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An A2K Chastity Vow

 
 
View Profile Thomas
 
Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:14 pm
Today, Mame said something utterly reasonable. It wasn't the first time she did this, but this time her reasonableness was especially striking. She said, and I quote:
    I'm always mind-boggled At the heat, passion, and interest People have in politics. It's always The same.
(linebreaks added to bring out the full weight of literary composition)

She's right. And that's why I hereby make the following chastity vow:
  • I shall henceforth, until the 2008 presidential election has been held, the votes counted, and the result cleared by the Supreme Court, abstain from posting to the A2K politics threads.

  • No political opinion shall pass my lips until then.

  • I may or may not use loopholes to engage in political intercourse, such as the ones presented by forums like "Legal", "Books", and "Philosophy and debate". But if I do, I will use them sparingly.
Thanks for showing me the light, Mame.
 
View Profile George
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:17 pm
Here, Thomas, try this belt on.
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View Profile dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:17 pm
Re: An A2K Chastity Vow
Thomas wrote:
Today, Mame said something utterly reasonable. It wasn't the first time she did this, but this time her reasonableness was especially striking. She said, and I quote:
    I'm always mind-boggled At the heat, passion, and interest People have in politics. It's always The same.
(linebreaks added to bring out the full weight of literary composition)

She's right. And that's why I hereby make the following chastity vow:
  • I shall henceforth, until the 2008 presidential election has been held, the votes counted, and the result cleared by the Supreme Court, abstain from posting to the A2K politics threads.

  • No political opinion shall pass my lips until then.

  • I may or may not use loopholes to engage in political intercourse, such as the ones presented by forums like "Legal", "Books", and "Philosophy and debate". But if I do, I will use them sparingly.
Thanks for showing me the light, Mame.





In a pig's eye!!!
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View Profile Thomas
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:18 pm
Thanks, George!
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View Profile Izzie
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:22 pm
OOOOOOOOOOohhhh - now Thomas... ya just know someone's gonna check on ya now, don't ya a????? Snickering away here!

Good luck.... sure loopholes will appear :wink:
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View Profile Thomas
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:23 pm
Re: An A2K Chastity Vow
dlowan wrote:
In a pig's eye!!!

Honest! I'm as serious as you were in your anti-lerve, anti-flirting, anti-sexual-innuendo thread!
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View Profile dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:25 pm
Re: An A2K Chastity Vow
Thomas wrote:
dlowan wrote:
In a pig's eye!!!

Honest! I'm as serious as you were in your anti-lerve, anti-flirting, anti-sexual-innuendo thread!


Nonsense...I was pretty serious on that thread. The place had become a seething pool of hormones!


This? Ha!
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View Profile sozobe
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:29 pm
That bears repeating.

Ha!


(I hope you're not serious!! You're one of my favorite politics-types...!)
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View Profile roger
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:30 pm
Well, I believe him. I also believed BPB the first 4 or 5 times he said something similar.
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View Profile dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:30 pm
sozobe wrote:
That bears repeating.

Ha!


(I hope you're not serious!! You're one of my favorite politics-types...!)


Yes...as well as healthy scepticism, there's the quality of discourse argument.
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View Profile Thomas
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:35 pm
Izzie wrote:
Good luck.... sure loopholes will appear :wink:

I know they will, I know they will tempt me, and I know I will lust for a manly, perilous battle of arguments. So thanks for your wishes of good luck. I'll need it.

dlowan wrote:
Nonsense...I was pretty serious on that thread. The place had become a seething pool of hormones!

This? Ha!

I'd bet with you on the outcome. But my currently-ongoing bets don't look so good. Quite possibly, oil won't be falling below $62 a barrel until October 2008 after all, so it's awfully likely I'll owe dinner to Steve and Walter. I can't allow myself to be ruined, but my resolve in this matter is ... resolute!
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:44 pm
and here I thought this was another "im leaving a2k thread"



Ok.
I vow never to make one of those threads...............
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View Profile Thomas
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:49 pm
shewolfnm wrote:
and here I thought this was another "im leaving a2k thread"

Hmmmm. Interesting idea. Maybe I could start one of these, too.
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View Profile ehBeth
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 07:52 pm
Thomas wrote:
so it's awfully likely I'll owe dinner to Steve and Walter.
where will this meal be served? will you be cooking?
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View Profile Thomas
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 08:03 pm
We haven't decided yet. Actually, we made the bet in 2005. There is hope that Steve and Walter have forgotten it.
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View Profile Thomas
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 08:04 pm
Of course, there's also hope that oil will fall below $63 again.
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View Profile dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 08:33 pm
Thomas wrote:
We haven't decided yet. Actually, we made the bet in 2005. There is hope that Steve and Walter have forgotten it.



Wrong.


There WAS hope they had forgotten it,


Rolling Eyes
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Reply Sat 21 Jun, 2008 09:23 pm
Oh, Thomas is talking about politics.
When I first read the title I thought he'll join the Franciscan monks...
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View Profile Thomas
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jun, 2008 09:13 am
Naaaw. When a greater part of your body than not consists of overweight, you don't need Franciscans to help you with that kind of chastity.
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View Profile dlowan
 
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Reply Sun 22 Jun, 2008 03:35 pm
Thomas wrote:
Naaaw. When a greater part of your body than not consists of overweight, you don't need Franciscans to help you with that kind of chastity.



Rubicund rocks!
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