What are you guilty of?
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The kicking cats thread got me thinking. . . What am I guilty of? I can think of one case that causes me guilt in this vein. A mockingbird kept showing up at our place at dawn singing and singing. Now I'm not a morning person so after being woken up for a few days in a row and being forced to get up, I decided to do something about it. I walked outside and started throwing rocks.. all under the assumption that I wouldn't be able to hit the thing anyway. So what does this guy do... flies up to another branch, while still singing and continues to sing and... mock me. Well, I chased it out of that tree and then to another tree... and this time took a good aim.. and wammo! Didn't hit the mockingbird. I hit a sleeping crow. Watched it fall to the ground with a thud. Felt bad for a good week. Although the mockingbird did wait a couple of weeks before returning. But he came back, and I just had to adjust my schedule til he lost interest. So what are you guilty of?
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
So what are you guilty of?
- two bad marriages, that I participated in. 2) I have hunted a deer, and killed it, though I was aiming to scare it away after I couldn't kill it. One of the great ironies. 3) I have hunted a man. A rapist prowling the apartment complex where I had my first real job (gardener, pool boy, maintenance man, etc.). Unlike the deer, I did not catch him. I followed him right into the arms of the police, I watched as they took him away, and quietly retreated unseen. 4) I have written code without a good design.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
So what are you guilty of?
- two bad marriages, that I participated in. 2) I have hunted a deer, and killed it, though I was aiming to scare it away after I couldn't kill it. One of the great ironies. 3) I have hunted a man. A rapist prowling the apartment complex where I had my first real job (gardener, pool boy, maintenance man, etc.). Unlike the deer, I did not catch him. I followed him right into the arms of the police, I watched as they took him away, and quietly retreated unseen. 4) I have written code without a good design.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
- I have hunted a deer, and killed it, though I was aiming to scare it away after I couldn't kill it. One of the great ironies.
When I was 15 I tried shooting bats with a 22. Just can't hit them, and a hawk (I know, detestable, but I was young) and you can't hit them either. I did however succeed at shooting both a dove and a rabbit. Both of which I personally cleaned and ate. They tasted good. But I did feel a little guilty about eating the bird of peace.
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
- I have hunted a man. A rapist prowling the apartment complex where I had my first real job (gardener, pool boy, maintenance man, etc.). Unlike the deer, I did not catch him. I followed him right into the arms of the police, I watched as they took him away, and quietly retreated unseen.
Well, at least he was caught. That's good news.
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
- I have written code without a good design.
Ouch... same here... I think that there could be about 3,469,091 me toos on that one.
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
- I have hunted a deer, and killed it, though I was aiming to scare it away after I couldn't kill it. One of the great ironies.
When I was 15 I tried shooting bats with a 22. Just can't hit them, and a hawk (I know, detestable, but I was young) and you can't hit them either. I did however succeed at shooting both a dove and a rabbit. Both of which I personally cleaned and ate. They tasted good. But I did feel a little guilty about eating the bird of peace.
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
- I have hunted a man. A rapist prowling the apartment complex where I had my first real job (gardener, pool boy, maintenance man, etc.). Unlike the deer, I did not catch him. I followed him right into the arms of the police, I watched as they took him away, and quietly retreated unseen.
Well, at least he was caught. That's good news.
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
- I have written code without a good design.
Ouch... same here... I think that there could be about 3,469,091 me toos on that one.
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
3,469,091
Someone deleted their account after I pasted this number in from up above.. :laugh:
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
3,469,091
Someone deleted their account after I pasted this number in from up above.. :laugh:
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
Someone deleted their account after I pasted this number in from up above..
MAJOR guilt!! :laugh:
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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leckey wrote:
We used to have a mourning dove in our yard that kept me awake in the morning. Finally bought a sound machine to drown it out.
Yeah, I should have gotten more creative.. Actually, I still feel guilty about it.. eh. Oh well.
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
- I have hunted a deer, and killed it, though I was aiming to scare it away after I couldn't kill it. One of the great ironies.
When I was 15 I tried shooting bats with a 22. Just can't hit them, and a hawk (I know, detestable, but I was young) and you can't hit them either. I did however succeed at shooting both a dove and a rabbit. Both of which I personally cleaned and ate. They tasted good. But I did feel a little guilty about eating the bird of peace.
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
- I have hunted a man. A rapist prowling the apartment complex where I had my first real job (gardener, pool boy, maintenance man, etc.). Unlike the deer, I did not catch him. I followed him right into the arms of the police, I watched as they took him away, and quietly retreated unseen.
Well, at least he was caught. That's good news.
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
- I have written code without a good design.
Ouch... same here... I think that there could be about 3,469,091 me toos on that one.
This statement is false.
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
So what are you guilty of?
- two bad marriages, that I participated in. 2) I have hunted a deer, and killed it, though I was aiming to scare it away after I couldn't kill it. One of the great ironies. 3) I have hunted a man. A rapist prowling the apartment complex where I had my first real job (gardener, pool boy, maintenance man, etc.). Unlike the deer, I did not catch him. I followed him right into the arms of the police, I watched as they took him away, and quietly retreated unseen. 4) I have written code without a good design.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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The kicking cats thread got me thinking. . . What am I guilty of? I can think of one case that causes me guilt in this vein. A mockingbird kept showing up at our place at dawn singing and singing. Now I'm not a morning person so after being woken up for a few days in a row and being forced to get up, I decided to do something about it. I walked outside and started throwing rocks.. all under the assumption that I wouldn't be able to hit the thing anyway. So what does this guy do... flies up to another branch, while still singing and continues to sing and... mock me. Well, I chased it out of that tree and then to another tree... and this time took a good aim.. and wammo! Didn't hit the mockingbird. I hit a sleeping crow. Watched it fall to the ground with a thud. Felt bad for a good week. Although the mockingbird did wait a couple of weeks before returning. But he came back, and I just had to adjust my schedule til he lost interest. So what are you guilty of?
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I laughed and spit all over my monitor when I read this. Not because I am into harming animals probably the opposite without being an ARA (animal rights activist). It was sad but hilarious. I would have fallen over on the ground if that had happened to me. What are the odds? OMG, that was a good laugh. Reminds me of teaching my 6 year old to skip rocks. I wasn't paying attention and one wild throw later I got hit pretty solidly in the stomach with a rock that never had a chance of being a "skipper". His aim is getting better but I'm standing back farther. Being behind him still isn't a guarantee...
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
- two bad marriages, that I participated in.
The ones you didn't participate in were better? ;P
The evolution of the human genome is too important to be left to chance.
Tim Craig wrote:
The ones you didn't participate in were better?
:doh:;P
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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The kicking cats thread got me thinking. . . What am I guilty of? I can think of one case that causes me guilt in this vein. A mockingbird kept showing up at our place at dawn singing and singing. Now I'm not a morning person so after being woken up for a few days in a row and being forced to get up, I decided to do something about it. I walked outside and started throwing rocks.. all under the assumption that I wouldn't be able to hit the thing anyway. So what does this guy do... flies up to another branch, while still singing and continues to sing and... mock me. Well, I chased it out of that tree and then to another tree... and this time took a good aim.. and wammo! Didn't hit the mockingbird. I hit a sleeping crow. Watched it fall to the ground with a thud. Felt bad for a good week. Although the mockingbird did wait a couple of weeks before returning. But he came back, and I just had to adjust my schedule til he lost interest. So what are you guilty of?
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
So what are you guilty of?
I'm guilty of being an asshole at times. Huge shock, I know. :laugh:
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Actually you'd probably get the open door. Considering your ethnicity. Now hair gel, that would be a different thing altogether.
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
Considering your ethnicity
With a portuguese Mum :rolleyes: - at least she's not Basque
Chris S Kaiser wrote:
Now hair gel, that would be a different thing altogether.
Well for the moment I have no hair at all so that solves that problem :cool:
Sig cops got me...
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I laughed and spit all over my monitor when I read this. Not because I am into harming animals probably the opposite without being an ARA (animal rights activist). It was sad but hilarious. I would have fallen over on the ground if that had happened to me. What are the odds? OMG, that was a good laugh. Reminds me of teaching my 6 year old to skip rocks. I wasn't paying attention and one wild throw later I got hit pretty solidly in the stomach with a rock that never had a chance of being a "skipper". His aim is getting better but I'm standing back farther. Being behind him still isn't a guarantee...
code-frog wrote:
I wasn't paying attention and one wild throw later I got hit pretty solidly in the stomach with a rock that never had a chance of being a "skipper".
