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Silly things we think about

Posted: November 28th, 2010, 3:44 pm
by Watcher55
Shouldn't those of us who grew up with the practice be grandfathered in and allowed to say/write "an historic event?

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 28th, 2010, 7:54 pm
by Quill
Yes. And an hotel as well.

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 28th, 2010, 8:46 pm
by Watcher55
Golly man! Did they change that too?

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 28th, 2010, 11:16 pm
by Nathan Bransford
I have always wondered why there are no hyper intelligent plants. I mean, why animals and not plants? Wouldn't it be useful to be a smart tree?

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 28th, 2010, 11:42 pm
by Watcher55
Maybe they're just playin' 'possum.

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 29th, 2010, 9:24 am
by Watcher55
We have the two Dakotas
We have the two Virginias
We have the two Koreas
We used to have the two Viet Nams
If Laos suffered a split would they be the Lice?

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 29th, 2010, 11:40 am
by Jaime
If there is such a thing as reincarnation, then could it be possible that reincarnation is not a linear event? Could I be reborn in 1478 A.D.? That might explain why some people can predict the future . . . Perhaps they actually lived it.

Oooh! Dibbs on that novel concept!!! New WIP, here I come!

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 29th, 2010, 12:16 pm
by sbs_mjc1
I often wonder if intelligent animals (like dolphins, etc, that have self-recognition) have a concept of gender.

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 29th, 2010, 3:29 pm
by Watcher55
Jaime wrote:If there is such a thing as reincarnation, then could it be possible that reincarnation is not a linear event? Could I be reborn in 1478 A.D.? That might explain why some people can predict the future . . . Perhaps they actually lived it.

Oooh! Dibbs on that novel concept!!! New WIP, here I come!
That is so cool, who'da thunk this "stupid" thread would actually flirt with usefulness?

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 29th, 2010, 4:28 pm
by Moni12
I used to wonder how cool it'd be if we took vacations to other times instead of places. Nearly a year later I saw a Family Guy in which future Stewie did this.

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 29th, 2010, 6:17 pm
by sbs_mjc1
Moni12 wrote:I used to wonder how cool it'd be if we took vacations to other times instead of places. Nearly a year later I saw a Family Guy in which future Stewie did this.
Didn't see that episode.
I'd go to the 1300s. Or maybe I'd try the 1400s if I was going to see my American ancestors...

Other stupid things I think about: who was the person who invented the first violin? One sounds awful when first learning, so why did this person persist?

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 29th, 2010, 8:16 pm
by Holly
Great topic. I love the Laos to Lice.

I'm listening to one of my favorite DVDs, the classic ABC News documentary Seeing Is Believing (about UFOs).

Okay, here's what I wonder: for decades, SETI (the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence group) has spent millions of dollars listening for ET... listening and listening and listening for a radio wave broadcast. "And if we find it, we'll give you the coordinates and you can verify it, and that's the difference between science and myth-making."

But what if the aliens tossed out their transistor radios a long time ago?

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 29th, 2010, 9:16 pm
by Watcher55
Holly wrote:But what if the aliens tossed out their transistor radios a long time ago?
Maybe SETI should start listening for violins.

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: November 30th, 2010, 9:34 am
by Watcher55
My pet peeve ran away and I'm just not sure I'm ready to risk my heart on a new one.

Re: Stupid things we think about

Posted: December 1st, 2010, 10:48 pm
by Watcher55
I haven't posted here today, I wonder why I put it off.