Good old CUK the only board in which a profound Philosophical conundrum rapidly descends into a discussion about Veneral Disease.
Who(m) does one turn to ?
Ah well , time for a sing song ...1 ... 2... a 123 ....
Inflammation of the foreskin
Reminds me of your smile
I've had balanital chancroids
For quite a little while
I gave my heart to NSU [Non-Specific Urethritis]
That lovely night in June
I ache for you, my darling,
And I hope you'll get well soon
My penile warts, your herpes,
My syphilitic sore,
Your monilial infection
How I miss you more and more
Your *dobies itch my *scrum-pox
Ah, lovely gonorrhea
At least we both were lying
When we said that we were clear
My clapped-out genitalia
Is not so bad for me
As the complete and utter failure
Every time I try to pee
I'm dying from your love, my love,
I'm your spirochetal clown
I've left my body to science,
But I'm afraid they've turned it down
Gonococcal urethritis
Streptococcal balanitis
Meningomyelitis
Diplococcal catholitis
Epidydimitis
Interstitial keratitis
Syphilitic coronitis
And anterior ureitis.
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Previously on "The Myth of Sisyphus"
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Originally posted by DimPrawnSisiphus is no laughing matter. A mate of mine had that once and the pain when urinating was terrible.
Still as Mr Major reflected, If its not hurting...Its not working.
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Sisiphus is no laughing matter. A mate of mine had that once and the pain when urinating was terrible.
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In that respect we all share a common element, Water.
Evaporating and Condensing ....
And didnt they call the Tao the Water Way ?
We're all water from different rivers
That's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together
There may not be much difference
Between Threaded and AJ Pruffock
If we hear them laughing
There may not be much difference
Between Saddam Hussein and GW Bush
If we hear them singing
There may not be much difference
Between Marilyn Monroe and Lenny Bruce
If we check their coffins
We're all water from different rivers
That's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together
There may not be much difference
Between the Devil and The Queen of England
If we bottle their tears
There may not be much difference
Between The Mullahs and the Pope
If we check their smiles
We're all water from different rivers
That's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together
What's the difference?
Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 19 June 2006, 14:08.
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffockWell Threaded someone the other day mentioned that he thought you and I were the same person.
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Originally posted by TwoWolvesIn a vain attempt at classical humour the main development host at my current site is called "Sisyphus".
Small world eh ?
Anyway before I pop off for my Monday Tea and Polo session just thought Id take a quick look at my mail ...
He thought he saw an Elephant,
That practised on a fife:
He looked again, and found it was
A letter from his wife.
‘At length I realise,’ he said,
The bitterness of Life!’
Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 19 June 2006, 13:19.
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In a vain attempt at classical humour the main development host at my current site is called "Sisyphus".
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Originally posted by white-anglo-reactionaryAnd that's "what in it for me?"
Even suicide might be viewed as an act of vanity.
He thought he saw a Rattlesnake
That questioned him in Greek:
He looked again, and found it was
The Middle of Next Week.
‘The one thing I regret,’ he said,
‘Is that it cannot speak!’
He thought he saw a Banker’s Clerk
Descending from the bus:
He looked again, and found it was
A Hippopotamus.
‘If this should stay to dine,’ he said,
‘There won’t be much for us!’
Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 19 June 2006, 12:59.
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Well Threaded someone the other day mentioned that he thought you and I were the same person.
Absurd ...or Synchronicity ...you decide.
Be that as it may, it only remains to say
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together ...
PS And heres another clue for you all , the Walrus was Paul
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there is only one question worthy of moral discourse..
And that's "what in it for me?"
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Odd you should mention Sisyphus as I was reading something or other not particularly worthy of comment whilst watching Le Mans this weekend and the writer used the word Sisyphean. Wondered for a few moments which is correct: 'sisyphean' or the capitalisation 'Sisyphean', and had just about forgotten the episode when reminded of it just now. How strange.
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffockWhat does the panel think ?
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The Myth of Sisyphus
The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight.
They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
Having just finished the Albert Camus essay on Sisyphus contains a sympathetic analysis of contemporary nihilism and touches on the nature of the absurd.
Camus uses the Greek legend of Sisyphus, who is condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity, as a metaphor for the individual's persistent struggle against the essential absurdity of life.
According to Camus, the first step an individual must take is to accept the fact of this absurdity.
If, as for Sisyphus, suicide is not a possible response, the only alternative is to rebel by rejoicing in the act of rolling the boulder up the hill; Camus further argues that with the joyful acceptance of the struggle against defeat the individual gains definition and identity.
At any rate the bottom line for Camus, was that he claimed in the face of absurdity the only Philosophical question worth debating was whether or not to commit suicide.
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