Reminds me of a lesson I learned the hard way as a kid. Never, ever, ever, ever stand too close behind a kid much shorter than you that's swinging the bat while playing baseball. :^)
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
So what are you guilty of?
- two bad marriages, that I participated in. 2) I have hunted a deer, and killed it, though I was aiming to scare it away after I couldn't kill it. One of the great ironies. 3) I have hunted a man. A rapist prowling the apartment complex where I had my first real job (gardener, pool boy, maintenance man, etc.). Unlike the deer, I did not catch him. I followed him right into the arms of the police, I watched as they took him away, and quietly retreated unseen. 4) I have written code without a good design.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
I have hunted a man. A rapist prowling the apartment complex where I had my first real job
Good for you.
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
So what are you guilty of?
I'm guilty of being an asshole at times. Huge shock, I know. :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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The kicking cats thread got me thinking. . . What am I guilty of? I can think of one case that causes me guilt in this vein. A mockingbird kept showing up at our place at dawn singing and singing. Now I'm not a morning person so after being woken up for a few days in a row and being forced to get up, I decided to do something about it. I walked outside and started throwing rocks.. all under the assumption that I wouldn't be able to hit the thing anyway. So what does this guy do... flies up to another branch, while still singing and continues to sing and... mock me. Well, I chased it out of that tree and then to another tree... and this time took a good aim.. and wammo! Didn't hit the mockingbird. I hit a sleeping crow. Watched it fall to the ground with a thud. Felt bad for a good week. Although the mockingbird did wait a couple of weeks before returning. But he came back, and I just had to adjust my schedule til he lost interest. So what are you guilty of?
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I'm guilty of not beating the shit out of people who clearly deserve it.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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The kicking cats thread got me thinking. . . What am I guilty of? I can think of one case that causes me guilt in this vein. A mockingbird kept showing up at our place at dawn singing and singing. Now I'm not a morning person so after being woken up for a few days in a row and being forced to get up, I decided to do something about it. I walked outside and started throwing rocks.. all under the assumption that I wouldn't be able to hit the thing anyway. So what does this guy do... flies up to another branch, while still singing and continues to sing and... mock me. Well, I chased it out of that tree and then to another tree... and this time took a good aim.. and wammo! Didn't hit the mockingbird. I hit a sleeping crow. Watched it fall to the ground with a thud. Felt bad for a good week. Although the mockingbird did wait a couple of weeks before returning. But he came back, and I just had to adjust my schedule til he lost interest. So what are you guilty of?
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Put out a bird feeder for finches next year or a winter mix for cardinals. Their songs aren't annoying and you can find redemption. :badger:
My wife and I were talking about doing that. Of course I hadn't thought of the redemption part, we just have a lot of birds around. Although now I doubt I'd wake up to em' our brick house keeps out a lot of noise, not the garbage trucks, but a lot of noise.
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Chris S Kaiser wrote:
Considering your ethnicity
With a portuguese Mum :rolleyes: - at least she's not Basque
Chris S Kaiser wrote:
Now hair gel, that would be a different thing altogether.
Well for the moment I have no hair at all so that solves that problem :cool:
Sig cops got me...
:laugh:
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Now that sounds tasty. I enjoy grouse too for that matter, nothing like thinking yer eating beef to find out the thing flew.
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I laughed and spit all over my monitor when I read this. Not because I am into harming animals probably the opposite without being an ARA (animal rights activist). It was sad but hilarious. I would have fallen over on the ground if that had happened to me. What are the odds? OMG, that was a good laugh. Reminds me of teaching my 6 year old to skip rocks. I wasn't paying attention and one wild throw later I got hit pretty solidly in the stomach with a rock that never had a chance of being a "skipper". His aim is getting better but I'm standing back farther. Being behind him still isn't a guarantee...
code-frog wrote:
Reminds me of teaching my 6 year old to skip rocks. I wasn't paying attention and one wild throw later I got hit pretty solidly in the stomach with a rock that never had a chance of being a "skipper". His aim is getting better but I'm standing back farther. Being behind him still isn't a guarantee...
I was 8 when I was standing behind home plate playing baseball in the street when the batter on his back swing whacked me on the forehead. Fatty lump.
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