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ZenGum 05-19-2012 06:56 AM

Big Questions
 
Seriously, how many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?

In fact, what ever your answer (suppose, seven), there's a problem.

If you say "a man must walk down seven roads", then his acts of walking down roads need to be done as a man, and so his pre-man road walking doesn't count. We're stuck.

DanaC 05-19-2012 07:24 AM


jimhelm 05-19-2012 11:20 AM

WHAT ...IS YOUR QUEST!?

Gravdigr 05-19-2012 01:56 PM

What ...is your favorite color?

jimhelm 05-19-2012 02:14 PM

bigger

Gravdigr 05-19-2012 03:19 PM

What ...is the capital of Assyria?

tracey 05-19-2012 03:27 PM

I have a big question...I just lost my baby sister (34 years old) in a car accident 2 months ago. I don't walk around crying like I think I should be, I feel more like I've had a lobotomy...question, what the hell is wrong with me!? I feel like a heartless freak!

Rhianne 05-19-2012 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 812324)
What ...is the capital of Assyria?

A

DanaC 05-19-2012 03:32 PM

Grief hits you however it hits you. For some it's weeping, for others it's a hollow nothingness, for some its a combination of the two and so on. There's no right or wrong way to cope with loss.

And how it hits you doesn't reflect how much you loved them. That's just how your mind copes with something which defies emotional understanding.

Sorry for your loss, tracey.

tracey 05-19-2012 03:32 PM

too big maybe?

DanaC 05-19-2012 03:34 PM

I think I just ninja'd your last post :p

footfootfoot 05-19-2012 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 812275)
Seriously, how many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?

In fact, what ever your answer (suppose, seven), there's a problem.

If you say "a man must walk down seven roads", then his acts of walking down roads need to be done as a man, and so his pre-man road walking doesn't count. We're stuck.

No, not at all. A man may walk down seven roads without being called a man. That doesn't negate his being a man, even if he were born with ovaries.

The question remains for the TGLGB community however, how many roads must a person walk down before they are recognized by their preferred gender identity.

Still, further perplexing is the apparent riddle, "How many seas must a white dove sail before she can sleep in the sand?" Considering that a dove, white or otherwise is a near passerine in the Columbidae family, i.e., a land bird, this question might be more appropriate alongside "How many ships sail in the forest?" in the folk song "The False Bride," yet, even there it smacks of deception and misdirection.

ZenGum 05-19-2012 06:37 PM

Good points, Footsie.

Answer to the TGLGBetc question seems to be ... keep walking, you ain't done yet.

Doves? Bah. Cannonballs do not fly. The are ballistic objects which thus describe a parabolic path deformed by deceleration due to wind resistance.

Aliantha 05-19-2012 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tracey (Post 812327)
I have a big question...I just lost my baby sister (34 years old) in a car accident 2 months ago. I don't walk around crying like I think I should be, I feel more like I've had a lobotomy...question, what the hell is wrong with me!? I feel like a heartless freak!

When my Mum died I was the one comforting everyone at the funeral and afterwards. I didn't cry for a long time. I had too many other things to worry about at the time, besides, I just couldn't face that she was gone. it just didn't seem real to me even though I was holding her hand when she passed.

Like BigV said, it affects us all differently. Wait till a few 'big days' like Christmas, birthdays etc come round and she's not there and reality sets in. Maybe it will hit you then. That's how it was for me.

I'm very sorry for your loss. xx

sexobon 05-19-2012 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha (Post 812363)
... Like BigV said, ...

Big Questions + DanaC = BigV?

(did I miss a related post somewhere else?)


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