THE TIGER

An accident with the car Mathos - I knew you'd interpret it that way.
It's getting kind of scary how familiar I'm becoming with the way your mind works.
But really, think about it for a minute. It is a pretty funny image...oh **** - I'm laughing again... at least I'm not trying to drive this time.

Who's grumpy? I'm having a ball.

Settle dear, you know how you sweat when you get excited. :wink:

What are you talking about? How would you know?

You've never seen me excited.

And I know you've definitely never seen me sweat.
(It doesn't get that hot and humid in England, not even in the summer- one of the things I love about it, as a matter of fact.)

Are you talking to one of your characters again? You really need to get some kind of handle on that.

Could you possibly tell me Aidan ( I am asking you as an erudite, and a teacher) why the cows in Switzerland have bells hanging from their necks?

What a beautiful day, I have enjoyed it thoroughly, regardless of the fact I did not meet my objectives.

A friend of mine called round just after lunch, he had bought a new trike chopper, quite flashy as well he allowed me to take it for a drive, it was good fun. I have been thinking of buying one myself, but not firmly decided one way or the other, perhaps todays 'jaunt' will help me make my mind up. Google Boom trikes.co.uk and check out CH Special Model, that is the one he has purchased. I am interested in the Boom Fighter X11 2 litre sport.

I decided against the whirly-bird by the way, too much red tape from start to finish.

I hope you make a speedy recovery by the way, it must be hell being a woman. :wink:

You're incorrigible Mathos. If you were a student in my classroom - I'd make you stand in the corner.

I love being a woman. I'd never, ever, ever want to be a man. I don't know why - but it just seems like men aren't allowed to feel and experience and express themselves like women are. Don't feel sorry for this woman, Mathos- she's happy she was born a girl.

Motorcycle, huh? Just be careful out on those roads. You're making yourself very vulnerable - always keep that in mind.

Hello Aidan

That initial comment of yours was rather peculiar. The power of teachers?
When I was sixteen, the age I left school, the last couple of months were memorable indeed. Miss Pilkington, who was 33 years of age, liked to find some reason or another to keep me behind after school finished. It ended up with her taking me to her home, several times.

All of a sudden, my interests in football, boxing and rugby became redundant.

And you want me to stand in the corner? What for?

You love being a woman, does that mean you are in the habit of dressing up in mens clothing (somewhat like Shania Twain) and singing to the mirror? Wha ho ho, its driving me crazy....

The road hazards from a motorcyclists point of view. Somebody else agrees with your views, and kind of insists that I just use motorcycles on holiday.

By the way, Miss Aidan, you have not answered the question for me regarding the Swiss cows, why?

Gorgeous day today, it was a crime to come in doors.

Have a nice weekend Miss. :wink:

It was a joke Mathos. I've never stood anyone in the corner. Usually I just say, "Cut it out" and they do.

Uh-oh, that doesn't sound good.



Did Miss Pilkington get arrested? It's funny how things change. When I was in highschool (sixteen or seventeen) I had two friends who were my age who dated teachers. The teachers were both men, probably in their late twenties or early thirties. I don't think the girls' parent's knew, but we (the kids at school) all knew and we didn't give it a thought. I honestly don't know if they were just seeing each other or if there was sex involved. I might have known at the time, but I can't remember that being a big part of the story.
Anyway - it wasn't a secret in any way - and I'm sure the administration was aware and nobody seemed to even bat an eyelash about it. Now, or course - it'd be a whole different story - which I guess it should. But when I think about these two specific instances they were just smart girls who had friendships with men who were somewhat older and had the same interests they did.

What's really weird is this trend of adult women becoming sexually involved with pubscent boys. I myself don't see the appeal. Besides the fact that it's wrong to take advantage of emotional vulnerability in that way.


I was kidding. I don't really - well maybe it would be fun to see someone who's such a smart ass standing in the corner.

No

Just be careful out there - I wouldn't want any harm to come to you.

I haven't answered because I don't know the answer. I can't even remember the specific question at this point.


