Your Father Would Like a Word With You

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Richard Lawson

01/10/09 01:15PM

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[A member of Berlin's ice swimming club der Berliner Seehunde (Berlin Seals) enjoys a dip today; image via Getty]

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Iceland Spar Richard Lawson 01/10/09 02:31PM

Crazy Commenter Continues to Wait for Commies

Uncle_Billy_Slumming Iceland Spar 01/10/09 10:41PM

@Iceland_Spar: Was going to say that I'm afraid of getting a commie for the same reason that Alexander sat down and cried after conquering the world: no where to go but down.

But then I read this:

"Plutarch's Moralia - On Tranquillity of Mind, 4: Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds, and his friends asking him if any accident had befallen him, he returns this answer: Do not you think it a matter worthy of lamentation, that, when there is such a vast multitude of them, we have not yet conquered one?"

Iceland Spar Uncle_Billy_Slumming 01/10/09 11:41PM

@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Oooh, that's good. And like Alexander dying young after accomplishing so much, receiving a Commie could lead directly to your execution (see, e.g., Code Pink).

Uncle_Billy_Slumming Iceland Spar 01/11/09 12:03AM

@Iceland_Spar: ..and Tinsley. The Gawker universe is even more impenetrable and chaotic than the one out there with the giant gas balls and comets.

Uncle_Billy_Slumming Iceland Spar 01/11/09 12:05AM

@Iceland_Spar: @Uncle_Billy_Slumming:

Inscrutable, damnit. Meant to say inscrutable. Can't scrute the damn thing.

Clarence Rosario Richard Lawson 01/10/09 04:12PM

I finally got the venue I wanted for my dance quintet, you know...my cycle...at Crane Jackson's Fountain Street Theatre this Tuesday night, and I'd love it if you came and gave me notes.

bjonston Clarence Rosario 01/10/09 05:50PM

@Clarence Rosario: Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, dude, at least it's an ethos.

belltolls bjonston 01/10/09 08:10PM

@Clarence Rosario: Far out.

ElSterno Richard Lawson 01/10/09 03:56PM

Sh-sh-sh-sh- Scheisse!!Mein Toga umfaßt nicht meine Tätowierung!!

My toga is not covering my tattoo.. (not sure if this is a true translation..)

i'm a bottle ElSterno 01/10/09 05:16PM

@ElSterno:

"Umfassen" usually means "encompass," it only means "cover" when you are talking about thematic content of things: e.g., "The textbook covered the entire history of the Western Roman Empire." "Bedecken" is the verb you're looking for.

Also, "Toga" is feminine.

Furthermore, as per the latest spelling reform, "Umfaßt" shouldn't be spelled with an Eszett, whereas "Scheiße" should be spelled with one.

bjonston Richard Lawson 01/10/09 05:51PM

"I just farted! Look, bubbles!"