comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 7 hours, 17 minutes ago
Never understood why people say when someone dies climbing a mountain, or crashing their race car etc. they say "at least they died doing something they love".
No Linda, I was doing something I really enjoy, the very last thing I wanted to do was die. I literally felt the most alive and least wanted to die.
The only time it would be appropriate to say that is if someone really, really liked suicide.
Then they died doing something they love.
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Hopefully you die by choking on bread so they can say you died doing something you hate.
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Ate*
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 9 hours, 21 minutes ago
Never understood why people say when someone dies climbing a mountain, or crashing their race car etc. they say "at least they died doing something they love".
No Linda, I was doing something I really enjoy, the very last thing I wanted to do was die. I literally felt the most alive and least wanted to die.
The only time it would be appropriate to say that is if someone really, really liked suicide.
Then they died doing something they love.
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Is the point not simply that the last moment spent was something they enjoyed. Maybe that brings comfort to those who mourn him / her Maybe to others, like you, it means nothing what they were doing.
But ultimately most folk don't want to die unexpectedly, regardless of what they are doing.
As for 'really liked suicide'...........not sure that comes under 'enjoyable past-time'
But ultimately most folk don't want to die unexpectedly, regardless of what they are doing.
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Agree with most of the OP with exception of Breaking Bad, Pep’s Barca and Golf.
A golf major with a tight finish or a close Ryder Cup is elite sport.
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
Agree with most of the OP with exception of Breaking Bad, Pep’s Barca and Golf.
A golf major with a tight finish or a close Ryder Cup is elite sport.
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Tbf he doesn't "get" horse racing, when it is probably the simplest sport to get. You put money on a big beast to run fast, if it wins you get all happy, if it loses you get miserable and chase your losses. Not sure what there is not to get about it!
Breaking Bad was a bit of a grind for the first couple of seasons. From memory I started watching it twice before giving up. Then stuck with it on the 3rd go and it was well worth it.
Better than the reverse when good series ruin themselves by the end which happens all the time, particularly with American series.
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
Agree with most of the OP with exception of Breaking Bad, Pep’s Barca and Golf.
A golf major with a tight finish or a close Ryder Cup is elite sport.
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Tbf he doesn't "get" horse racing, when it is probably the simplest sport to get. You put money on a big beast to run fast, if it wins you get all happy, if it loses you get miserable and chase your losses. Not sure what there is not to get about it!
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Haha, some folk are gamblers, others aren't. I'm fairmly in the former category
He is saying that he doesn't get the interest in horse racing, not that he doesn't understand how it works.
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 20 minutes ago
He is saying that he doesn't get the interest in horse racing, not that he doesn't understand how it works.
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But the interest is obvious.
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 20 minutes ago
He is saying that he doesn't get the interest in horse racing, not that he doesn't understand how it works.
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But the interest is obvious.
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Why? You could say the interest is obvious in betting on which area of paint dries quickest? Doesn't mean I'd get the interest in paint drying.
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 20 minutes ago
He is saying that he doesn't get the interest in horse racing, not that he doesn't understand how it works.
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But the interest is obvious.
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Why? You could say the interest is obvious in betting on which area of paint dries quickest? Doesn't mean I'd get the interest in paint drying.
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But you would - the chance to win money. You said it yourself.
comment by kinsang (U3346)
posted 16 hours, 42 minutes ago
Shakespeare - specially the 'comedies' - someone needs to look up comedy........
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I'm sure what we laugh at now won't be funny in 400 years. Plus "comedy" in the Shakespearean sense wasn't just about humour but about marriage plots and other conventions.
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 20 minutes ago
He is saying that he doesn't get the interest in horse racing, not that he doesn't understand how it works.
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But the interest is obvious.
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Why? You could say the interest is obvious in betting on which area of paint dries quickest? Doesn't mean I'd get the interest in paint drying.
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But you would - the chance to win money. You said it yourself.
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There are a million things to bet on, so why the horses? Is what I am saying. Why not cell formation? Number of grains of sand on a beach etc.
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 16 hours, 27 minutes ago
Bread. It's too dry. Especially in the morning. Inedible.
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Go to evening mass instead.
comment by Eddie Punchclock (U4892)
posted on 4/8/25
comment by kinsang (U3346)
posted 16 hours, 42 minutes ago
Shakespeare - specially the 'comedies' - someone needs to look up comedy........
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I'm sure what we laugh at now won't be funny in 400 years. Plus "comedy" in the Shakespearean sense wasn't just about humour but about marriage plots and other conventions.
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Shakespear wuz influenzed bye! la Commedia dell’Arte and he usies many of the tropes n convenshuns of it in his ‘comedies’
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posted on 4/8/25
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 7 hours, 17 minutes ago
Never understood why people say when someone dies climbing a mountain, or crashing their race car etc. they say "at least they died doing something they love".
