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Should have been “, but Pat’s in Palatine”

That was almost ‘humorous’. I was going to have ‘Pat tell ya’, but Pat’s in PAlaTine

Palatine: The palatine bones are two irregular bones of the facial skeleton in many animal species. Together with the maxillae they comprise the hard palate.

Some reviews of this post:

“[T]he DaveB manner is arresting purely as craftsmanship. . . . seldom has a literary style so precisely jumped with the time. . . . a moving and beautiful post.”

“He has moved steadily toward mastery of his technique . .”

“Here, then, is DaveB’s new post, a little less than perfect, but proof positive that he is still the old master.”

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Too much time on my hands…

There was no insinuation or rudeness involved. What we did was a natural response (good-natured ribbing) to his claim to have been attacked for his beliefs. He hadn’t been attacked. But whenever someone expressed disagreement he seemed to take it as an attack. He also claimed people had accused him of having a martyr complex. I saw no evidence of this.

Davo back on page one accused him of the martyr complex, as part of some good natured ribbing (leading to puns), for his habit of treating disagreements as “attacks” on him for what he believes.

Which he proceeded to treat as just another “attack” on hm. :unamused: But Eusebius was correct about someone in the thread saying he has a martyr complex.

Jason… seriously??? That was NO “accusation” as per what that word conjures up. Eusebius was just being too precious; he needs to harden up and relax — if both those things aren’t mutually exclusive, lol. :laughing:

Perhaps there’s been a cultural misunderstanding on eusebius’s part. Australians tend to be much more rough and tumble than Americans. There’s actually a movie, Crocodile Dundee, all about this cultural difference between Americans and Australians.

Now this is a knife! Mate! :smiley:

I remember when I visited, an Australian university’s, philosophy department. It seemed like only yesterday… :laughing:

Granted on the latter, but “enough already with the X” implies some kind of accusation that an X which should not be done is being done.

Lol… I can’t believe I’m actually responding to this. :unamused:

Anyone with an ounce of common sense can see the light-heart nature of Eusebius’ “Now I’ll have to find other message boards where Christians can attack me for what I believe. :smiley:— ESPECIALLY his use of the… :smiley: It was to this I responded in-kind with my quip, note, not an accusation; followed by, just to make it plain (but apparently not) my own… :laughing:

That Eusebius then later on chose to make this the source of some egregious complaint, and all the head-scratching palaver that followed, has left me thinking…

Well, then, I demonstrably had at least an ounce of common sense, since from the beginning I correctly identified the accusation as good-natured ribbing and NOT as an attack (including a plain eyeroll at treating it as an attack), although Eu did.

A joking accusation is still an accusation as well as a joke. It was not an attack, and I’m not the one who treated it as such. The Judge Judy gif is, however, apt.

Maybe today’s quote I shared on Twitter, will give us some food for fodder (see answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090731152604AANXGhM).

I’m sad

I am also very sad to hear of this forum finishing. It has meant a lot to me over the last few years to be able to read posts, discuss the scriptures, and fellowship with the people here in a way that has been most encouraging. I will miss having access to you and all your thoughts.
Thanks very much to all those who have worked so hard to make it the blessing that it has been.
God bless you all.
Craig.

One of the best literary analysis attempts…put into a black, gangster style framework…ls Thug Notes. You can see all 100 liternary analysis here.

youtube.com/watch?v=Tw9q2P2N028&list=PLghL9V9QTN0jTgA1qrhWrBCB_Ln4xlVlB

And, Yes. Sparky Sweets, does have a PhD, as this Wiki article articulates: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thug_Notes

Let me quote from the Wiki article:

I thought it might be interesting, to see his presentation of Dante’s Inferno :smiley:

But!!! As Robert Frost said “All the fun’s in how you say a thing”.

Compare:
“MY soul is like an enchanted boat,
Which, like a sleeping swan, doth float
Upon the silver waves of thy sweet singing;
And thine doth like an angel sit
Beside a helm conducting it, 5
Whilst all the winds with melody are ringing.
It seems to float ever, for ever,
Upon that many-winding river,
Between mountains, woods, abysses,
A paradise of wildernesses! 10
Till, like one in slumber bound,
Borne to the ocean, I float down, around,
Into a sea profound, of ever-spreading sound:”

Yeah it could be put into prose or hip-hop - but it would not be as fun! :laughing:

I can’t promise anything as there are a number of hurdles, but we may be migrating the forum to a new platform so that it can continue…

Testing edit

YES!!!

Would a miniscule…I mean, a cash contribution from a few of us be any help in clearing those hurdles?

Yea, if its a cash issue as opposed to a time/value issue I would be glad to pitch in.

Me too.

Me too.

Me too too! Is it completely impossible to keep it going? How much time and effort is involved?