Is Pat Robertson losing his mind? - Page 3

Dingfod · #51 08-26-2005, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by The Lone Ranger

I find that vastly amusing, for some reason, since I'm just-about the least aggressive person who ever lived.)

You could always smack 'em with their cane or kick their walker out from under them.

* Dingfod grins... and runs

* Dingfod knows Tai Chi
* Dingfod can kick your ass in six or seven hours

D. Scarlatti · #52 08-26-2005, 04:05 AM

I'd take the Scots very seriously. Their actual history proves them to be murderous, bloodthirsty bastards who'd climb over mountains to slay you in your sleep. And that's when they're sober.

viscousmemories · #53 08-26-2005, 04:10 AM

Hey Michael, good to see you!

Ari · #54 08-26-2005, 04:16 AM

Luckily they are almost never sober.
Well... Unless they are paying.

D. Scarlatti · #55 08-26-2005, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ari

Unless they are paying.

People take copper wire for granted these days, and don't realize it was invented by two Scotsmen.

Godless Dave · #56 08-26-2005, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Ari

Luckily they are almost never sober.
Well... Unless they are paying.

As a man who is proud of my Scottish ancestry, I find that attempt at a joke absolutely hilarious.

beyelzu · #57 08-26-2005, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by scarletpeaches

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Originally Posted by beyelzu

you know I just cant take a country seriously that owes it's nationalistic movement to a mel gibson movie.

No, no, you only HEARD about it because of the Mel Gibson film. Scotland existed waaaaaaaaaaay before that and the rest of the world had heard of it; America needed a film to bring Scotland to its (no apostrophe) attention; I mean, it's not as if you would have looked at a map of the WORLD is it?

:giggle:

Oh, and THE FILM WAS MADE UP. Just because Hollywood shows you something, doesn't mean it's all true. They never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

you mean the film wasnt actual history?

beyelzu · #58 08-26-2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by scarletpeaches

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Originally Posted by beyelzu

you know I just cant take a country seriously that owes it's nationalistic movement to a mel gibson movie.

No, no, you only HEARD about it because of the Mel Gibson film. Scotland existed waaaaaaaaaaay before that and the rest of the world had heard of it; America needed a film to bring Scotland to its (no apostrophe) attention; I mean, it's not as if you would have looked at a map of the WORLD is it?

:giggle:

Oh, and THE FILM WAS MADE UP. Just because Hollywood shows you something, doesn't mean it's all true. They never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

hey, we dont have a statue of mel at the site of a wallace battle. that is a scot thing

Godless Dave · #59 08-26-2005, 04:18 PM

No, but we do have a statue of Silvester Stallone playing Rocky Balboa, a man who never existed, in Philadelphia.

livius drusus · #60 08-26-2005, 04:46 PM

Bilbao is a city in Basque country; Balboa is the droid you're looking for. Oh, and Rocky rules.

Petra · #61 08-26-2005, 11:17 PM

Hey! I wanna get in on the statue thing. We have a statue of Richard O'Brien as Riff Raff from the Rocky Horror Picture Show here. :thewave:

Godless Dave · #62 08-26-2005, 11:59 PM

My city has a statue of F. Scott Fitzgerald, a statue of a Union soldier, and a statue of Lucy and Linus.

Veritas · #63 08-27-2005, 08:48 AM

My city has statues of Sir Walter Scott, Queen Victoria and Robert Burns.

Dingfod · #64 08-28-2005, 05:41 PM

Oral Robert's dirty hands:

And here is his spaceship, poised for takeoff:

BDS · #65 08-29-2005, 05:29 PM

Here in Eugene, Oregon, we have a statue of (believe it or not) Ken Kesey.

http://www.intrepidtrips.com/bookventure4_eugene.html

livius drusus · #66 08-29-2005, 05:54 PM

What a great statue. Do you see people sitting on the bench a lot, BDS?

BDS · #67 08-29-2005, 06:52 PM

I sit on the bench myself fairly often, and see others sitting there. Kesey was a local celebrity in Eugene. He actually lived in Pleasant Hill, about 10 miles out of town. He died 4 years ago.

Kesey was the great poet of Oregon. Nobody ever described the natural beauty of the place better, as the plaque in the picture demonstrates. If “Huckleberry Finn” is the Great American Novel, “Sometimes a Great Notion” is the Great Oregon Novel.

Every Easter, Kesey and a group of friends would hike up Mount Pisgah, just outside of Eugene, to celebrate. I went with them one year (I knew some of the Kesey hanger-ons, although I never knew Kesey very well). When Kesey died, I went to the funeral, and then, on my own, hiked up Mt. Piscah in honor of Kesey. After all, the original Mt. Pisgah was the Mountain from which Moses saw the Promised Land. Nobody wrote more lovingly about Oregon than Kesey, and one can see his farm from the top of Pisgah. I’ll bet when he looked down from Pisgah each Easter, he felt like Moses, looking at Canaan.

Bella · #68 09-03-2005, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Godless Dave

My city has a statue of F. Scott Fitzgerald, a statue of a Union soldier, and a statue of Lucy and Linus.

You forgot the shitload-and-a-half of those damn Snoopys lying on doghouses. I love Snoopy, but Christ...

Crumb · #69 09-03-2005, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BDS

Kesey was the great poet of Oregon. Nobody ever described the natural beauty of the place better, as the plaque in the picture demonstrates. If “Huckleberry Finn” is the Great American Novel, “Sometimes a Great Notion” is the Great Oregon Novel.

Very cool. :1thumbup:

Thanks, BDS. That is definitely on my reading list. My step-sis is going to U of O right now, tell her hi for me. :wink: