The Vent and Rant Thread

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

We could try it with a couple of scientologists first and see what happens...

A really bad movie?

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

The masons are a very open secret society - you can take tours of the grand lodge in London and find out how to go about joining (no guarantee you will succeed, mind, but...). The lot I used to work with had at least one meeting in one of the meeting rooms at work (admittedly I only found out about it because I refused to pay any attention to the "Kitchen closed" sign (well, I wanted a tea, and I wasn't going to walk over to the other side of the building(s) to get one) on the kitchen next to the room, and had a nose around...)

I'd be very surprised if they didn't have ways of identifying themselves to each other, though - it's very much (seen as) an "old boys network" in the UK, and it's a bit pointless if you don't know the other old boys

(Of course, this innocuous-ish public front could be covering something more sinister, but I'll stop there before I start to sound like a Dan Brown novel )

Their biggest problem in the US is that they're dying out. Fewer and fewer young whippersnappers are willing to join....

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Oh no! I hope that gets fixed soon.

So do I...

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by kennyc

And the Broncos are Back!

YEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAA

Originally Posted by Patricia

The hot water in my house has mysterious become tepid water, except in the shower. There it's become stone cold water. And I'm still shivering.
I think that I shall have to find a plumber.

Mrs. Slite?

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i did meet a mason once, although i didn't know it at the time ; my ex-boyfriend's mother is one. when he told me i said, "oh my god, now i know she's going to have to kill me." actually i thought the strangest thing was that it didn't seem to be a secret. i thought the masons were some sort of secret society meeting in hidden rooms in the dead of night, with passwords and secret handshakes to identify each other.

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no she wasn't. she may have been an Eastern Star, but she wasn't a Mason.

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

A really bad movie?

Their biggest problem in the US is that they're dying out. Fewer and fewer young whippersnappers are willing to join....

actually the membership is slowly creeping up

[GeoffC]

define, if you please, young whippersnapper !!!

[kennyc]

So Eastern Star is the female version of the Masons?

[wodin]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

July 29, 2009
THERE'S A NEW SEX DOLL FOR DOGS

Don't you hate it when you have guests over and your dog embarrasses you by HUMPING THEIR LEGS? Of course you do. I mean, that's just what dogs do but it's still embarrassing.

Fortunately, a company called Pet Smiling has just come out with a new product called the Doggie Lover Doll, which is an anatomically correct SEX DOLL FOR DOGS.

According to a press release from the company, quote, "The majority of non-neutered dogs spend a good chunk of time looking for something to hump. They try pillows, furry creatures, people's legs and even other animals . . .

"[But] when a dog tries to hump legs, stuffed animals and other objects, he cannot reach [completion]. With the Doggie Lover Doll, he can.

"Humans have their hands to [molest] themselves, and now domestic animals . . . can alleviate themselves with a toy designed specifically for them. Dogs have a great sexual appetite and this novelty surely will better their lives."

Every six months or so my toy poodle, Peanut, falls in love with my wife's teddy bear. And she's a girl! Wots up wi' dat?

[wodin]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i did meet a mason once, although i didn't know it at the time ; my ex-boyfriend's mother is one. when he told me i said, "oh my god, now i know she's going to have to kill me." actually i thought the strangest thing was that it didn't seem to be a secret. i thought the masons were some sort of secret society meeting in hidden rooms in the dead of night, with passwords and secret handshakes to identify each other.

The only thing secret is their rites and rituals, and lately even those have been widely publicized. If they didn't want you to know they're Masons, they wouldn't wear those rings with the Masonic symbols on them.

And no, they don't meet in hidden rooms in the dead of night, they meet in lodges that are very consciously marked.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by wodin

The only thing secret is their rites and rituals, and lately even those have been widely publicized. If they didn't want you to know they're Masons, they wouldn't wear those rings with the Masonic symbols on them.

And no, they don't meet in hidden rooms in the dead of night, they meet in lodges that are very consciously marked.

Oh man! You're destroying all my illusions!

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

Uh... thanks...?

Be grateful, KrispyGrace. I think you're the first person he hasn't charged for his expert advice.

Cheers,
Marc

[LazyScot]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

A really bad movie?

Based on another hugely profitable book by Dan Brown (called The Quest for the Cruise Particle) resulting in huge numbers of American tourists visiting Geneva and trying to look at the secret symbol that is embedded either in a subatomic particle, the wiring of the LHC or an unidentified church on the banks of Lac Léman.

And if that hypothesis is correct, perhaps the fears of the destructive powers of the LHC have some basis....

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

We could try it with a couple of scientologists first and see what happens...

You might produce lots of Bozons. (A bozon is an elementary stupidity particle.)

The lot I used to work with had at least one meeting in one of the meeting rooms at work (admittedly I only found out about it because I refused to pay any attention to the "Kitchen closed" sign (well, I wanted a tea, and I wasn't going to walk over to the other side of the building(s) to get one) on the kitchen next to the room, and had a nose around...)

Like other fraternal organizations, they like meetings to be "brothers only", and try to keep things private.

I was deeply amused to hear of one lodge meeting at an SF con where a member stood guard at the door with a Jedi light-saber instead of the more traditional sword.
______
Dennis

[yvanleterrible]

Originally Posted by Patricia

If only you could fix it for me too, Lady Blue.

Patricia, why don't you google your way into this? Water heaters are very simple devices.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by wodin

they meet in lodges that are very consciously marked.

Yes, they really did intend to mark their lodges - it wasn't an absent-minded mistake.

The markings are quite conspicuous too.

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Patricia

The last ten posts or so are utterly mysterious to me. (And to many Europeans, I suspect.) But I hope that these Browns et al, all did satisfactorily.

No, no, we're hoping the Browns do poorly, as they are wont to do. The Bengals are playing them and there is a very strong contingent of Bengals fans here. If the Cardiac Cats win tomorrow, then they have swept their division and have a good chance at home field advantage for much of the playoffs, until they meet the Saints in the AFCC game.

Now, isn't that clear enough?

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

define, if you please, young whippersnapper !!!

to whom is this request addressed?

Originally Posted by kennyc

So Eastern Star is the female version of the Masons?

it is the female arm of the organization, yes

Originally Posted by wodin

The only thing secret is their rites and rituals, and lately even those have been widely publicized. If they didn't want you to know they're Masons, they wouldn't wear those rings with the Masonic symbols on them.

And no, they don't meet in hidden rooms in the dead of night, they meet in lodges that are very consciously marked.

yes, yet another fallacy brought to you and yours by the catholic church. there is nothing secret about the organization or their members. most of the meetings are in fact open to the public. there are just a few of the traditional rituals that are done in a members only environment and everything about those rituals is public knowledge as well

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Yes, they really did intend to mark their lodges - it wasn't an absent-minded mistake.

The markings are quite conspicuous too.

*giggle*

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

define, if you please, young whippersnapper !!!

Slang term for a young, inexperienced person asserting a claim to a very old experienced person. Mildly insulting. The return comment would be to call the experienced old person an "old geezer".