Yes, just beautiful here too.


You too.

Back to the silly quotes Miss?

The reason cows in Switzerland wear bells around their necks.

Their horns don't work.

Cut what out Miss, I wasn't doing anything.

It was though Miss :wink:

No she didn't get arrested Miss, I left Manchester when I was 17, but I visited her a few times after that.


Why would it be fun to have me standing in a corner, are you a sadistic teacher Miss?

Gorgeous day again Miss, got a lot done too, it's been great.

Take care Miss. :wink:

Mathos - you're so weird.

I had a nice day. I got a new bracelet. Citrine and peridot with little white beads that look like pearls, but aren't really.

I saw this beautiful ankle bracelet with little silver bells on it and it reminded me of your question about the cows and their bells. I think they wear bells so their owners can find them when they wander away from the herd. Isn't that why they have them? I don't think it has anything to do with horns. I'd think it would get annoying to make noise with every step - but I bought the ankle bracelet for my daughter. She loves that kind of stuff - and maybe she'll let me borrow it now and again.

Have a good evening.

*Oh, by the way - is our story off or what?

Why on earth are you calling me weird Miss?

It's been a beautiful day I have simply relaxed in my hammock, my wife has fed and watered me on demand and your calling me weird. Are you qualified to call me weird Miss or is it simply because your still grumpy?


New bracelet, rings, you obviously like your bling Miss, a little like Gypsy Rose

Rings on her fingers
Bells on her toes
Say has anybody seen
Our sweet gipsy Rose?

Do you jangle when you walk Miss, you know, make people turn around to see whats coming, attention seeking really I suppose?

With regards to the story Miss, I simply thought we were at the negotiations stage, you know my offer, do you want all the glory and money?

I meant weird in a good way - funny weird.

I told you - I wouldn't want to make noise with every step - I got the ankle thing for my daughter.

What are we negotiating? I already said my primary purpose for writing anything with you on this forum is not in hopes of any financial gain. I'll accept whatever terms you deem fair and equitable.

Oh thats good, I don't mind being funny weird Miss, the other weird is rather strange don't you think.


So your encouraging your daughter to wear bling Miss, do you think that is a good idea?

Do you mean that Miss, you will accept any terms, which I deem fair and equitable?

I wouldn't want you to renege on anything at a later date you know.


Burnt to a frazzle today, I should not have worked in this, I feel quite ill right now.

My daughter has her own taste and style and I try to respect it. She has good taste and doesn't take anything over the top so that it's garish or gaudy in any way. But she's always been a real girlie girl- much less of a tomboy than I was. Even when she was two or three years old, she used to stand in front of a mirror and pretend to put on her imaginary necklaces, earrings, bracelets, etc. while she talked to her imaginary friend - (his name was Jacob. I'd ask her who she was talking to - and she'd say what sounded like 'teacup'. I finally figured out she was saying Jacob).

Then when she got to be five or six, she's say, 'Mom, you need to paint your toenails (or fingernails) again. She just notices that kind of thing.

I'm sorry you're not feeling well. It has been just insufferably hot - good weather for drying laundry - but hard to be out working in. You need to be careful Mathos. Sunstroke can really be dangerous. I hope you're feeling better today.

Well yes I did take it easy today Miss.

I spent some time musing over cowboy outfits, do you like the rough and ready type Miss or the posh ones, like Wyatt Earp wore?

Did you ever see that movie, 'Once Upon A Time In The West' Miss?

That was a brilliant cowboy movie and they had every type of cowboy outfit you could think of in it. They even had fancy duster coats.


I am unable to recall the name of the leading lady, she was very beautiful though, I remember thinking to myself when I watched it...Wow Mathos, she's a cracker, Claudia I think her name might have been.

Tell me Miss do you like Charles Bronson, only he was in that film too?

You really are getting me thinking about these cowboy games Miss, have you thought of me being an Indian though?

I haven't seen that movie.

Which lifestyle do you find more attractive - cowboy or Indian?

