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mimus wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:50:00 -0400, mixed nuts wrote:
>
>>mimus wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:02:38 -0400, mixed nuts wrote:
>>>
>>>>dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:51:14 -0400, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:25:39 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:31:24 -0400, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:04:35 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>im wearing underwear with stewie (speeling!) from "The Family
>>>>>>>>>Guy" cartoon.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>and thats it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Wa'm over that way?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>yes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>it ~is~ warm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I wish I'd saved some-a that cold from last January-to-March . . . .
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Isn't there some way to stash some-a this heat for next Winter?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I can't save and burn my grass-clippings 'cause I leave them in the
>>>>>>yard for my worms (food and cover).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You know how it is.
>>>>>
>>>>>i bet if we had an enormous thermos bottle we could do it...
>>>>
>>>>We could migrate between a Fortress of (foo) in the northern
>>>>hemisphere and a Fortress of (bar) in the southern hemisphere as
>>>>climatic desires strike.
>>>
>>>What about the Utopia of Foobar, where it's 70 F every day and 50-55 F
>>>every night, with a thunderstorm every afternoon clearing by dusk?
>>>
>>>Harps . . . I hear harps . . . .
>>>
>>>No . . . wait . . . accordions?
>>
>>Fortresses are better than Utopias. Kicka people live in fortresses.
>> Wimpy people live in utopias. That's all there is to say.
>
> Didn't you read the much- mourned- by- the- "Humanists" Bishop Sir Thomas
> More's _Utopia_? Christians were to be citizens, Jews second-class
> citizens, Moslems slaves, and atheists could be robbed or murdered with
> impunity . . . .
>
> Sounds nice, doesn't it?
>
The term 'fortress' is more appropriate as it implies nothing that
would mislead anyone into believing they or anyone else is going to be
in happy circumstance. In fact, the term implies that unanointed bozos
are going to get bopped.
--
nuts
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:50:00 -0400, mixed nuts wrote:
>
>>mimus wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:02:38 -0400, mixed nuts wrote:
>>>
>>>>dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:51:14 -0400, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:25:39 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:31:24 -0400, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:04:35 -0400, dave hillstrom wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>im wearing underwear with stewie (speeling!) from "The Family
>>>>>>>>>Guy" cartoon.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>and thats it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Wa'm over that way?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>yes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>it ~is~ warm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I wish I'd saved some-a that cold from last January-to-March . . . .
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Isn't there some way to stash some-a this heat for next Winter?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I can't save and burn my grass-clippings 'cause I leave them in the
>>>>>>yard for my worms (food and cover).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You know how it is.
>>>>>
>>>>>i bet if we had an enormous thermos bottle we could do it...
>>>>
>>>>We could migrate between a Fortress of (foo) in the northern
>>>>hemisphere and a Fortress of (bar) in the southern hemisphere as
>>>>climatic desires strike.
>>>
>>>What about the Utopia of Foobar, where it's 70 F every day and 50-55 F
>>>every night, with a thunderstorm every afternoon clearing by dusk?
>>>
>>>Harps . . . I hear harps . . . .
>>>
>>>No . . . wait . . . accordions?
>>
>>Fortresses are better than Utopias. Kicka people live in fortresses.
>> Wimpy people live in utopias. That's all there is to say.
>
> Didn't you read the much- mourned- by- the- "Humanists" Bishop Sir Thomas
> More's _Utopia_? Christians were to be citizens, Jews second-class
> citizens, Moslems slaves, and atheists could be robbed or murdered with
> impunity . . . .
>
> Sounds nice, doesn't it?
>
The term 'fortress' is more appropriate as it implies nothing that
would mislead anyone into believing they or anyone else is going to be
in happy circumstance. In fact, the term implies that unanointed bozos
are going to get bopped.
--
nuts