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pawntificator
10-Sep-06, 00:30

Thank Goodness We Aren't In Charge of The World. Or, Plant a Tree
We would never agree on anything, and we wouldn't even have a proper method of deciding how to figure out what to agree on or who should do it! Oh, the internet had such potential. But it was a tool, the use of which the world could never master until they discovered a single important truth, namely that nobody can agree on anything and someone has to tell them what to do, Or Else. So, even though I don't have a whole lot of time to devote to these endeavors, I promise to do my best as King of the Universe, to make sure everyone can talk about anything they can think of, as long as they don't say crap. And nobody says sh*t anyway, so we shouldn't have too much trouble.

In conclusion, if I can't be king, I don't want to be a mod, I would rather be one of the people pressing against the limits of freedom.

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Perhaps there is something inoffensive worth saying that we aren't allowed to talk about. That is what we should talk about. But no, we have spoken of drugs, sex, rock & rap, death, money, and taxes. And lets not forget God. Oh how I love to enlighten others by the truth.

We have talked about sports and games and drinks and fun. We have noted evil, deception, corruption, and shame about the world. There has been Power and Struggle and Hungry and Burning. There has been Hope and Innocence Lost. Yes, we have seen it all.

I wonder if there is anything we could talk about that would bring our energy together to cause something positive to happen. It would be great if we could stop the war in Iraq with the power of positive thinking!! Yay!!! Thank God I thought of it. It was almost too late.

Or perhaps on a less idealistic level we could do something smaller, just to see if we could really do it. We could sponsor an acre of rainforest, or feed a starving child in Africa. We could lobby congress to stop all that nasty business. We could write to the U.N. with our amazing new proposal where everyone in the whole world gets to make a decision for the good of Society! Everyone is a congressman! Yay!

Well, it seems like there should be SOMETHING we can do. I made the word 'something' in capital letters so that it would be obvious there was something we could do, and somebody should try and figure out what it is.

And furthermore, this message will end in two, one.
markallen
10-Sep-06, 02:45

what about...
a nice recipe for green thai curry.....couldn't do any harm could it?

One onion....chopped into chunks
two green chiilies seeded....or to taste
four cloves of garlic crushed
two sticks of lemongrass (bruised and tied)
1 tsp turmeric

Vegies to taste (eg sweet potato/yam, cauliflower, brocholi, green beens etc
one to two cans coconut milk
chunks of firm or puff tofu
handful of cashews (roasted)
fish sauce......(or make do with salt)
lime juice
coriander

Method:

fry onion a few mins
add garlic fry a few mins
add chillies fry a few mins
add turmeric and final stir

add chopped veggies
cover with coconut milk diluted to taste with water (up to half and half) and lemongrass.
cook for ten minutes
add tofu, fish sauce lime juice and coriander to taste,,,,cook a few mins

serve on rice with chopped cashews sprinkled on top.

my contribution to world peace....enjoy!  
leo_london
10-Sep-06, 03:57

Hi Mark...good to see you around again.  
markallen
10-Sep-06, 04:01

cheers leo....good to see a few familiar faces  
pawntificator
10-Sep-06, 04:32

Indeed
Nice to see you back. I knew somebody had to have the answer. And I knew it would be much simpler than I had feared it would be.

Really people are just reasonable, and everyone could sit around a nice meal of green thai curry and figure it all out. Well, at least most of us could.
tugger
10-Sep-06, 07:13

i don't like green thai curry... can i have a jalfrezi? or, better still, i make a killer spag bol...

loads of mincemeat
some tomato puree
some tomatos
some mushrooms
some pasta
some herbs
some beer
some cigarettes

first off, light a cigarette, then open a bottle of beer. place the mincemeat in a frying pan, and fry until it turns colour. then put it in a saucepan. next, fry the mushrooms and tomatos a little, then add them to the saucepan. add tomato puree. attack anyone who suggests onions or peppers. light another ciggie. mix your saucepan full of yummy food, add a bit of beer, leave to simmer for about half an hour, stirring occasionally to ensure it doesn't stick at the bottom, adding a little more beer each time. putting a little olive oil into the saucepan before all the other stuff helps ensure it doesn't form a solid bleachproof surface at the bottom of the pan... sit down, make a spliff, drink more beer. after half an hour, put the pasta in some boiling water with some olive oil (to ensure it doesn't stick together) and some herbs. after 10 minutes or so of simmering (just enough time for one more ciggie), hey presto, we have a killer spag bol. put on plate and devour. allow three hours digestion time, smoking spliffs, drinking beer, moving only to change the cd / get more beer / go for a slash...

proginoskes
10-Sep-06, 07:30

pawnt
your desire to not be mod, might be the best reason to make you one for awhile?
kementari
10-Sep-06, 07:42

pawnt
You, sir, rock.
zorroloco
10-Sep-06, 07:57

pawnt
i agree with what they said! those who want power should never get it! i think i will just appoint you emperor and leave it at that...

oh...that would not be very democratic, now would it....
zorroloco
10-Sep-06, 08:31

fak-ahlua
jeff's recipe for coffee liquor (i do not want to get in trouble for calling it kahlua and violating a patent : )...it is NOT kahlua, but coffee liquor, so do not call it kahlua). I tend to make a quadruple batch and give it away for xmas gifts...people like that!)

