Axis Mundi X discussion

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. Real life conversations tend to end awkwardly, too. It's the funniest thing...

Good question, Donald. I probably have killed my share of threads. I try to refer to other people's posts when appropriate so 1) I don't sound like it's all about me, and 2) the conversation continues naturally.

All threads, whether on a message board or book review, must die sooner or later. Even if you're talking about oral sex in that book review thread that filled up my mailbox a couple days running.

I have three sons, so farting in enclosed spaces and then trying to lock your brothers in said enclosed space is part of my family's daily routine.

There have been so many times I felt like I've ended the coversation lately I've decided that if I had a Wu Tang name it'd be Threadkilla.

Happens to me all the time, but then again I post a lot so I can't expect everyone to reply to everything I say. I recognize that I don't have a job so I have more time to sit around posting than most people. If I ask a specific question, though, people are usually pretty good about answering.

Goodness me, Donald, I had thought that if no one replied then my final comment on a particular thread had been so devastating it left nothing further to say on the subject. But now, I realise... the horror...
Quick, someone post something after me NOW!!!

Yes, Donald, I often feel like a thread killer on here...and a dork...but mostly a thread killer.

I can say that sometimes I don't respond to a thread because other people have posted something that is so hilarious or so relevant that there is really nothing more for me to say except "HA HA HA!" or "RIGHT ON!" and I don't want to clog up the threads with my laughter.

Now this has become a pissing contest of sorts because we all have to keep posting indefinitely, so that no one else manages to score the incredible honor of being the last poster to this thread....

This could go on forever, ruining lives in the process!

I can't tell you how disappointed I am to come back here and find that people posted responses to Donald.

Where is your sense of humor, people?

The obvious is funny.

We blew it! Does anyone think Donald should put some kind of disclaimer in here so that when the thread dies (as they all eventually do) the last person to post in it won't feel bad?
:)

I am sinister, but you are Milli Vanilli, and we all know which is worse.

I myself have an incredible list of threads slain by my typing fingers. Can focus on them however, my attention span is too narrow.

There have been so many times I felt like I've ended the coversation lately I've decided that if I had a Wu Tang name it'd be Threadkilla.


Kirk, I'm adding this to my quotes. :)


I, too, feel responsible for the deaths of many threads. I'm seeking help.

Why, thank you, Kim! There are seven stages of grief to a dying thread. Acceptance is in there somewhere. Forgive yourself, and move on. (In all buttkissing sincerity, I've never seen you off a thread).

Oh, and apropos of Donald's opening flatulence remark, I almost said my alternative Wu Tang name would be Old Pooty Bastard---but then I erased it---for fear of killing this thread.

Seth, dear. You have too much time on your hands.

Seth, you're very funny, and often there's no possible response to your posts than to sit back and admire them.

Also, you're very bizarre, and often there's no possible response to your posts than to sit back and blink.

Shhh. Everybody quiet.

*shoot thread*

you & Ayn Rand, Mauricio..! Way to go, way to kill a thread. you killa you!

Otis B. Driftwood: And now, on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor.

Wow, Maurice, that was masterful. That made me not only want to see the thread die, it made me want to kill you, and then myself.

Oh no... Am I surrounded by Ayn Rand haters? I think this thread is officially dead now, thanks guys ;)

Ayn Rand gets me hot. Put on some Rush and then fuck me for all you're worth.

Ayn Rand makes me think of Stephen Colbert. I'd say that's a much different experience than Charissa's...

Stephen Colbert gets me hot too. : )

Somewhere there must be a webpage for people with an Ayn Rand fetish...

There's not. I just googled it.

RA--you should start one!!!!!!! Better yet, just add another Goodreads group.

I'll leave that to Char, Amanda. She's the expert on Ayn Rand sex. Whatever that may be.

And focused on your own needs to the exclusion of others. Or other.

And unyielding to pressure from society to conform to some mediocre idea of sex. It would be sex that towered above the rabble's sex, the liberals' sex, the sex of the craven and the compromised. It would be sex that would bring the world to a juddering halt.

Actually, it would be onanism.

Ok, me And charrisa stand alone on this one. Fine, I didn't want to share the future anyway
}:-D Charrisa I guess it is up to us to bump uglies in a vary purposeful way... If I don't put your "rabbit" to shame just let me know, and I will gladly shoot myself.

Not to add to the thread, but wouldn't that pregnant man guy be the poster boy for Ayn Rand sex?

actually Nick, the rabbit isn't my favorite toy. and no toy can compare to the real thing done decently. to my current misfortune. ; )

that being said,.... 'bump uglies?' dude... so wrong.

Not to go off topic (Seth), but is there a good way to say it Charissa?

Bump uglies
Do the nasty
Get busy
Hump
Boink
Poke
Do the "wild thing" - my personal un-favorite
Ride the wild pony

Need I go on? All euphemisms I have ever heard make me cring...

*Edit...I had to get in on this post somewhere!

Yep, I'm a thread killer.
Sounds like a song:

Thre-ead killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Ooh, good one, Jackie. I hate when someone say something so clever I wish I had said it. That makes me want to kill threads.:)

I am so with Charissa and Amy on this one. Euphenisms for sex, outside of very simple ones (e.g. "do him") are stunningly lame. I can't imagine a woman saying, "this fine gentlemen has said he wants to 'hump/poke/boink/etc.' me....I can't wait."

