Life Is Gay

[deathmetal]

I'm sitting here on the back porch, having finished the day's labor and looking out over the pleasant sunny backyard of rolling grass, beyond which the city belches pollution and discontent into the atmosphere.
It makes me think that modern life is really gay. By that I mean the old usage of the term, cheerful, happy, carefree, playful, that kind of thing. As we watch the entropy rage around us, our only solution is to really make blithe merriment or we will get dragged down into the abyss with everyone else who takes life seriously.
With that, it's time for a bowl of Prince Albert.

 

[didimauw]

That's why I enjoy smoking a pipe. It helps create moments like that. And I'm so laid back, the feeling just multiplies.

 

[ashdigger]

Ben Gay?

 

[brian64]

Your correct usage of the English language confuses me.

 

[didimauw]

Your correct usage of the English language confuses me.

That's the life of the death metal connoisseur...

 

[pitchfork]

They're queer things, words.

 

[brian64]

That's the life of the death metal connoisseur...

"deathmetal" is certainly incorrect usage...thanks...I'm less confused now.

They're queer things, words.

:clap:

 

[thomasw]

That's the life of the death metal connoisseur...

"deathmetal" is certainly incorrect usage...thanks...

It is a paradox that death metal can give life to some more fully, such that it can be 'life-giving' metal ... especially when enjoyed with some dark fired burley (or RY in deathmetal's case) and a soothing beverage "Finem respice" -- considering the end and the reality of it (which good death metal faces relentlessly), has been one of hallmarks of wisdom from ancient times. Often opposites stem from their opposite: life to death, new to old, small to big and vice versa if I remember the Phaedo properly!

 

[mso489]

Just to philosophize, but hoping to keep it short, I'm not one who categorically sees the city or town as a bin of decay. When cities and towns work right, and people work at it, they can be centers of thought and creativity. But people sure have the ability and inclination to turn things to the worse, for greed or power, etc. Incrementally, we've made things better, for life expectancy, health, standards of living. Then we've also perched ourselves in a place to end human and much animal and plant life over fairly negotiable cultural differences. So are we happy and carefree, or grimly doomed? I presume, keep the spirits up and keep chipping away at better.

 

[mcitinner1]

MSO is much easier to understand than Deathmetal is. Just saying.

 

[wyfbane]

This is purely anecdotal: My elementary school janitor's first name was Gay. Literally, Gay and his last name started with a P.

 

[didimauw]

No joke, My cousin had a teacher named Richard head. And my elementary school teachers name was Mrs Ester, and her husband's name was Mel. Terrible parents I tell you...

 

[jvnshr]

This is purely anecdotal: My elementary school janitor's first name was Gay. Literally, Gay and his last name started with a P.

Another anecdotal one: GM had to rename Chevrolet Trax before exporting it to Russia because "trax" in Russian connotes sexual activity. They named it Tracker.

 

[ssjones]

I spend a good part of Saturday and three hours Sunday morning doing this bit of landscaping.

So, last night, after some big storms rolled through, I was out on the patio enjoying some MM965 in a old Peterson 999, thinking that Ben Gay was definitely my friend.

 

[davet]

my elementary school teachers name was Mrs Ester, and her husband's name was Mel.

A customer at the service station I worked at in high school was named Harry Horsecock. 8O

 

[phantomwolf]

As we watch the entropy rage around us, our only solution is to really make blithe merriment or we will get dragged down into the abyss with everyone else who takes life seriously.

Half of our existence is spent contriving means of diversion. Football, deathmetal, playstation, even pipe smoking are all just mental band-aids; little cubes of sugar to sweeten the shit-tea of reality we all have to drink on a daily basis. haha

 

[mawnansmiff]

On names, my favourite is 'If Jesus Christ Had Not Died For Thee Thou Wouldst Be Damned Barebone', son of 'Praise God Barebone'.
Needless to say he was a religious nut :roll:
Regards,
Jay.

 

[johnbarleycorn]

Wow Jay, I had to google that to see if it was real. Unbelievably it was......

 

[mayfair70]

One of my supervisors was named Sharon Bone. ::

 

[condorlover1]

In the 1970s the Triumph Acclaim sports car had to be sold under another name in Germany since Triumph Acclaim translated into German would have been 'Seig Heil' and a really stupid mower company in up state NY tried to market a 'Lawn Panzer' in Germany. Suffice to say sales were not exactly stellar! :rofl: