A Thing of Eternity wrote:I think we were joking. Hence the
I understood it as a half serious rebuke with the wink aimed at showing me you aren't angry.
AToE, what are the wrong reasons to join an army anyway?
I like Joker's reasons personally(Full Metal Jacket).
Don't worry about it. I just know some people who... haven't gained any respect from me because of why they joined up. Let's just say that an example of a right reason would be because it's something you believe in.
Like a mercenary?
Then again, I'm not pumping fuel 'cause I believe it to be my God given destiny.
1. I don't like cars and the crazy drivers here even less.
2. Buying all that fuel fuels terrorism and gives some camel-bangers a political and economical hammer to wack the few better peoples of the world with.
3. Also that contaminating, global-warming thingy. But hey, if God wanted them trees to live he wouldn't have invented fire and saws, right?
In memory of Perach, who suffered and died needlessly.
I wish I could have been with you that one last time.
A Thing of Eternity wrote:I think we were joking. Hence the
I understood it as a half serious rebuke with the wink aimed at showing me you aren't angry.:
Nope, I was purely joking.
orald wrote:
AToE, what are the wrong reasons to join an army anyway?
I like Joker's reasons personally(Full Metal Jacket).
Don't worry about it. I just know some people who... haven't gained any respect from me because of why they joined up. Let's just say that an example of a right reason would be because it's something you believe in.
Like a mercenary?
Are you saying a merc is has a "right" reason or a "wrong" reason? Not really clear which side of the equation that comment was aimed at.
I didn't realise you worked in a petrol station, Orald. Nearly all the stations in the UK are self-service, we have to get out of our cars to fill up. Oh, and there's a strike by delivery drivers at the moment in the UK so petrol stations are starting to run out of fuel already.
"You and your buddies and that b*tch Mandy are nothing but a gang of lying, socially maladjusted losers." - St Hypatia of Arrakeen.
A Thing of Eternity wrote:Are you saying a merc is has a "right" reason or a "wrong" reason? Not really clear which side of the equation that comment was aimed at.
I was asking you the same. I don't have a problem with being paid to(possiblly) kill people.
One could argue that patriotic reasons are "better", but that also depends on each case.
CL wrote:I didn't realise you worked in a petrol station, Orald.
Started about a week and a half ago.
Phaedrus wrote:It's still incredibly stupid to say that all cops are evil and bad.
Well, some murders are justified, so I guess if some murderers(and not even talking about self defence here) aren't "evil and bad" then you might be right, but I'll have to see a good cop before I believe they exist.
In memory of Perach, who suffered and died needlessly.
I wish I could have been with you that one last time.
In the beginning God covered the earth with broccoli,
> cauliflower and spinach, with green, yellow and red
> vegetables of all kinds so Man and Woman would live long
> and healthy lives.
>
> Then using God's bountiful gifts, Satan created Dairy
> Ice Cream and Magnums. And Satan said, 'You want hot
> fudge with that? And Man said, 'Yes!' And Woman
> said, 'I'll have one too with chocolate chips'.
> And lo they gained 10 pounds.
>
> And God created the healthy yoghurt that woman might keep
> the figure that man found so fair.
>
> And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat and
> sugar from the cane and combined them. And Woman went from
> size 12 to size 14.
>
> So God said, 'Try my fresh green salad'. And Satan
> presented Blue Cheese dressing and garlic croutons on the
> side. And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following
> the repast.
>
> God then said 'I have sent you healthy vegetables and
> olive oil in which to cook them'.
>
> And Satan brought forth deep fried coconut king prawns,
> butter-dipped lobster chunks and chicken fried steak, so
> big it needed its own platter, and Man's cholesterol
> went through the roof.
>
> Then God brought forth the potato; naturally low in fat and
> brimming with potassium and good nutrition.
>
> Then Satan peeled off the healthy skin and sliced the
> starchy centre into chips and deep-fried them in animal
> fats adding copious quantities of salt. And Man put on more
> pounds. God then brought forth running shoes so that his
> Children might lose those extra pounds.
>
> And Satan came forth with a cable TV with remote control so
> Man would not have to toil changing the channels. And Man
> and Woman laughed and cried before the flickering light and
> started wearing stretch jogging suits.
>
> Then God gave lean beef so that Man might consume fewer
> calories and still satisfy his appetite.
>
> And Satan created McDonalds and the 99p double
> cheeseburger. Then Satan said 'You want fries with
> that?' and Man replied, 'Yes, and super size
> 'em'. And Satan said, 'It is good.' And Man
> and Woman went into cardiac arrest.
>
> God sighed ......... and created quadruple by-pass surgery.
>
> And then ............ Satan chuckled and created the
> National Health Service.
>
> THE FINAL WORD ON NUTRITION
>
> After an exhaustive review of the research literature,
> here's the final word on nutrition and health.:
>
> 1. Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart
> attacks than us.
> 2. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks
> than us.
> 3. Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer
> heart attacks than us.
> 4. Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer
> fewer heart attacks than us.
> 5. Germans drink beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and
> suffer fewer heart attacks than us.
> 6. The French eat foie-gras, full fat cheese and drink red
> wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us
>
> CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English
> is apparently what kills you.
Yea, but if you just pick up once a day for lunch, it's not that bad.
With all my standing, running around(not to mention bloody Everest hiking to and fro my home) I'm surprised I haven't burned myself down to a skeleton. I'm sure I'm shaping up every day.
Or was it "breaking up and coming a little closer to dying"?
In memory of Perach, who suffered and died needlessly.
I wish I could have been with you that one last time.
Speaking of fast food, I just had a quarter pounder with cheese from Mickey D's, and it was fantastic. I haven't had fast food in a while, so maybe that's why.
You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.
The only fast food I regularly eat is burritos, but when I do get burgers I like Wendy's .99 menu. Most of their menu items are a heart attack waiting to happen, but the 99 cent stuff is small enough to not kill you.