Actually, that's kind of interesting question, the answer to which would tell quite a bit about your personal beliefs.

I hope you answer it.

Oh - that's easy Becks.

Indian every time. Madding Rut Bull would be my idea of a good Indian name if I was going to be in a movie.

One about how the Mayflower got delayed a few hundred years due to bureaucratic mix-ups and security problems and it only just has arrived at which time Western European Social Democracy has got to the point of the women putting the pants on and some of the ladies were so fed up with the result that they got a club up and when it was big enough they bought a ship, a state-of-the-art cruise liner, with waiter service and the usual fixtures and fittings as is befitting ladies intelligent enough to have thought up such a good idea but to have successfully mounted such a difficult and dangerous operation, and I happen to be lead oarsman in a big war canoe and we are having a short rest in our training schedule because Mad Hos Rock is sulking in his wig-wam and the ship crashes into the soft sand bar we are resting upon, accompanied with much shrieking, and miraculously remains upright with the bow embedded so deep in the sand due to the momentum one would expect of a ship going flat out that the ladies could just step off the deck into the welcome they could see awaited them.

A bit disheveled but War Canoe teams are not noted for having any worries on that score. And they don't have to be home by a certain time.

Me Madding Rut Bull. Me cut chest. Me dive off Dead Man's Leap into dark waters. Me no tell time.

One of America's hero's Philip Sheridan is said to have been the originator of a remark about a 'Good Indian'. At Fort Cobb, a Comanche called 'Turtle Dove' introduced himself to Sheridan, (who as you know was a General) with the humbleness one might associate with an Indian at that time, that he really was a Good Indian; 'The only Good Indians I know, are dead' was Sheridan's reply.

America has the pride of being able to do anything to which it dedicates itself and the extension of total control and rule across the continent represented a communal dedication.

Nothing was to be a barrier of any kind to them, be it men, women, children, animals, mountains or prairies, nothing could arrest the thorough gigantic sweep. If any of the village clean ups came across as bloody it was simply absorbed, being part of the duty in establishing the continent. The cowboy's and soldiers were far more capable of extermination than were the Indians.

It is not necessary to delve into the atrocities carried out during these times;- suffice to say the objective was achieved.

The Americans of course are simply descendants of the same European Countries in general as we in Europe represent, we all carried out atrocities in foreign lands.

The human race in general is still a peculiar oddity, the ongoing events in the middle east represent total disregard for life, be it men, women, or children.

I have no idea what the answer is to any of this, in order to obtain peace of mind I tend to lean towards survival of the fittest being part of our evolutionary culture in general.

So if I dress up as an Indian for you Miss, just remember I'm only kidding.

Reaches for onion.

Interesting. I don't have time to respond to this fully right now - but please don't change the subject without me. I'd like to talk more about this with you when I have the time - which unfortunately might not be until tomorrow night. (It's the last day of school tomorrow - so I'm tying up all sorts of loose ends - but I'll be free as a bird- as the native American Indian population used to be on the North American continent- tomorrow evening.)

Spendius - does you reaching for an onion signify that you have to make yourself do something other than think about what Mathos wrote to produce tears? And then would they be crocodile tears? If so, that's just sad.
(See Mathos - that's why Spendius is more of an intellectual than I'll ever be. I'm way too emotional to be a true intellectual).

Have another nice, hot day.

That's a very typical response from the emotionally overcharged. It only lacks a "so" or a "so,so". It means nothing.

An intellectual reserves a word like sad for more important matters than their own opinion of someone else's position and when such an undermining of the language takes place one can clean forget about useful writing. Nobody can write who loses respect for even one word they put down.

Noticing that the "ship of ladies" piece, casually composed as it was, is heading,Faustian like, into the future and raises two important questions at least is obviously not on the agenda.

Yes-crocodile tears. One can't -



There's nothing to think about. It's patronising. It's superficial and it is suffused with pessimism.

This is good-



Right after a delve into the matter.

"Leave your stepping stones behind something calls for you".