Teacup Café XLI - Page 6

Gwaimir Windgem · 05-26-2011, 01:20 AM

Oh, moving. What a complicated relationship we have.

***Earniel*** · 05-26-2011, 06:03 AM

You guys want to explain that for the non-Americans?

Because I'm guessing I'm missing something...

Aikanáro · 05-26-2011, 07:31 AM

It was created on a political blog as a response to this statement:

Quote:

The GOP might as well run a goat and a paper clip; as long as the goat hates taxes and gay marriage and the paper clip wears a flag lapel pin, they'll get 30 percent of the vote, guaranteed*.

I posted it because the picture amused me, regardless of the veracity or lack thereof of the above statement.

***Valandil*** · 05-26-2011, 08:54 AM

Interesting Aikanaro. I wasn't in the know on that either. Who said it?

I guess what it does at least speak to - is that many voters are issues-oriented rather than personality-oriented in their voting. We can safely say that for people all across the political spectrum. Though maybe the real point is that the GOP has not yet come up with a dominant personality for the 2012 election.

***Rían*** · 05-26-2011, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tessar

EEEEEEEEEEEEE I'm excited. O_o

I decided to do what I've wanted to do for a forever and a half. Start an Irish/Celtic/Folk music band!!!!!!!

It's totally happening. I tossed it out as an idea to two people, and they were both like, "Oh hellz yes we will play in your folk band!"

So it looks like it's happening.

My sister wants to play guitar, my violin instructor is wanting to (of course

) play violin, I play penny whistle (used to play a bit, but not for a long time so I'm having to 'relearn'), and I'm trying to get my BFF to do piano (or maybe just sing, or do rhythm or something).

Right now I'm trying to arrange two songs (Foggy Dew, and O Danny Boy) and we'll try to have a rehearsal some time soon to see how we all mesh and play together.

I. Am. So. Freakin'. Stoked!!!! I want this to work out.

That is so fantastic!!! I wish I could play harp for you, but I've hardly been able to touch it since the Evil Shoulder Surgery From Hell

But I have a lot of songs to recommend ... like my favorite, "She Moved Through the Fair"

a version with nice pennywhistle but it cuts off the top note

Here's another version with Loreena McKennitt (but she's not playing the harp right - she's playing it like a guitar)

Acalewia · 05-26-2011, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aikanáro

I know the Teacup's not really the place for political topics, but I can't help but share this.

I'm all for Goat/Paperclip in 2012. You?

LMAO. That is too funny. I hadn't heard that one either, but it is too funny

Aikanáro · 05-27-2011, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valandil

Interesting Aikanaro. I wasn't in the know on that either. Who said it?

I guess what it does at least speak to - is that many voters are issues-oriented rather than personality-oriented in their voting. We can safely say that for people all across the political spectrum. Though maybe the real point is that the GOP has not yet come up with a dominant personality for the 2012 election.

It was Melissa McEwan - she runs the Shakesville blog and writes articles for various places.

Her point was pretty much the one you made - without a clear and strong opposing candidate, the election becomes a referendum on Obama's first term, with people voting for or against him, regardless of who the alternative is. A similar thing happened in the UK's last election, with people voting against Gordon Brown rather than for Clegg or Cameron.

Noble Elf Lord · 05-30-2011, 04:06 AM

Aika, can you please tell where your siggy's quotes are from? (Btw, "aika" is "time" in Finnish

)

Gwaimir Windgem · 05-31-2011, 11:39 PM

Ahhh! I can never sleep before travel, and GOD, how I hate that fact!

***Tessar*** · 06-01-2011, 12:25 AM

*comfort*

Hang in there, Gwai!

Travel insomnia is always rough, but you'll survive.

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-01-2011, 12:43 AM

This time tomorrow, I shall be safely ensconsed in my DC apartment.

***Jonathan*** · 06-01-2011, 01:22 AM

Happy travelling Gwai!

***Tessar*** · 06-01-2011, 01:42 AM

Hehe. He said, "ensconced."

***Earniel*** · 06-01-2011, 06:25 AM

It's a cute word, isn't it?

**Mari** · 06-01-2011, 10:02 AM

Makes me think of either a caterpillar or one of those round chairs

Aikanáro · 06-02-2011, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noble Elf Lord

Aika, can you please tell where your siggy's quotes are from? (Btw, "aika" is "time" in Finnish

)

Time? Oh, that is just fantastic! I think I like it even better now.

As for the quotes? One is from The Waste Land by TS Eliot, and the other is said by Sheldon Cooper in the Big Bang Theory. I'm rather fond of both.

Noble Elf Lord · 06-03-2011, 07:37 AM

Thanks! Are the references in order, or just the other way around? They sound like vice versa.

Aikanáro · 06-03-2011, 11:15 AM

LOL, strange as some of Eliot's poetry might be, I don't think he ever wrote about ostriches. That one was Sheldon, in the fourth-season episode where his WoW account gets hacked.

Speaking of signatures, by the way - Emilie Autumn is awesome.

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-03-2011, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aikanáro

LOL, strange as some of Eliot's poetry might be, I don't think he ever wrote about ostriches.

Particularly not battle ostriches.

HURRY UP PLEASE IT'S TIME . . .

Gwaimir Windgem · 06-03-2011, 06:33 PM

Throwing together a kitchen is exhausting. One more round of foodings, then to Trader Joe's for winings, then to Target for one more round of kitchenware. All of this will probably happen tomorrow. Maybe I'll do the foodings tonight.

05-26-2011, 01:20 AM	#101
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Oh, moving. What a complicated relationship we have. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

05-26-2011, 06:03 AM	#102
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	You guys want to explain that for the non-Americans? Because I'm guessing I'm missing something... __________________ We are not things.

05-26-2011, 08:54 AM	#104
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Interesting Aikanaro. I wasn't in the know on that either. Who said it? I guess what it does at least speak to - is that many voters are issues-oriented rather than personality-oriented in their voting. We can safely say that for people all across the political spectrum. Though maybe the real point is that the GOP has not yet come up with a dominant personality for the 2012 election. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

05-30-2011, 04:06 AM	#108
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	Aika, can you please tell where your siggy's quotes are from? (Btw, "aika" is "time" in Finnish ) __________________ Hers.

05-31-2011, 11:39 PM	#109
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Ahhh! I can never sleep before travel, and GOD, how I hate that fact! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

06-01-2011, 12:25 AM	#110
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	comfort Hang in there, Gwai! Travel insomnia is always rough, but you'll survive.

06-01-2011, 12:43 AM	#111
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	This time tomorrow, I shall be safely ensconsed in my DC apartment. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

06-01-2011, 01:22 AM	#112
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Happy travelling Gwai! __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

06-01-2011, 01:42 AM	#113
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Hehe. He said, "ensconced."

06-01-2011, 06:25 AM	#114
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	It's a cute word, isn't it? __________________ We are not things.

06-01-2011, 10:02 AM	#115
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Makes me think of either a caterpillar or one of those round chairs __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

06-03-2011, 07:37 AM	#117
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	Thanks! Are the references in order, or just the other way around? They sound like vice versa. __________________ Hers.

06-03-2011, 11:15 AM	#118
Aikanáro Chaotic Good Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva Posts: 827	LOL, strange as some of Eliot's poetry might be, I don't think he ever wrote about ostriches. That one was Sheldon, in the fourth-season episode where his WoW account gets hacked. Speaking of signatures, by the way - Emilie Autumn is awesome. __________________ Vanima i metta nauva, nan anda ar sarda nauva i mallë. Last edited by Aikanáro : 06-03-2011 at 11:16 AM.

06-03-2011, 06:33 PM	#120
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Throwing together a kitchen is exhausting. One more round of foodings, then to Trader Joe's for winings, then to Target for one more round of kitchenware. All of this will probably happen tomorrow. Maybe I'll do the foodings tonight. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

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