. So many choices yet so little money. But back behind the midway was a little tent that advertised the “Man Eating Chicken” exhibition. And of course it cost exactly 25 cents. Well, I simply couldn’t help myself. I gave the grizzled carnie my very last quarter and was led into a room where there was a man with a KFC box between his legs. And of course he was eating chicken.

Obviously I was a moron.

A few years later I was reading a comic book that advertised “X-Ray Glasses” on the back pages. The thought that I would actually be able to see through women’s clothes was too much for my 13 year old brain to ignore. So I sent in my money. Six weeks later I got back a pair of cheap plastic novelty goo-goo eyed glasses.

Demonstrating again that I remained very much the moron.

Then just 4 years ago this politician came along who spent record amounts of money advertising the he was a reasonable choice for the presidency. Oh, there was lots of evidence that the Presidency was far beyond this man’s capabilities. But I still went ahead and voted for him anyway. Of course his election has turned out that he has been one of the worst things that has ever happened to this country. And a week doesn’t go by now that he doesn’t embarrass most Americans with further examples of his shocking incompetence.

So, doesn’t this prove that I am still a moron?

 

[faithinkarma]

Nope, you are only a moron when you repeat the same mistakes. I am betting you never again paid to watch someone eating KFC, and you probably came to understand that x ray glasses were not the way to attain that particular objective .....now if you can just somehow make up for that last blunder, we will all call you the wiseman who always learned from his mistakes.

 

[minniepumpernickel]

Mossman, you could never truly be a moron!

People who only want to talk about fluff 24/7 are morons!

 

[richiebaseball]

Originally posted by minniepumpernickel
Mossman, you could never truly be a moron!

People who only want to talk about fluff 24/7 are morons!

Apparently the name-calling is okay if you're talking about yourself. Interesting.

Oh, and people who live in glass houses, yada, yada, yada.


Just one man's opinion.

Richard

 

[Cinderellafifi]

Originally posted by faithinkarma
Nope, you are only a moron when you repeat the same mistakes. I am betting you never again paid to watch someone eating KFC, and you probably came to understand that x ray glasses were not the way to attain that particular objective .....now if you can just somehow make up for that last blunder, we will all call you the wiseman who always learned from his mistakes.

Here, here!!

 

[ripleysmom]

We can only hope that MossMan is not the only person that learned from their mistake 4 yrs ago.

 

[ThAnswr]

Originally posted by MossMan
Then just 4 years ago this politician came along who spent record amounts of money advertising the he was a reasonable choice for the presidency. Oh, there was lots of evidence that the Presidency was far beyond this man’s capabilities. But I still went ahead and voted for him anyway. Of course his election has turned out that he has been one of the worst things that has ever happened to this country. And a week doesn’t go by now that he doesn’t embarrass most Americans with further examples of his shocking incompetence.

So, doesn’t this prove that I am still a moron?

Only if you did it again!

Remember the old saying: Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice, shame you me.

Then there's this version: http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/shockwave/fool_me.htm

 

[minniepumpernickel]

Originally posted by richiebaseball
Apparently the name-calling is okay if you're talking about yourself. Interesting.

Oh, and people who live in glass houses, yada, yada, yada.


Just one man's opinion.

Richard

Richie,
Is the "People who live in glass houses" quote from DH Lawerence, or Tennessee Williams? It's been so long since I've read the book. Whenever something controversial on here comes up someone uses that quote as some type of a threat. If you could elaborate more on why you chose that quote, it would help.

I see you are from the deep south. Where is your Christian, gentelmanly spirit? Isn't this supposed to be a kinder gentler board?

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.

I hope you've learned your lesson, Mossman!

 

[BoulderCreek]

Be Nice or I'll have them transfer this thread to the Flower board.

 

[minniepumpernickel]

Originally posted by BoulderCreek
Be Nice or I'll have them transfer this thread to the Flower board.

I love the flowers, can I steal them?

BR that was by Jorge Santayana! (sp)

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

hey, even flowers can be controversial:

Flowers Are Red
The little boy went to school; he got some crayons and began to draw.
He put colors all over the paper, for colors where what he saw.
And the teacher said, "What are you doing young man?"
"I'm coloring flowers", he said.
She said, "It's not the time for art young man, anyway flowers are red and leaves are green. There's a time for everything and a way it should be done. You've got to show concern for everyone else, for you're not the only one."
And she said, "Flowers are red young man, green leaves are green. There's no need to see flowers any other way than the way they've always been seen."
But the little boy said, "There are so many colors in the rainbow, so many colors in the morning sun, so many colors in a flower, and I see everyone."
The teacher said, "Your sassy. There's ways that things should be. You'll color flowers the way they are, so repeat after me, flowers are red and green leaves are green. There's no need to see flowers any other way than the way they've always been seen."
But the little boy said, "There are so many colors in the rainbow, so many colors in the morning sun, so many colors in a flower, and I see everyone."
The teacher put him in the corner. She said, "It's for your own good. You won't come out until you get it right and are responding like you should."
Finally he got lonely. Frightened thoughts filled his head. He went up to that teacher, and this is what he said.
And he said, "Flowers are red, green leaves are green. There's no need to see flowers any other way than the way they've always been seen."
by Harry Chapin

 

[SugarBear]

Don't look at me, I voted for the other guy!

