[zelda_pinwheel]

clearly i have to stop sleeping... look at everything i missed during the night.

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Try "orphidnet" (note the "n") on Google, or even here. It's singularly elucidating.

Cheers,
Marc

thanks for the tip (and also : "it's singularly elucidating" : ar ar ar !), all is now clear !

Originally Posted by Cthulhu

@ Zelda...Thanks for the pics. However, that looks more like a tart than a pie (still higher on the Bakery scale than pie), and that's one sad little robot. Or is that our Redhead? Mm....Tarty Redheads.
;-

As for perfection, it of course means high standards. That is a tautology.
And am all for absurdity. Provided it proves a point. Ars gratia artis does devolve into Dadaism, but we must rise above such risible actions.

@ Cthulhu : first : yes, in french i would call that a "tarte", but isn't my tarte your pie ? what is a pie then ? maybe you should find your own picture, because now i is confused as to what contitutes pie-ness as opposed to other confections with a pastry shell and filling of your choice (or in this case, my choice : mmm, pears !)

second : that last photo would in fact be the redhead, as you can confirm by hovering long enough to see the filename (and what further proof could you possibly need ?). whether or not it is a photo of a tarty redhead, i prefer not to speculate (i believe there is a law which protects against self-incrimination).

next : as for perfection = high standards, true, true, i am guilty of a rather embarassing tautology there. perhaps i should have said that your standards for perfection clearly are not the same as mine. however, that being said, in defense of ars gratia artis, absurdity, and dadaism, may i add that sometimes it is all about the journey, rather than the destination.

in fact i am frequently guilty of absurdum gratia absurditatis (and please excuse my wanton abuse of the declinaisons, my latin is so old and forgotten that my "foolishness" has probably also degenerated into gibberish), i find it sufficiently inherently satisfying as to prefer to linger and meander, frequently losing sight of my origin as well as my destination. less lofty intellects would argue that this is an archetypically feminine trait (in contrast to the alleged linear nature of masculine thinking), however my empirical opinion is that the "first sex" can digress with the best of them. (suivez mon regard...)

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Alas, I'm at about my intellectual height already, straining to keep my nose above my own surface-nonsense. If you're going to raise the water level, I suspect I may soon drown in my own tom-foolery, and simply become (even more) irritating.

Cheers,
Marc (we have to prove a point now? [gulp])

just relax, you will soon learn that absurdity, like ducks and wood, is buoyant ! i beleive it was the (damn) hippies who used to say "go with the flow". i wouldn't have you throw in the towel ((c) "MixMaster Metaphor") for anything, after all it takes many streams to make a river (trying for a new record in number of trite aphorisms per paragraph).

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

I added an Avatar just so Cthulhu could have his robot...

a fine and generous display on the part of Taylor514ce, although speaking of "sad robots" the photo Cthulhu first (mistakenly) took to be a robot has got nothing on this one. i hope he doesn't bring us all down. dare i ask how you are feeling today, Mar- heu, Taylor ?