No Linda, I was doing something I really enjoy, the very last thing I wanted to do was die. I literally felt the most alive and least wanted to die.
The only time it would be appropriate to say that is if someone really, really liked suicide.
Then they died doing something they love.
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Hopefully you die by choking on bread so they can say you died doing something you hate.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ate*
posted on 4/8/25
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 9 hours, 21 minutes ago
Never understood why people say when someone dies climbing a mountain, or crashing their race car etc. they say "at least they died doing something they love".
No Linda, I was doing something I really enjoy, the very last thing I wanted to do was die. I literally felt the most alive and least wanted to die.
The only time it would be appropriate to say that is if someone really, really liked suicide.
Then they died doing something they love.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Is the point not simply that the last moment spent was something they enjoyed. Maybe that brings comfort to those who mourn him / her Maybe to others, like you, it means nothing what they were doing.
But ultimately most folk don't want to die unexpectedly, regardless of what they are doing.
As for 'really liked suicide'...........not sure that comes under 'enjoyable past-time'
posted on 4/8/25
But ultimately most folk don't want to die unexpectedly, regardless of what they are doing.
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posted on 4/8/25
Agree with most of the OP with exception of Breaking Bad, Pep’s Barca and Golf.
A golf major with a tight finish or a close Ryder Cup is elite sport.
posted on 4/8/25
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
Agree with most of the OP with exception of Breaking Bad, Pep’s Barca and Golf.
A golf major with a tight finish or a close Ryder Cup is elite sport.
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Tbf he doesn't "get" horse racing, when it is probably the simplest sport to get. You put money on a big beast to run fast, if it wins you get all happy, if it loses you get miserable and chase your losses. Not sure what there is not to get about it!
posted on 4/8/25
Breaking Bad was a bit of a grind for the first couple of seasons. From memory I started watching it twice before giving up. Then stuck with it on the 3rd go and it was well worth it.
Better than the reverse when good series ruin themselves by the end which happens all the time, particularly with American series.
posted on 4/8/25
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
Agree with most of the OP with exception of Breaking Bad, Pep’s Barca and Golf.
A golf major with a tight finish or a close Ryder Cup is elite sport.
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Tbf he doesn't "get" horse racing, when it is probably the simplest sport to get. You put money on a big beast to run fast, if it wins you get all happy, if it loses you get miserable and chase your losses. Not sure what there is not to get about it!
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Haha, some folk are gamblers, others aren't. I'm fairmly in the former category
posted on 4/8/25
He is saying that he doesn't get the interest in horse racing, not that he doesn't understand how it works.
posted on 4/8/25
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 20 minutes ago
He is saying that he doesn't get the interest in horse racing, not that he doesn't understand how it works.
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But the interest is obvious.
posted on 4/8/25
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 20 minutes ago
He is saying that he doesn't get the interest in horse racing, not that he doesn't understand how it works.
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But the interest is obvious.
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Why? You could say the interest is obvious in betting on which area of paint dries quickest? Doesn't mean I'd get the interest in paint drying.
posted on 4/8/25
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 20 minutes ago
He is saying that he doesn't get the interest in horse racing, not that he doesn't understand how it works.
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But the interest is obvious.
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Why? You could say the interest is obvious in betting on which area of paint dries quickest? Doesn't mean I'd get the interest in paint drying.
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But you would - the chance to win money. You said it yourself.
posted on 4/8/25
comment by kinsang (U3346)
posted 16 hours, 42 minutes ago
Shakespeare - specially the 'comedies' - someone needs to look up comedy........
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I'm sure what we laugh at now won't be funny in 400 years. Plus "comedy" in the Shakespearean sense wasn't just about humour but about marriage plots and other conventions.
posted on 4/8/25
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 19 minutes ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 20 minutes ago
He is saying that he doesn't get the interest in horse racing, not that he doesn't understand how it works.
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But the interest is obvious.
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Why? You could say the interest is obvious in betting on which area of paint dries quickest? Doesn't mean I'd get the interest in paint drying.
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But you would - the chance to win money. You said it yourself.
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There are a million things to bet on, so why the horses? Is what I am saying. Why not cell formation? Number of grains of sand on a beach etc.
posted on 4/8/25
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comment by Emile Matthew Yaw Nyamedom Acquah (U1734)
posted 16 hours, 27 minutes ago
Bread. It's too dry. Especially in the morning. Inedible.
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Go to evening mass instead.
posted on 26/9/25
comment by Eddie Punchclock (U4892)
posted on 4/8/25
comment by kinsang (U3346)
posted 16 hours, 42 minutes ago
Shakespeare - specially the 'comedies' - someone needs to look up comedy........
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I'm sure what we laugh at now won't be funny in 400 years. Plus "comedy" in the Shakespearean sense wasn't just about humour but about marriage plots and other conventions.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Shakespear wuz influenzed bye! la Commedia dell’Arte and he usies many of the tropes n convenshuns of it in his ‘comedies’
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