I don't even like to hear those terms amongst just guys. Why? Not because I can't talk about sex. It's because if you're going to talk about sex do it right. Those euphenisms distract from the facets of sex people want to hear about.

I just woke up and will probably read this post in a few hours and say "did I really get so riled up over this?"

Yeah, I had a boyfriend say we should go "poke" once. Such a sweet-talker! I'd never heard the expression before, and was not thrilled to become acquainted with it.

Needless to say, no poking happened that day.

More euphemisms:
Shag
Make the beast with two backs

Hm...if there's incense up your nose you're either doing an exceptionally bad or an exceptionally good job at it.

Listen to Seth! This thread must DIE!!!
[okay, I admit: when I wrote that, I'd missed this whole last page of comments, which are fairly interesting and should probably not be aborted, but still: Thread-killers, Qu'est-ce c'est? it's time...
Time ...
to go awaaaay!]

I happen to prefer the term "to shag". I don't find it offensive at all to asked for a "quick shag".

Ride the wild pony.. ha ha ha ha.

bump uglies is so wrong because... well... I don't happen to think those body parts are ugly.

Donna... ha ha ha ha.... I'm right with you girl.

I think "shag" is funny but then again, I'm American. I think the Brits view it differently, right? Like the words "bloody" and "bugger" and "wanker." To us they're just silly funny words but I think it's swearing across the pond. Paul?

In my (admitedly, rather limited) experience, there are different words for different levels of activity. "Making love" is slow and sweet and tender. "F*cking" is more like wild, hot, sweaty, monkey sex. "Having sex" is everything in between.

I think that is an accurate assessment Sarah. I don't know how the Brits view 'shag'... but I don't trust their judgement anyway... they still call cigarettes 'fags'. ; )

The British can rarely be trusted on cultural issues, I agree.

Except for Paul and his mix tapes. Those are brilliant.

Sarah, I agree with your distinctions there. Shag is a good term for certain occasions. (and...now, is the thread dead yet?)

I don't mind "shag" either. Wanker is nothing much, and bloody isn't so bad as long as you aren't with older people, but bugger...Steve, come on! That one is still rather bad.

I love being back in the states and swearing my head off, and no one even turns their head! Bloody, bollucks, shite, wanker, bugger...hehehe. When I flip people off in the car I always use the British two finger salute! :)

Two fingers... That seems rather weak... If you need two fingers to tell someone "go to hell and enjoy the ride" I think you need to jump over to the hate group for a bit and Buff up... The single powerful dreaded “Middle" Finger, not only tells someone to fuck off, but can sometimes smell as if it has been fucked, just to drive the point home.

Steve, you silly cunt, what you babbling about? Your MOM is a thread killer.

I love that two finger salute. And a good solid, "Up your peach!"

Nick... any finger can smell as if it has been fucked... in fact, I put it to you that most anything can smell as if it has been fucked. I challenge you to name something that can't.

Okay, off the top of my head - the two finger salute in Britain is declining rapidly as the middle finger American version replaces it. Wolf whistling is also rarely heard. I regret the Americanisation of British culture but it is inevitable here as elsewhere and I do not propose to stand Canutelike at the shore as the tide of American slang onrushes bidding it to turn back. In the last 10 years Halloween, previously an entirely American concern, has become a British thing too, and now I hear of "high school proms" in Britain too, a dreadful idea. "Shag" is a friendly British word, I enjoy its derivative "shagadelic", and even "shagtastic" is quite funny if used sparingly. The British can be trusted completely on British cultural issues and movies like "I Saw What You Did Through This Hole I Drilled in Your Wall" are bringing us up to speed on the arcana of American teen life. "Fags" are no longer cigarettes here, it's a generational/class thing. As the young kids realise that fag has an American meaning they drop the British version. So fag = cigarette is now an older working class expression. "Bugger" is also affectionate in British slang, oddly, as we are just as homophobic as you lot - "ya daft old bugger" can be heard in ordinary family badinage, often addressed to the pater familias. The C word is as taboo here as there, although every post-Irvine Welsh author and stand up comedian uses it ceaselessly. Will swearing die as it becomes ever more accepted in normal conversation? We note the excellent joke made by French Connection when they established their British fashion retail chain - ther brand written in big letters outside of every shop and on every T shirt was

FCUK

Ok Charrisa Maybe I should have said, most commonly to smell like it has been fucked... Damn that doesn't work either. This isn't over; I will come up with something witty and smart.

Nick, remind me not to ever smell your fingers.

Paul, I had no idea "bugger" was a homophobic term. What's its origin? I also didn't know that Brits didn't celebrate Halloween or have proms. And I have no idea what this two-fingered salute is.

I remember going to see Atonement in the theater, and hearing the gasps all around the auditorium when the word "cunt" appeared on the screen. I wonder how they'd edit that for TV? Cut it after he types the C?

I love Cassell's! Unfortunately, I don't have my copy in the office, so I can only imagine what gnat butter is.

Did anybody notice the other day on a thread somebody went to tried booger but wrote bugger instead?

I've suddenly remembered a word from college that guys used to call each other: smegma. What the hell is it? Back then it seemed worse than the C word. I hate to admit my ignorance. I did know bugger, though (not firsthand, mind you).

Isn't smegma the word for "dick cheese"?