If they don’t suffer fools gladly, why would I ever want to go?
Semi-seriously, I enjoy reading GD when I have some time to kill, since I admire quite a few of the regulars. But I know when I’m intellectually outgunned.
Sometimes, I wander over to Great Debates to see what momentous topics are being discussed, but since I’m easily intimidated, I don’t answer any. Even though Collounsbury has been banned for a second time, I’d still hate to have him yelling at me; he’s intense.
Sometimes, I wander over to Great Debates to see what momentous topics are being discussed, but since I’m easily intimidated, I don’t answer any. Even though Collounsbury has been banned for a second time, I’d still hate to have him yelling at me; he’s intense.
Sorry about the double-posting; I had no idea that was going to happen.
Sweetie, I really like your posting style, with those little “sublingual” (the real word escapes me, but it’s that stuff they use in movie theatres to get you to buy popcorn!:D) thingies in between your sentences. I’ve never noticed another Doper doing this, so this must be original with you, yes?
Anyway thanks for being there [sub]chuckling all the while[/sub] for me! 
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Subliminal?
lieu, my friend!
Yeah, that’s it, thanks!
Lissen y’all, I’m gonna go in there, but I don’t really wanna go by myself, okay? We need someone with a flashlight, someone with a sharp sword-tongue and somebody with a frickin’ laptop. We’ll be The Fellowship of The Brains. (Or something)
They’re gonna be lying in wait, so we gotta come up with a topic we can defend once they pounce on us. And we may have to be ready because they may ride into MPSIMS after us… I can hear them now…
"MPSIMS!!!..'Modem!"
So who’s with me?
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Hey, I started a thread in GD once. I still shudder to think of how naive I was. Let’s just say I know how David Carr felt last season with the Texans.
Look, I know I got that subliminimal word wrong, but that was just a brainfart! (Okay, so I had the whole BM! So what?)
How about this for a debate topic: Do we really need
the Dewey Decimal System anymore?
Pretty good, huh?
Get back to me on this, okay?
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I’ll go with you as far as IMHO, but after that you’re on your own.
Sigh
I don’t like the sound of those drums!
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Oh, don’t worry, bwana. They only mean trouble when they stop!
:: crickets chirping ::
Okay, and now what?
Bass solo, right?
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I’ll head all the way with you. But when we get to Cafe Society you’re gonna have to give me a good kick in the butt to keep me going. FTR I’ve been in GD a couple of times, heck I even started my own thread once, that was enough for me.
See? Ed’s a better guide, having traversed the terrain once.
Trust in the Head.
I started a Great Debate thread, sometime in the '90s, I believe. (Well, I suppose it would have to have been 1999, wouldn’t it?)
Yipe. I can’t even argue properly with myself.
"We will unite or we will fall!"
Strength in numbers, my friends! Edward The Head shall lead us as our guide. We shall trust in The Head. The Virgin Ellen has traversed these grounds before. She will be our Oracle.
dantheman is our mapmaker, and wmulax93 will be in charge of organization!
We also need a strategist, a seer, an archer, and a weapon-smith who would all travel with us into the land of GD.
Who will heed the call of the horn of MPSIMS and come to our aid?
I will just keep trying to think, okay? (Merlin’s voice: “Arthur!”)
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Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map… climb me a climb, take me a crap…
Okay, now listen up. The “N” means “north.” The blue lines are rivers, and the green lines are roads. Or is it the blue lines are roads, and the green ones are rivers? The rivers can get mucky here. Well, suit up; long as we’re prepared, we won’t get mucked up.
I get to organize? Sweet! Now, where did I put my pen…
I think most libraries have switched over to the Library of Congress system.
Sorry, no cite. 