Bronwyn

Well, those who believe the Hitchhikers Guide is accurate in all details have slavishly accepted that the meaning of Life etc. is one particular number.But, having done a Course on it, I am pretty sure I know better. So, when I get the chance to do so, this big Think I have been saving up for so long could result in something monumental. I will probably find that they made a horrible mistake in the translation from the original language.

See, thats what I mean about wasting my One Big Chance on the mundane - if someone ran out of fingers in their calculations and missed by a couple of digits I could, personally, throw the entire universe into a frenzy!. You imagine, of course, the connotations for any responsible woman? I'm just worried that the members of that sect called Enuf Peepul won't agree with me.

Yes, this whole thinking for once in your life thing will be a challenge. What if you just about to have the think, then you get distracted and think about something else? Will that still count as the think? How long will the think last for? Could it, for example, last as long as your entire life? (That was scupper Boazy's plan.) If there is a time limit, what if you don't get to the end of your thinking before the time is up?

The whole question of thinking is really quite tricky, and I see now why Boazy chooses not to do any.

Bronwyn, for the moment of revelation, see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GUV7zz-8Oc

(Talking of mistranslations and numbers, apparently the devil's number, 666, is a mistranslation, and it's actually 616. I would investigate but I ran out of interest even before I finished this sentence.)

Boazy, I addressed the topic you raised in an earlier post, and you've ignored it, so I don't really understand why you're accusing me of veering off topic. I continue to struggle to work out what the topic is. The unholy alliance between Christians and feminists, how gay sex leads to orgies with underage animals, something unintelligible about race? What on earth are you trying to say?

Aah..*Slice* (code for Vanilla) the point I was trying to raise for serious discussion, was the article itself, I found it fascinating when reading it. Attitudes to prostitution, race and the political intrique of the day between the Motherland and the emerging sense of self consciousness of the Colonies, and the various responses to the issue of prostitution and race.

ROMANY.. now.. it's a fine point, but I need to address it. Can I see how my post might have "appeared" to be 'dissing' my wife? err.. now in retrospect I guess so. But please understand, I write from the perspective of one who has entered another culture at the deepest levels, and some things don't click with me about how a 'Western' mind might see them. There was a point where I used to even 'think' in the Malay language.
Perhaps for future reference, I should explain how betrothal works in my wifes culture. The 2 families usually meet, and thrash out the practical aspects of the union. This includes former blemishes on one's record, compatability of class, personality, how the relatives feel about each other, etc.. and in the end, when I finally passed muster, she 'cost' me 3 buffaloes, $200 cash and a pair of false teeth for Granny :) well.. 'she' didn't cost me that, it was just the normal dowry kind of thing which is aimed at strengthening the marriage. So.. its quite different.

BRONNY.... I hope that little story did not impact on you like the Lycra shorts :) but hey..at least I know ur READING my posts aaah.. life now has meaning 0_^

To all ... including the picky picky ones, yes.. it is great to interact and believe it or not, I treasure each one of you. (even Pericles)

Yes, when I first read about the 666 thing I felt quite sorry for all those poor people who received those numbers as stigmata or had them as birthmarks and then got burnt at the stake or otherwise propelled into a sticky end. All they probably had was somebodies telephone number or address marked down for handy reference. I bet those Inquisitors feel a little embarrassed now.

Not to mention those filmmakers who called for the big crashes of thunder and spooky music when The Mark of the Beast was revealed - only to find out later that it was only the mark of Luigi's Take Away Pizza.

What is fascinating, Boaz, is that you think that an apology is required.

>>Can I see how my post might have "appeared" to be 'dissing' my wife? err.. now in retrospect I guess so.<<

Not much of one, of course, but that's not the point.

These kind of remarks, that you make without thinking, are the ones that tell us most about your character.

>>you think you have suddenly found some chink in my armor which you can then use to lift yourselves up to that secular higher moral ground, and give me a serve<<

Nope. What you tell us about yourself has no impact on how I see myself. Strange as it may seem to you, I don't measure my character against yours, so there's no "moral high ground" involved.

"Giving you a serve" however, I must confess, is not without its quiet pleasures.

Romany and Vanilla

Ah, now I see! Thanks for filling me in. It did cross my mind that I'd probably be revealing my ignorance to all when I asked that question!