 

[faithinkarma]

Briar Rose 7457, Thank you for that memory.

 

[richiebaseball]

Originally posted by minniepumpernickel
Richie,
Is the "People who live in glass houses" quote from DH Lawerence, or Tennessee Williams? It's been so long since I've read the book. Whenever something controversial on here comes up someone uses that quote as some type of a threat. If you could elaborate more on why you chose that quote, it would help.

I am more than happy to lend some assistance. The quote is from Lawrence. Basically, we shouldn’t complain about others if we are as bad as they are. Now of course I am guilty of that right now as well but to be fair, you did it first. And for some reason I have these uncontrollable urges to point out the inconsistencies of others. Sometimes my fingers are typing before my brain actually gets a chance to think. This is probably an excellent example of that.

See when you said:

Originally posted by minniepumpernickel
People who only want to talk about fluff 24/7 are morons!

Then I replied:

Originally posted by richiebaseball
Oh, and people who live in glass houses, yada, yada, yada.

The complete quote is "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. There's no threat to it. You don't really live in a glass house and I can't actually throw a rock at you and break you. It simply means we shouldn’t complain about others if we are as bad as they are. For you to assume that people that only want to talk about "fluff" are morons is just mean. And not at all correct.

Originally posted by minniepumpernickel
I see you are from the deep south. Where is your Christian, gentelmanly spirit? Isn't this supposed to be a kinder gentler board?

Since I can't tell where you are from I apologize for not being able to make any stereotypical comments about folks where you are but I can assure you that, contrary to popular belief, Christian gentleman does not equal blind and unable to speak. And I apologize if I have offended you in any way.

Just one man's opinion.

Richard

 

[minniepumpernickel]

Originally posted by richiebaseball
I am more than happy to lend some assistance. The quote is from Lawrence. Basically, we shouldn’t complain about others if we are as bad as they are. Now of course I am guilty of that right now as well but to be fair, you did it first. And for some reason I have these uncontrollable urges to point out the inconsistencies of others. Sometimes my fingers are typing before my brain actually gets a chance to think. This is probably an excellent example of that.

See when you said:



Then I replied:



The complete quote is "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. There's no threat to it. You don't really live in a glass house and I can't actually throw a rock at you and break you. It simply means we shouldn’t complain about others if we are as bad as they are. For you to assume that people that only want to talk about "fluff" are morons is just mean. And not at all correct.



Since I can't tell where you are from I apologize for not being able to make any stereotypical comments about folks where you are but I can assure you that, contrary to popular belief, Christian gentleman does not equal blind and unable to speak. And I apologize if I have offended you in any way.

Just one man's opinion.

Richard

Nope, not offended at all! Great answers!

Do you think that it gets boring if people only talk about really normal, everday things? I guess we just have different ways of looking at what is considered "interesting conversastion."

 

[faithinkarma]

Sometimes my fingers are typing before my brain actually gets a chance to think. This is probably an excellent example of that.

HAH...I thought I was the only one who did that. Often I don't realize just how much I have vented until I see the post "out there" Then I have to try to quickly edit, making it more acceptable, before anyone actually sees it.

 

[richiebaseball]

Originally posted by minniepumpernickel
Nope, not offended at all! Great answers!

Do you think that it gets boring if people only talk about really normal, everday things? I guess we just have different ways of looking at what is considered "interesting conversastion."

Yes, we all are different. And that's a great thing, isn't it? And I think no less nor no more of someone that prefers to talk 100% "fluff" than someone that prefers to talk 100% "issues".

Originally posted by faithinkarma
HAH...I thought I was the only one who did that. Often I don't realize just how much I have vented until I see the post "out there" Then I have to try to quickly edit, making it more acceptable, before anyone actually sees it.

Many times I have crafted a reply to a post, taken a second look at it, hit the back button and just moved on without sending that post. Do any of us actually understand why people just don't see things the same way we do? Which is the right way of course.

I think my problem is twofold. People generally think I'm smarter than I really am and, well, I think I'm smarter than I really am.

Curious.

Just one man's opinion.

Richard

 

[DSNY FN]

Mossman you have learned frrom the errors in your life now you will move to the voting station knowing full well what needs to be done.

 

[Teejay32]

You guys are making it tough to find another debate place, with all this going on in here.

Originally posted by richiebaseball
I think my problem is twofold. People generally think I'm smarter than I really am and, well, I think I'm smarter than I really am.

I have that problem too!