Do you read when you are sick? - Page 2

pshrynk · 05-07-2008, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

when he's in an actual coma, he makes his wife read to him.

It really depends on whether or not it is a self-induced coma. Self-induced, I'm hoping my wife is there along with me and reading is NOT what I had in mind.

montsnmags · 05-07-2008, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

...
But I do remember faking being sick as a kid, so that I could stay home from school and finish a book.

...even better. If I'd convinced mother-dearest of my illness, she would usually make me up some lime jelly ("jello" for those silly Americans who refuse to speak proper Australian) and some flat lemonade.

Hmm, I wonder why I ended up at a psychotherapist and a hypnotherapist being treated for hypochondria (okay, amongst other things

)?

Cheers,
Marc (I'm all better now but, as you can tell)

Laine · 05-08-2008, 08:54 AM

When I broke a toe (the same one twice in 3 months) I got lots of reading done. But if being sick involves a headache I get out my mp3 player (I have several), put in the more comfy earphones and pick one of my favourite J. D. Robb audiobooks. Then it doesn't matter if I fall asleep.
I have more ebooks but I also have a LOT of audiobooks too. (Including the 46 cd set of Lord Of The Rings - (yes a legal copy), and all 7 Harry Potters (also legal).
Literature is my major vice. Who needs alcohol or drugs where there are books?

Taylor514ce · 05-08-2008, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Laine

Literature is my major vice. Who needs alcohol or drugs where there are books?

Authors, mainly.

montsnmags · 05-08-2008, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Authors, mainly.

Woohoo! I'm an author!

Cheers,
Marc (What do you mean there are other qualifications?)

Taylor514ce · 05-08-2008, 10:38 AM

What's the Latin phrase for that type of argument? Ipso Reducto... something something? I was at a corporate training resort campus place recently, known both for its native squirrel population (I kid you not), and the feral cats.

Someone remarked that with a recent change of ownership of the facility, the squirrel population went up, BECAUSE they had removed the cats. I doubted that, and suggested that in fact there were more squirrels BECAUSE the squirrels had eaten the cats...

Oh, my itchiing brain! What type of argument is that, flipping the causation around backwards?

vivaldirules · 05-08-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Woohoo! I'm an author!

Titles, please, before you transform into a...., oh, too late. You're such an animal, Marc!

mores · 05-08-2008, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Laine

Who needs alcohol or drugs where there are books?

Since I can't go to sleep unless I read at least a couple of pages, there have been times when I was really p****d out of my tree, and still managed to get my reading done. Despite my eyes not being able to focus properly

GeoffC · 05-08-2008, 11:55 AM

The question was too tough for me , so I went with the squirrels .

What does it mean " to be sick ? " ..

Do the world a favour , for every p-book you read , plant a shrub , and a tree for every h-back

vivaldirules · 05-08-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

What does it mean " to be sick ? " ..

I looked it up in my "OED For The Common Man":

Sick, adj.

1. Afflicted with an unnatural fetish of some variety, particularly one related with either squirrels, gorillas, cockroaches, lions, squids, dogs, bubbles, pastries, poissons (especially if it's next to the blue one), canards (and, basically, all other French nouns), liseuses (let me try again: liseuses, liseuses; I just can't get that one), avatars which are not your own, or the spleens, intestines, or other internal organs which are not you own.
2. Not in proper condition; impaired: you're a sicko [noun, sorry] because you spend time reading and/or posting messages in The Lounge at MobileRead (or, anywhere else in the forum if you do so while completely nekkid - not even a towel!).
3. Mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound: a sick mind; c.f. 1, 2

GeoffC · 05-08-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I looked it up in my "OED For The Common Man":

Sick, adj.

1. Afflicted with an unnatural fetish of some variety, particularly one related with either squirrels, gorillas, cockroaches, lions, squids, dogs, bubbles, pastries, poissons (especially if it's next to the blue one), canards (and, basically, all other French nouns), liseuses (let me try again: liseuses, liseuses; I just can't get that one), avatars which are not your own, or the spleens, intestines, or other internal organs which are not you own.
2. Not in proper condition; impaired: you're a sicko [noun, sorry] because you spend time reading and/or posting messages in The Lounge at MobileRead (or, anywhere else in the forum if you do so while completely nekkid - not even a towel!).
3. Mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound: a sick mind; c.f. 1, 2

OH darn it - guilty as charged ..

