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Posted: 11th Jun 2002
why thankyou Banrion Na Sidhe
(at least I think its the right spelling! )

Posted: 11th Jun 2002
I think I'll agree with C@ntus but adjust it slighlty:
Always send Durbs a creme egg or money. Who needs a reason?

"Be nice to people on your way up, or they'll be the ones sh!tting on you on the way down"

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Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

Posted: 11th Jun 2002
whhhhah,

these are getting better and better,

nice one spiral, figured you were spending time thinking.
Its turning into a philosophy for happy living this thread.
what about Taoist advice:
"Enjoy the path."

kewl
Glass

Posted: 11th Jun 2002
yeah glass, glad you liked it, funny thing was I wasn't really thinking when I typed it! how about:
'Never chant your mantra whilst eating lentil stew, it makes your t-shirt dirty'
and
'If the world was an orange, it would be far too small'

Posted: 11th Jun 2002
ive got 10 peices of advice in my profile

Follow Wuggarooism10)Dons't cheateth on thee's significant other9) If thou seest a pig that resembles thee's friend...dont eateth the pig...perhaps it is thee's friend8) If thou talkest shit..thou is a pansy7) Don't buttith into conversations for it will be over thous head6) Dont let stupid comments go unpunished they can only leadest to thous anyurysms5) Dont lie to your friends4) Thou areest what thou arest don't change thou for anyone 3) Masturbation isnt a crime2) When a horse comes up to thou and sayest baaa thou must run!1) Be excellent to eachother

Posted: 12th Jun 2002
hmm, Asked for one, and I'm goign to be strict on this one, so I'm only taking mumber one.
excellent
Although I might sneak a peek at the other 9 when I think no one is watching.

Oranges. ?!? reminds me of another one.

from the world, but I wish I remeber who:
"Before you critise someone,
you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way,
when you do,
Your a mile away form them,
and
you've got thier shoes."

glass

Posted: 12th Jun 2002
shit u just reminded me, must try and catch up with him soon, haven't seen him scince London!

Posted: 12th Jun 2002

quote:

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Originally posted by Cassandra:
don't waste too much time wondering what people think of you cause they are allready buisy wondering what you think of them

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wow. i never thought of it like that, thanks cass! whatever you think! (?)
that pun just obliterated the sincerity didnt it?

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Posted: 12th Jun 2002
i read this in a tom robbins book (sorry i dont remember which one:))

there is a "primitive" culture that anthropoligsts have infiltrated where the word for "breathe" is the same as the word for "poem"

treat every breathe like it was a little poem.

excuse me, santa, have you seen half a bike?

Posted: 12th Jun 2002
glass, I think that's Rincewind, from the Discworld.

Posted: 12th Jun 2002
Rincewind's a BaDmAn!!

Drew, that shoe thing'z excrement!

Az abouve, So below...

Posted: 13th Jun 2002
This is one of the best threads I've seen, thanks Glass, it really got me thinking, to the point where I had to phone a friend

He suggests:
If a man is stealing from you, he probably is

Then I asked the audience, and they suggested:
Nudity goes far beyond the bounds of physical nakedness

[ 14 June 2002, 10:36: Message edited by: Ade ]

Posted: 13th Jun 2002


thanks ade
tee hee
Skips off to kensal rise

I remembered my favorite one:
"Spin slowly"

[ 14 June 2002, 02:07: Message edited by: glass ]

Posted: 13th Jun 2002
The best advice I've heard is... if it's wet... it's not a fart...

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I can't hear you... I have a banana in my ear.

"You mean I'll have to use my brain?... but I use staff!!!" ~ ben-ja-men

Posted: 16th Jun 2002
These are a few things I always try to remind myself of when I am down.

- There are people out there who love u.
- Tomorrow is another day.
- It is not the end of the world if u fail an exam/miss an opertunity, there will still be happy things on the other side, and more opertunities/exam resitts.
- life is a learning experience and u will never know everything

Also
- never eat 3 day old chinese even if it does smell/taste ok
- free alcohol is not usually quality beverage
- solitaire is addictive avoid it at all costs
- when planning parties, include a theme it makes it more fun. eg animals, pajama's, porn, life line glam.

thats all I can think of

I don't like living below the tropic of Capricorn..... and now I seem to be in England...... how did I get here???

Posted: 16th Jun 2002
well, I read a poster on time on a colleague's desk which stated:

"The toes that you step on today might be attached to the legs that hold up the ass that you need to kiss tomorrow" - which seemed to me to be a humourous way of giving good advice.

However, I think that my advice (which is dedicated to my sister who seems to manage this) would be - Don't measure to see how deep the water is, jump in headfirst. You end up hurting your head quite a lot, but the rewards are multiplied tenfold.

Oh - and HUG EVERYONE you can get your arms on!!

wanderinglinton
aka Huggieboy

Posted: 16th Jun 2002
live and let live

Posted: 16th Jun 2002
HMMM......pieces of advice......hmmm......

....When we can begin with the simplicity of enjoying life, of understanding, of appreciating - then, and only then, can we make a profound difference in our own existence and in the existence around us.

....When every single breath becomes important, when every single moment means something to you, then there is no sorrow or regret. There is just a human being that has been dusted off, and all that exists is clarity.

....If life is to be a dance, then let it be a dance. If it is to be an understanding, then let it be an undertsanding. I cannot ask you to do something that you cannot do. I cannot ask myself to do something that I cannot do. But to accept the joy in life has to be priority. That much I know. That much I understand.