make 4 cups (1 liter) strong coffee
add 4 cups brown sugar

simmer on low for 1 hour stirring occasionally...do not let it come to a high boil or boil over unless you like cleaning up a nasty, sticky mess...

cool (a good time to drink a beer)

add 750 ml 100 proof vodka and a tablespoon vanilla extract (alternatively - skip the van. extract and add one split vanilla bean to each bottle and wait 6 weeks - this makes a mellower, smoother beverage, but...you have to wait 6 weeks! you could make one bottle with extract for immediate consumption and the rest with beans.)

drink in your preferred manner (with milk, cream, or on the rocks...good on vanilla ice cream too). i am waiting for lilly to give us her special white russian recipe....
proginoskes
10-Sep-06, 08:49

my recipe for jagermeister: one bottle jage-bomb, one 1.5oz shot glass, open bottle of jagerdizzle and
pour into shot glass, drink, repeat until she's hot

(yeah, I used to have a problem)

ok seriously, this is a recipe for a batch of alcoholic beverage that friends in college lovingly dubbed
"spicy sauce" (althought it is not spicy hot, it's spicy in character):

1. take one gallon water jug, i used to spend $0.99 on a gallon of cheap water and then dump it out (i
know it's horrible, but I was in college and not as smart as I am now)
2. 750ml of voadka into gallon jug
3. 750ml of tripple sec into gallon jug
4. 1 pint of cocconut rum into gallon jug
5. 1 liter of margarita mix into gallong jug
6. Make sure the lid is on and mix well
7. Drink over ice straight, or mix with 7-up (the ladies LOVE the spicy sauce and 7up)
8. The more top shelpf the booze the better the taste, but I used to make this most often with the
cheapest stuff I could find and it was still good.
9. *bonus* you get to walk around the party with a gallon jug of spicy sauce, makes for a great
conversation piece, and like i said before, he ladies love tje spciy sauce
kementari
10-Sep-06, 09:02

who could resist?
Seriously. I'll be bringing this recipe with me to the next meeting of the minds after work. We know the barkeep... err, bartender well enough to convince him to mix some up. Your spicy sauce is about to become a rural hit in middle America.

My car insurance company will be billing you shortly.

(Please note: this is in no way to be taken as a promotion of drunk driving. I think that's a very bad idea. Ideally, one should just ride the buzz out discussing vulgar topics until sober enough to drive. However, we live in a less than perfect world, and I suspect that riding the buzz from a mix like that out could take many, many hours.)
tugger
10-Sep-06, 09:14

ooh, alcohol drinks for students...

take 1 pint glass
six shots of vodka
1 bottle of smirnoff ice
two shots of blackcurrant squash
ice

it tastes like purple fruit pastilles and is drinkable in not a lot of time, and it gets you blotto...
zorroloco
10-Sep-06, 09:46

tug
6 shots?!!!


proginoskes
10-Sep-06, 10:28

be careful with the spicy sauce, the spciy sauce is a creeper, especially mixed 1/2 and 1/2 with 7up

I make no guarantees to the yumminess or effectiveness if the sauce is not mixed to prestated standards,
but I assume as long as the proportions as maintained it will be fine
bobbynox
10-Sep-06, 10:34

Jeff-------
4 cups of coffee and 4 CUPS? of Brown sugar?
kementari
10-Sep-06, 10:39

jdh
Heh... Jeff's not the only one who is friendly with math, even if you do try to trip us up with your tricky metric system.

I know my conversions, and am always willing to apply them for a worthy cause.
zorroloco
10-Sep-06, 10:40

bobby
yes. you want it to be thick enough...i tried it with white sugar (not bad) and less sugar (it tastes ok, but is not syrupy enough.
bobbynox
10-Sep-06, 10:44

Ok,
Since paawnt started the world-peace thing, and Mark threw in the recipe-thing, I guess I will comply:

Pilot's Miracle Breakfast.

1/2 C. bananas, sliced (like quarters)
1/2 C. Peaches, or whatever is in season. Maybe Qiwi would use Kiwi?
1 C. Whole yogurt, not that favored cr*p.

Place into plastic container (no top), stir as best you can. Then load yourself into the car and head for the airport. (at least 15-minute drive is necessary). Consume the delicious meal whilst (while) driving. This is usually done at 430am so traffic should not be a problem. If traffic becomes an issue, leave a bit earlier, and consume in the employee parking-lot prior to entering the building. If the trip is a multi-day affair, use a plastic spoon that can be tossed. Otherwise, a regular spoon will do, as you can always take it back to the house for washing upon your return.

Routine consumption of the above will always give the best start in the a.m., and you will lose weight, too. No coffee, before 3 pm. No coffee after 5pm. Only one coffee allowed.

proginoskes
10-Sep-06, 10:56

also, part of the ambiance of the spicy sauce, is that the spicy sauce is always referred to in the third
person . . . and if a pronoun is applied, it must be a perosnal pronoun such as he or she, "it" is not
appropiate for the spicy sauce, spicy sauce might get angry



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