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| Well, congrats to some. What were you thinking to others. Nobody got them all. Some made quite creative guesses. Here are the real answers:
1. This is the ending of Smuel Beckett's play, "Waiting for Godot". It is one of the first absurdist plays and quite influeincial. After this dialog the stage direction reads- they do not move.
2. This, of course is from the groundbreaking movie, "The day the earth stood still". All those who failed to answer this must deduct 10 points from their nerd quotient.
3. From the song over the ending credits on Red Dwarf. Whicn, should you inconceivably not know, a British Science fiction show with a considerable cult following.
4. The inimitable Earnest T. Bass of Andy Griffith fame. Said to Mrs. Wiley who ran the charm class he attended.
5. Firesign Theater. This is frome their album, "Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand me the Pliars"
6. They Might Be Giants, from the song, "Everybody wants a Rock".
7. Mister Lister Sir, from Red Dwarf.
8. Waiting for the Electrician or Someone like Him, by Firesign Theater. I just could not resist because of the tie in with Wiating for Godot.
9. Veggie Tales, more specifically, the three salesmen during the StuffMart rap on Mrs. Blueberry.
10. Madmartigan in "Willow" by the way this is a great line to use for your minions.
11. Too easy, it is Bilbo in "The Hobbit" He sings it to the spiders trying to encircle him..
12. I cannot believe nobody got this, another 10 points from your nerd rating. This is the line Dr. Who uses throughout the 7th doctor .i.e. Tom. I just cannot bring myself to degrade you further with more details.
Thanks for your answers. I think I may try another soonish. Too bad more people did not try to answer this one. I guess that posting every 6 months cuts down on my blogs' readership.
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| This is a competition to see who can identify most of this eclectic collection of semi-obscure quotations. Points will be given for correct identification as well as depth of response. Points for creativity are possible.
1) V: Well, shall we go?
E: Yes, let's go.
2) Gort, Klaatu barada nikto.
3) Goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes.
4) Who are you callin a creachter?
5) Shoes for Industry, Shoes for the Dead!
6) Everybody wants prosthetic foreheads on their real heads.
7) Its like trying to find a fart in a jacuzzi.
8) It's time to play - beat the reaper.
9) A nose ring for your poodle.
10) Mumbo, Jumbo, I am hungry.
11) Lazy Lob and crazy cob are weaving webs to wind me
I am far more sweet than other meat, but still they cannot find me.
12) Care for a jelly baby?
I tried to make these all reasonable. Have fun with it. Challenge others who think they may know five things. If these turn out to be too easy I can come up with darker, more kabalic quotations.
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| Some ways to make the world cup interesting:
1. Just put Brazil in the final. That way we won't have to watch as referees throw games to ensure they win.
2. Make 4' the maximum height for goalies. This would favor the attackers and give small people more job options.
3. Give each fan a red and yellow card. Then let them vote with each potential penalty.
4. When Italians and the like dive make them wear a silly costume the rest of the game.
5. Tear away jerseys.
6. Appoint an evaluation team of a doctor, a movie director, and a professional wrestler. At each supposed injury they would decide if the writhing on the ground was warranted. If not the player would have to wear a dress the rest of the game. If he is caught twice he would have to wear high heels also and it would continue to the next game.
7. If the score is 0 to 0 release dogs on the field. One dog for each 5 minutes without a goal.
8. Use instant replay - not to decide the game, but to decide what punishment the referee deserves.
9. Eliminate all french and italians.
10. Give the fans near the goal water baloons to throw.
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| In my neverending quest to communicate or excommunicate withthe world I am posting again. I think I will try to post more frequently if only to have the pretense that the ramblings of my mind are of some slight interest to some other beings.
In contrast to my last post I want to talk about a book I recently read and love. In fact I am re-reading it to let the impact deepen. That is a fairly rare action for me to take. The book is Desiring God's Will by David Benner. I usually consider a book good if it has one or two permanent ideas. That is to say ideas that permanently effect change in my thinking or feeling or believing self. This book has so many revolutionary ways of talking about things that I lost count. If you are at all serious about your relationship with Jesus this is a must read. The basic premise is that we spend a great deal of time worrying about what God's will is for the ´big´decisions but almost none in everyday life. Moreover that God desires that our will be so conformed to His that discerning His will is not some religous rite but rather a way of life. He wants our desires to become His at such a depth that we may not see them as two different things.
Another area that this book explores is willfullness. It rightly points out the dangers of the glorification of strong willpower. Yet those of strong will are the current heroes of the american church. We love the self-made pastors. Those who have raised a mighty work seemingly on the back of their giftings and abilities.
I will not go further into the book except to say that Dr. Benner's first insight into the Lord's prayer really blew me away. He points out that which I had paid no mind: that the prayer starts with our Father. It is not a prayer that can be made from an isolationist position. I must go to the Father carrying all my brothers with me. No 'My Father who art in heaven'. It is only in the ourness of the body of Christ that we truly approach the will of God, the desires of His heart.
Also exciting is the idea of participating in the cross of Christ. Not as some self-flagellistic attempt at superiority but as a true following of the path of Jesus. We say we are His disciples yet shy away from being like Him in the ways that cost.
To sum it up - read this book!
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| I just finished
re-reading John Maxwell’s book 22 irrefuteable keys to leadership. I
had read it a few years back and dismissed it but thought I would give
it another shot. It is amazing. Out of the 22 keys I can only see a
couple that you could say Jesus used. He just refused to lead the
same way as the world does. In a sense Mr. Maxwell’s principles are
correct. That is if you accept his idea of what effective leadership
is. I think that he would say that the more people you influence the
better leader you are. He additionally has the concept of depth of
influence. Thus someone who influenced 300 people deeply could
conceiveably be a better leader than someone who influenced 10,000
people marginally. That makes God a pretty poor leader. Maxwell would
probably give him a 2 or three. His direct influence is over a
relatively small group of people and of those and even smaller group
are influenced deeply.
Another silly idea that Mr.
Leadership has is that you can judge the effectiveness of someone by
his success and his leadership. How presumptious to think we are
capable of judging such things. Only God can say what effect we will
have. Even in retrospect our vision of what caused what is far from
perfect and the biggest changes often have sources that are hard to
identify.
What is most troubling is the
attitude that what God is looking for is more leaders of this type. At
one point Maxwell says with true pity that there are a few people who
just never will get it and are doomed to be nothing more than
followers. How sad that they will never rise up to be the secure,
important leaders they could be if they would only get it. How can a
supposedly Christian book on leadership have this perspective? Read the
New Testament and tell me which quality is exalted: Leadership or
Followership, Obedience or daring independent action? The answer is
clear. And the answer to why this type of book is popular with
Chrisians (especially great leader wannabes) is that the church has
left the historical Jesus far behind. He has been replaced with a much
more comfortable motivational leader. The new jesus urges us to
accomplish all we can – the old one to submit and obey and die. Which
one is more appealling? If they were both God I would swiftly choose
the easy jesus. That is just the problem. One is God and the other is a
cruel self-delusion.
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