first post of paranoia

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:58 pm

That's Bert in a nutshell.

kalle · Post by **kalle** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:10 pm

Come out of the nutshell Bert. Its not healthy to live so. Stop trying to fool yourself Bert.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:51 pm

Anybody else suddenly get reminded of a squrrel?

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:53 pm

Has anyone heard from our resident squirrel lately?

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:02 pm

Check the thread of the fallen.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:08 pm

"If you were a squirrel, would you mind if bust a nut in your hole?"

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:12 pm

You aren't doing anything with my hole.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:13 pm

Wasn't planning to.
Don't even desire to.

Just remembering a t-shirt I saw once.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:16 pm

We had this one where I grew up. "Better dead than red."

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:17 pm

"Kill a Commie for Mommy"

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:17 pm

Ron Caliburn wrote:We had this one where I grew up. "Better red than dead."

I think you got that backwards, because this is actually true!

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:20 pm

Kolya wrote:"Kill a Commie for Mommy"

That one too.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:20 pm

Kolya wrote:
Ron Caliburn wrote:We had this one where I grew up. "Better dead than red."
I think you got that backwards, because this is actually true!

Fixed it.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:26 pm

Ron Caliburn wrote:
Kolya wrote:
Ron Caliburn wrote:We had this one where I grew up. "Better dead than red."
I think you got that backwards, because this is actually true!

Fixed it.

I'd rather be red than dead, I have to admit.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:40 pm

Yeah, didn't go like that where I grew up.

KonThaak · Post by **KonThaak** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:31 am

Marx: Hey! I've got a great idea! We'll all throw down the pigs at the top, instate a temporary government, and we'll all live as equals!

Society: YAY! ...except you ignored our old lower class, and put people into power who won't give it up. DAMN YOU, MARX!!!

Everyone all the world over: Shit, communism must be a bad thing!

Max Weber: Actually, the idea was good. He just screwed up a few things. Here, I fixed it!

World: WE DON'T WANNA HEAR IT! STFU and GTFO!

DroopyDawg · Post by **DroopyDawg** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:31 am

Communism is not a bad idea at all. In fact it is a wonderful way for a small group to work. The problem is that it doesn’t readily take in to account for the human ego. So when the group gets large enough then the largest ego usually winds up at the top of the heap, and the government shifts toward a more cumbersome form of government than a commune.

Heck, America even proves that Democracy has issues when the group gets too big.

We may have to come up with a different governmental structure to survive in the future.

Makes you wonder, if there are entities out there with the goal of ensuring mankind fails to come together.

Droopy

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:12 am

Communism might work on a large scale; how would we know? It's never been tried on a large scale.

Although I suspect it won't for the reasons Droopy mentioned.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:13 am

Ron Caliburn wrote:Yeah, didn't go like that where I grew up.

A lot of things didn't go, it seems.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:48 pm

Many, many things.

It's weird, but for the first time, I'm actualyl starting to look forward to Christmas.

Ei's been after me not to patroll on Christmas Eve, and it's tempting . . . but I wouldn't feel right.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:53 pm

Interesting that Comet Tuttle will be it's Brightest on Christmas Eve; here I was hoping that 5 January 2008 was going to be boring...

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:58 pm

So much for that, huh?

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:11 pm

That's alright. Nothing's scheduled in the sky on the 6th that I'm aware of. So if I weren't an athiest I could still celebrate Christmas just fine I guess.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:23 pm

Keep looking up.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:08 pm

I look down from time to time, too.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:11 pm

Minefields.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:13 pm

Yes that's correct.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:20 pm

Fortunately I mostly have to worry about dog doo

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:23 pm

No pets.

But sometimes people try to kill me with bombs and tripwires.

Bert_the_Turtle · Post by **Bert_the_Turtle** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:27 pm

Not me, not intentionally anyway