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Habibi speaks about those who come here with questions seeking answers, and The Candleless One says that's an interesting perspective . . . are you guys sh!ttin' me? ! ? ! ?

That's what this place has always been about. Amidst the mudslinging and word gaming and general silliness, i have always tried to answer peoples questions when they come here, and if i can't, but think another member can, then i send a PM asking that member to look at the thread. I recall recently someone asking about some Czech poetry, to i sent a PM to Dag, who gave a comprehensive answer with great background.

I think that has always gone on, and i think a lot of members here have always done it. Sure, some people only come here for the political bashing, or for the word games--but so what. Come for the knowledge, stay for the fun--or just honestly come for the blood sports . . . religion and politics, anyone?

Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don't. Depends where you're grabbed, actually.

For the most part, this site is boring the hell outta me. I'm still here though, plugging away at the Neverending All things Considered threads. Just a habit now.

Don't we need a little entertainment in our lives? If not for humor, word games and trivia the world would become a very dull place! Tension would rise! Wars would break out! Nuclear anhililation would be inevitable! The Earth would burn to a cinder in a matter of years! Let's thank our lucky stars for the Humor Word Game and Trivia sections! Without these aspects of life humanity could no longer survive!

Funny you should mention that.....

BIBLE'S 4 HORSEMEN ASK FOR DIRECTIONS IN PARIS
Book of Revelation's bad guys didn't know where the hell they were going, say cops!

PARIS - A funny thing happened on the way to Doomsday - the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse got lost and had to ask for directions!

That is the wild story of a French police officer who claims that one of the fearsome riders trotted up to him on the roadside and sheepishly asked, "Do you know the way to Rome?"

"It was the one on a red horse, holding a broad-sword. I guess that must be the Second Horseman, the War guy," highway patrolman Michel Clenard told a Paris newspaper.

"I was totally taken aback. I mean, these guys are supposed to be determining the fate of all mankind - but they seem to have no Earthly idea where they're going. And I didn't know whether to point them in the right direction or send them on a wild goose chase."

According to prophecies in the Holy Bible, a warning sign that the end of the world is near will be the arrival of four mysterious horsemen, representing the major calamities that will plague man in the last days - war, famine, pestilence and death (Rev. 6:2-8).

The uncanny encounter took place 13 miles outside Paris on the highway from Dijon. Officer Clenard was assisting a female motorist whose auto had broken down on the side of the road, when he first spotted the hooded horsemen and their giant steeds.

"They had stopped on the other side of the road and they were arguing over their map about which way to go," said Officer Clenard. "I was concerned because cars were whizzing by really fast and the horses seemed like they were getting anxious."

Officer Clenard said eventually one of the horsemen was sent over to his patrol car.

"The guy seemed reluctant and when he got close enough for me to recognize him from illustrations in my Bible, I understood why," he said. "The guys are supposed to be these big, bad harbingers of doom - asking for help must have been humiliating."

Officer Clenard said the Second Horseman spoke in an antiquated form of French.

"I advised him to keep his sword sheathed and I gave him directions, but I'm not sure he got them right," the cop said. "When the riders took off, two of them headed the wrong way!"

I post a lot of articles with links, or links to articles with lead paragraphs. That has got to be good for the search engine stats for the site, and it is educational and informative. If no one else but me reads it, so what? Their loss, not mine.

Always enjoy a good chuckle, or guffaw. Even a snicker. And then there is that other thing - a indescribable laugh that takes an entire line here to spell out so that the sound is right.

Setanta and Gelesti know how to do it.