>I don't know if it is as true today, but there was a time when the Irish spoke just for the pleasure of it to see who was the most proficient orator.

Also called being drunk a lot <g>

I think there is a certain kind of mind that must operate at a minimum speed - much as a shark must swim - and can get bored very easily. Then it automatically seeks survival by creating stimulation in the outside world which isn't 100% real. When I went through it we didn't have computers - but we had adrenaline and a wide variety of pharmaceuticals. And we had what all youth has - the certainty that every discovery is a first, and every experience beyond the comprehension of those who have gone before. <s>

But I was so much older then ... I'm younger than that now




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>>Reading your posts often makes me very glad there was no internet when I was your age <bg> Most of my rather eccentric growing up process and my often odd outbursts happened without as much opportunity for wide distribution. The Family Guy reference puts it all in a litte more context ( God I love that show )
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>>But you will admit, there are people who do not love all of God's creatures unreservedly. Those people should be killed. Along with all extremists.
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>>(looking at our two pictures up there is also scaring me ... )
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>>I assume you are familiar with this but for anyone who isn't
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
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>>>>The judgmental tone and slam at those who choose not to go along with one's specific gesture don't do much to attract volunteers, either.
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>>>I thought the tone was very "Family Guyish"
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>>>"Hey, come donate to charity or you're a dick!"
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>>>Ah, well.