Tyger's New Ryan Ross Bonnet

[tyger]

Uh.......Ryan, I think that we are being insulted.


ed·i·fi·ca·tion
   [ed-uh-fi-key-shuhn]

noun
1. an act of edifying.
2. the state of being edified; uplift.
3. moral improvement or guidance.

OK, glad to help out. Keep it between the ditches, man.

[LitTrog]

Is this just punishment for intruding?

[Ryan Ross]

Nope. Just me being sloppy with my words. I was referring to the addiction that some develop to extrinsic motivation. Help me with my vocabulary, please!

Do you carry that shovel with you everywhere?

[tyger]

Of course. Where moth and rust doth corrupt, perhaps our words may yet live on.

I like that very much. You too are a poet, and philosopher.

Does this work too:

Whereas moth and rust doth corrupt, perhaps our words may yet live on.

[Ryan Ross]

I like that very much. You too are a poet, and philosopher.

Does this work too:

Whereas moth and rust doth corrupt, perhaps our words may yet live on.

It works perfectly well, I believe, though it changes my original meaning, however slightly.

I was aiming for:

[In that place] where moth and rust doth corrupt, perhaps our words may [continue to survive].

[tyger]

It works perfectly well, I believe, though it changes my original meaning, however slightly.

I was aiming for:

[In that place] where moth and rust doth corrupt, perhaps our words may [continue to survive].

Very good, I see. Of course, you make perfect sense. I do love it.

I was thinking more in the ephemeral; a process rather than place. I should think either is acceptable; however, yours is moreso as it is your origin and intent. Let me apologize for.....intruding.

[Nick the DSM]

In 300 years scientists will recover a RR bonnet from an old burial ground in Georgia...

[Ryan Ross]

Very good, I see. Of course, you make perfect sense. I do love it.

I was thinking more in the ephemeral; a process rather than place. I should think either is acceptable; however, yours is moreso as it is your origin and intent. Let me apologize for.....intruding.

Not at all, sir! In fact, I was hoping to maintain the possibility for a double meaning, there... possible truth in temporal, as well as ephemeral terms.

Fear not, for it would seem that we have been on the same page, all along.

In 300 years scientists will recover a RR bonnet from an old burial ground in Georgia...

We can only hope.

...wait... Was that a threat?

[Nick the DSM]

We can only hope.

...wait... Was that a threat?

Um, no...just saving how long your work will survive...

Just beware of people carrying shovels.

[sydnie7]

Nope. Just me being sloppy with my words. I was referring to the addiction that some develop to extrinsic motivation. Help me with my vocabulary, please!

I've had it pointed out that I am "not socially dependent." Nice way of saying that I generally don't give a furry rodent's behind for the opinion of others when it comes to my own behavior / way of thinking / etc.

As for the fishing poetry. . . big fan of Randy Wayne White, here. Prose but often poetical, in both his fiction and non-fictional works. Can be hysterically funny as well, sometimes all in the same phrase!