I'm as sick as a grey parrot ...

zelda_pinwheel · 05-08-2008, 02:13 PM

defined in those terms, there's clearly been an outbreak of *something* around here. i would say it has already reached epidemic proportions.

Patricia · 05-08-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

What's the Latin phrase for that type of argument? Ipso Reducto... something something?

You might be referring to reductio ad absurdam, Taylor. It seems the most likely, given your example.

Taylor514ce · 05-08-2008, 04:16 PM

I think that's it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum. Thank you!

This led to this very useful page, which makes me wish "Contra principia negantem disputari non potest" would fit as a user tile. Alas, my signature is otherwise engaged.

Whoops, further reading found exactly what I was after, recognized as soon as I saw it: "cum hoc ergo propter hoc", or "correlation does not imply causation". The increase in squirrel population and lack of visible cats does not mean the squirrels ate the cats.

Wait, wait! Edit number 5 on the post. What I was really after was: Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

montsnmags · 05-08-2008, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

What's the Latin phrase for that type of argument? ...

Why would you ask me? I assume there's been some kind of short in that brain of yours (or, considering its size, probably a "long"), as sense would dictate that the answers of a person who thinks he can achieve authorship by imbibing a lot of drink and drugs are probably not altogether reliable.

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Oh, my itchiing brain! What type of argument is that, flipping the causation around backwards?

I believe it's called a "stupid argument". Ipso facto, est spumante, sum cum lauder, but I never touched him, officer.

Cheers,
Marc (Author! Author!)

View Poll Results: Do you read while under the weather?
Yes	23	50.00%
No	4	8.70%
Sometimes, depends on how sick I am	16	34.78%
I never read to begin with.	0	0%
Zombie squirrels stole my textbook!	3	6.52%
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05-08-2008, 04:16 PM	#29
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	I think that's it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum. Thank you! This led to this very useful page, which makes me wish "Contra principia negantem disputari non potest" would fit as a user tile. Alas, my signature is otherwise engaged. Whoops, further reading found exactly what I was after, recognized as soon as I saw it: "cum hoc ergo propter hoc", or "correlation does not imply causation". The increase in squirrel population and lack of visible cats does not mean the squirrels ate the cats. Wait, wait! Edit number 5 on the post. What I was really after was: Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Last edited by Taylor514ce; 05-08-2008 at 04:24 PM.

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05-08-2008, 08:54 AM	#18
Laine Addict Posts: 341 Karma: 1162396 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cabramatta, Sydney, Australia Device: Aura H2O, Voyage	When I broke a toe (the same one twice in 3 months) I got lots of reading done. But if being sick involves a headache I get out my mp3 player (I have several), put in the more comfy earphones and pick one of my favourite J. D. Robb audiobooks. Then it doesn't matter if I fall asleep. I have more ebooks but I also have a LOT of audiobooks too. (Including the 46 cd set of Lord Of The Rings - (yes a legal copy), and all 7 Harry Potters (also legal). Literature is my major vice. Who needs alcohol or drugs where there are books?

05-08-2008, 10:38 AM	#21
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	What's the Latin phrase for that type of argument? Ipso Reducto... something something? I was at a corporate training resort campus place recently, known both for its native squirrel population (I kid you not), and the feral cats. Someone remarked that with a recent change of ownership of the facility, the squirrel population went up, BECAUSE they had removed the cats. I doubted that, and suggested that in fact there were more squirrels BECAUSE the squirrels had eaten the cats... Oh, my itchiing brain! What type of argument is that, flipping the causation around backwards?

05-08-2008, 11:55 AM	#24
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	The question was too tough for me , so I went with the squirrels . What does it mean " to be sick ? " .. Do the world a favour , for every p-book you read , plant a shrub , and a tree for every h-back

05-08-2008, 02:13 PM	#27
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	defined in those terms, there's clearly been an outbreak of something around here. i would say it has already reached epidemic proportions.

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