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If you could have anything you wanted...
Topic Started: Dec 1 2005, 11:04 AM (1,284 Views)
kenny
HOLY CARP!!!
CrashTest
Dec 1 2005, 07:03 PM
. . .  the human psyche is only happy in achieving that which it does not have.

       Happiness in what you have is a misnomer.

For example, I want a cookie right now. I don't have one, so I am not happy. But when I get it, I will be.

Actually this clever little observation of the paradox we call life hit me like a ton of bricks 30 years ago:


Life is a game in which what isn't,
is more important than what is.

Let the good times roll.


- Werner Erhard
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Fizzygirl
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When I get to wishing I had this and that, I stop and look at what I already have ~ a great family, a warm house and laughter. What more do I really need? :shrug:

Although a nice flatscreen TV would be nice for the bedroom! :cool:
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose. ~ Garrison Keillor


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Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
Fizzygirl
Dec 3 2005, 04:08 PM
When I get to wishing I had this and that, I stop and look at what I already have ~ a great family, a warm house and laughter. What more do I really need? :shrug:

Although a nice flatscreen TV would be nice for the bedroom! :cool:

Great point, Fizzy, if the thread title says "if you could have anything you needed..." instead of "wanted..." ;)

I wonder if "I want to not want anything" would work. :)
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FrankM
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Like most people here, I have pretty much everything I could want. I say pretty much because, to be totally honest about it, there’s one thing I've really wanted ever since I was a kid. But, for various reasons, I never saw fit to buy it for myself. Over the years I’ve hinted as to how ecstatic I'd be to get it as a gift, whether on Christmas or maybe my birthday. But, to this day, no one has ever taken the time to really listen to me, let alone see fit to buy it for me.

And it really isn’t an extravagant thing at all. I forget what it's called but what it is is one of those rectangular things with wood along one side and some kind of material I’ve never actually identified hanging down the other side. It has some sort of contraption attached and should never be wetted, although an occasional coating with oil is okay. It makes a funny sound and looks especially good against a green background.

I’ve dreamt of this same gift virtually every night of my life since I first saw one so many years ago. Maybe someday my dream will come true and someone will finally get one of those things for me that I just described. Until then, I’ll continue to content myself with good health, a wonderful family, terrific friends and a highly rewarding career. It’s not like I have much choice in the matter anyway
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musicasacra
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ivorythumper
Dec 1 2005, 11:13 AM


What I want is peace on earth, and goodwill to all....

and this:
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Then why are you living in the desert! :lol:
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musicasacra
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HOLY CARP!!!
JBryan
Dec 1 2005, 11:15 AM
IT, I have it on good authority that your wife got you one of those but sent it back.

It was the wrong color.

It doesn't come in the "right" color.

Shhhhh!


He doesn't have room for it anyway.
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Because I, I mean we don't have one.

Yet.
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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musicasacra
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HOLY CARP!!!
ivorythumper
Dec 3 2005, 03:45 PM
Because I, I mean we don't have one.

Yet.

I'd rather have a kitty.

And a house on Lake Como in Italy.
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Tell you what -- get me the boat and you can have the kitty. :thumb:
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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musicasacra
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ivorythumper
Dec 3 2005, 03:49 PM
Tell you what -- get me the boat and you can have the kitty. :thumb:

Deal!

But I get to pick the size of the boat. :wink:

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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
What? You want something bigger?
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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musicasacra
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ivorythumper
Dec 3 2005, 03:53 PM
What? You want something bigger?

Now, you said you would get me the nice orange kitty I want if I get you the boat -- I can do that . . . and you'll even be able to fit it in the garage. :wink:
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JBryan
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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John D'Oh
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MAMIL
JBryan
Dec 3 2005, 06:57 PM
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Just a couple of 'oars for the holidays would do me. :whistle:
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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musicasacra
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HOLY CARP!!!
And for my gift:

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Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
You guys are going to have trouble right out of the gate. Cats don't like water.


If I could have anything I wanted.......

I'd want a ray gun in outer space that I could push a button and make all the Leftists in the world turn into ozone.

We'd have World Peace, and fix the global warming problem all at the same time.....

Of the Pokatwat Tribe

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George K
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fix the global warming problem all at the same time.....


Larry, there's a global warming problem?
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
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John D'Oh
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Larry
Dec 3 2005, 08:37 PM
You guys are going to have trouble right out of the gate. Cats don't like water.


If I could have anything I wanted.......

I'd want a ray gun in outer space that I could push a button and make all the Leftists in the world turn into ozone.

We'd have World Peace, and fix the global warming problem all at the same time.....

OK, Larry, you get to have the monster laser, but only if this leftist gets a giant mirror.

:D
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
musicasacra
Dec 3 2005, 05:03 PM
And for my gift:

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How about I just take you out for Korean food instead?
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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JBryan
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I am the grey one
:hair:
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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Mikhailoh
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Yer my dawg, IT. :lol:
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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musicasacra
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HOLY CARP!!!
ivorythumper
Dec 3 2005, 07:00 PM
musicasacra
Dec 3 2005, 05:03 PM
And for my gift:

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How about I just take you out for Korean food instead?

Naughty!

:tsktsk:
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CrashTest
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naked ladies11!1!11
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musicasacra
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HOLY CARP!!!
musicasacra
Dec 3 2005, 04:03 PM
And for my gift:

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We're even pet-ready, IT, because we have the automatic pet door.

We don't, however, have a dock for the boat . . . or any water nearby. :lol2:
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
JBryan
Dec 1 2005, 12:14 PM
Just one good clean shot at that fat f*** in the red suit.

You're too late



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The dogma lives loudly within me.
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