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[Diver]

Will none come to our aid

[zeitghost]

Anyway, see you all tomorrow...

Got to go & cuddle the cat...

She behaved better today, slightly less likely to go for a swim in the canal...

[zeitghost]

Will none come to our aid

Probly not... CQD works better... just ask the Titanic...

[Diver]

Is that the meaning of "interesting" that one finds in the Ancient Chinese curse, "may you live in interesting times"...

I have always considered that the deepest and most subtle curse I have ever come across.

[Diver]

Probly not... CQD works better... just ask the Titanic...

[Diver]

Anyway, see you all tomorrow...

Got to go & cuddle the cat...

She behaved better today, slightly less likely to go for a swim in the canal...

G'night Z

[zeitghost]

I have always considered that the deepest and most subtle curse I have ever come across.

It is allegedly a load of old cobblers & not chinese at all.

Ho hum.

Night diver...

[Diver]

May you live in interesting times is reputed to be the English translation of an ancient Chinese proverb and curse. It is reported that it was the first of three curses of increasing severity, the other two being:

* May you come to the attention of those in authority
* May you find what you are looking for

It is often argued that the word interesting is meant to be a synonym for turbulent or dangerous, while others suggest that no such similarity is necessary for the statement to be imposing. However, both of these theories miss the essential irony of the saying in light of the value Confucianism places on stability and constancy.

I don't much like the sound of the second curse either "May you come to the attention of those in authority"

A curse for contractors if I ever heard one

[Diver]

I'm off to bed in a mo.

Pk pills are kicking in again

[Diver]

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