....Everywhere in the world, people turn towards that most magnificent thing. Turn. Accept. Don't be afraid.

.... With all the harshness of the world, there is a great kindness. Do we ever try to understand what that means? The kindness has been expresses in your existence. It is you; it is the gift that you have, the ability to know, the ability to feel.

....Approach knowledge just as yourself, without any excess baggage. Approach it as you are, who you are, without the duality of anything else. There is no duality in knowledge. The experience that knowledge puts you in touch with is an experience that already exists within you. That is how you were created.

erm...thats enough from Dibs me thinks.
Mwa!

Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love aren't we already there? If there is someone willing to show, and there is someone willing to see; magic happens. This is whem humans are alive. This is when the wingless fly.

Posted: 16th Jun 2002
"Learn firetwirling moves like you're going to live forever,
Practice firetwirling like England will be eliminiated from the World Cup tomorrow."
-Me at the pub when england was up 3 goals on sat.
"Do not beg the Sun for mercy"
-Fremen proverb

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Posted: 16th Jun 2002
orange here
-sending energy hugs :)thru the power of sketchydom

'there is no such thing as a problem...
without a gift for you in it`s hands,

you seek the problems...
because you need their gifts'
by richard bach (i believe)

harry potter wizard`ing woowoo`s

Posted: 16th Jun 2002
orange here
-sending energy hugs :)thru the power of sketchydom

'there is no such thing as a problem...
without a gift for you in it`s hands,

you seek the problems...
because you need their gifts'
by richard bach (i believe)

harry potter wizard`ing woowoo`s
orange...xxx...

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
sleep on it

the night is darkest before the dawn

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
Don't get consumed by work; no one ever lies on their deathbed wishing they had worked more.

"Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals"

~Charles Baudelaire

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
mind the gap

wherever you go, there you are.

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
LOL @ the mind gap ... this sentence and the tone of speech is my most lovely memory of London for sure (that and nearly getting run over by cars when desperately trying to cross the streets ... whic h is my advice : NEVER try to cross a street in London / UK (allthough I know it might narrow down the amount of stuff you get to see in London, you will thank me for that advice ... simply because you'll still be alive

::hugs to Orange and Glass::
shine on
Cass

"I want brown bread... no, that is diesel oil..."
"So I was raised in Europe, where History comes from ..."
"NON !!! La Plume de mon oncle n est pas Bingibangibungi !!!"

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
Theres no such place as far away
By Richard Bach

That whole book is the largest piece of advice anyone has ever given me. My bible.

Orange, you like his stuff?

Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love aren't we already there? If there is someone willing to show, and there is someone willing to see; magic happens. This is whem humans are alive. This is when the wingless fly.

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
ooooh dibs how do i get a copy?

Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive

Shalom VeAhavah

New Hampshire has a point....

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
Try not to upset Camels - they make nasty enemies

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Spinner of poi
Slacker of enormous magnitude

Posted: 17th Jun 2002
wow.
Every time I come back to poiland this post has got even betterer.

wicked, too many to thank individually so thanks everyone.
Keep them coming everyone else, I don't think that they're just for me anymore:)

Cass: add to that If your a londoner, don't try to cross the road anywhere else. Crossing the road in london is easy, you just walk.

Today I forgot
"measure twice cut once"

Be cool
Drew

Posted: 18th Jun 2002
Kyrian, fret not, deary, about the boy!
by what we've all experienced @ HoP, ura lovely sweetie, and from watching my similar friends over the years, all i can say to you right now is that there will come a time in your life when you'll wish your loves came simply, singly, slowly and so black and white. Sometimes my life moves so quickly I dare to wish to return to the blissful naivety. Then I wake up!

Let me share with you what I've been woolgathering about with my thoughts this past week...

My beliefs today are that non-spiritual desire for a person behaves like a pendulum - with the same stroke it can cause great pleasure or.. great suffering. One What good we can do in life, we should, and accept it as it is, since the rest of life is out of our hands. Be Happy in that!

free yourself of the burden of negativity.
Try to uncloud your thoughts with negative emotional bias!
recognise the many tiny-burdens of fear, sadness, grief - allow yourself to perceive that

which they obscure: true happiness!
to uncloud your mind is to find peace.
to find peace is to attain lasting happiness.

to root happiness in the impermanent (friends, family, the material) is to build a house on

sand; you can still feel happiness, but it will cause great suffering in it's fallibility.

to root happiness in inner peace is to find great strength. Because the unclouded perception enables you to truly enjoy life as it is with no constant emotional turmoil.

if these ideas ring true to you, then allow their validity to seep a deep happiness into first your motivations, then your thoughts, then your life! It is indescribable! The internal beauty unleashes an outer beauty that cannot be hidden from others - an easy smile, a grace of life, a happiness in action cannot easily be conceiled. he will join the ranks of people who will see the innate beauty in ya, Kyrian! hot couples come, hot couples go, but IMO the real beauty resides in the elderly couples whose affection outlasted their looks. now THAT is what attractiveness is about. The beauty mags that profit out of making people feel ugly would have you think otherwise, but i say fuk 'em live by yer own rules.

Thrift stores have MAD shit! Don't burden yourself by chasing 'hotness' to gain happiness -

just BE happy!

i sum it up in 4 words:
dun worry be happy!

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