From: jesse@uts.amdahl.com (Jesse Mundis)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: and stuff.. as always..
Keywords: I don't know.. let me right it, and I'll get back in touch..
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:44:21 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

jodybean@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (zaphod-) writes:


>Just out of curiousity.. what other ways (aside from punning) can we think of
>of using the english language to create wordplay..  I suggested spoonerisms
>(Thy Ink) to telsor, but I can't think of a nifty way of doing those..

>For the uninformed:  Before I lent the setter, I placed a stone lamp on it...
>     or     If you have to shake a tower, don't forget to shake off your toes!

Well, there are what used to be called "Tom Swifties."  Sentences with
multiple interpretations of meaning.  For example:
  "I see!" said the blind carpenter, as he grabbed his hammer and saw.

I know the questions below are mostly musings, but I'll take a stab at them
since I find them interesting.  Please be aware that I offer no answers,
just my own OPINIONS.  I'm answering these more for myself just to see
what I'll say than anything else.  Conversation or discussion welcome, but
your milage may (and probably will) vary.

>jodybean@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu   
>"How much of our lives is just idle conversation?" -- bean thought # 11

Greater than 50% of our talking time at a rough guess.  The percentage of one's
life is thus directly proportional to how much of your life you spend talking.

>Been developing this list as of late..  some others:

>  "Where is the seat of our awareness?" and related questions..
  At the center of our indiviual perceived world.

>  "Why do people tend to fuzz the differences between sex and love?"
  Fear of intamacy.

>  "What happens when I die?" (side-note to awareness, really)
  Identity as "you" ceases. You, however continue on in the ever changing
  dance.

>  "Why can I rarely remember most of my childhood?"
  Changes in brain configuration during development period.

>  "Should I change anything about me -- am I satisfied with my person?"
  Yes, to both.  (for myself at least)

>  "What do I need to do in order to feel that I'm surviving in this world?"
  Be satisfied with myself as I am.

>  "How much control of my life do I want to leave in the hands of others?"
  As much as they are willing to take, provided I can always reclaim it any
  time I disagree with their control.

>  "What things am I still unwilling to let other people see about me?"
  By definition, any answer written here would be seen by others, and
  consequently, wouldn't answer the question.  :-)

>  "What things am I still unwilling to let myself see about me?"
  Quite a bit, probably.  But I'm not sure.  I won't let myself see it. :-)
>  
>Courtesy of elf:
>   "Why am I straight?"   i.e. who says deep relationships have to be 
>      mostly with members of an opposite sex, and what exactly do we
>      seek in sex anyway.

  Statistically, its a better bet for survival of the species.  If purely
male-male or female-female relationships were more likely than male-female
relationships, due to biology, the species would die out.  Chance environmental
factors with a weighting of the probabilities towards "straight."  As for
the "who says deep..." question, narrow-minded individuals mostly.  As for
the "what do we seek..." question, a plethora of things:  intamacy, 
companionship, physical satisfaction, just to name a few.

>Courtesy of tanya:
>   "Why do so many people still work within the stereotypes?"
  Stereotypes are a useful way of extracting common themes from a large group,
and thus making the group easier to catagorize.  People will continue to use
a tool, as long as its useful to do so.  Its the misuse, and overgeneralisation
of stereotypes when applied to people that lets us forget that behind the
abstractions are living, breathing human beings.


Again, let me reiterate, I've answered these questions FOR MYSELF ONLY, and
posted them ONLY to promote a possible interesting discussion.  If you disagree
violently with something I said, thats fine.  It shows you have your opinion
and I have mine.  This is a "Good Thing."

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