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vrai_rennx · 09-24-2006, 06:31 PM

I don't know. Rent hits a lot of people different ways. A lot of people see them as self-absorbed, selfish people who just want to get out of paying their rent, but a lot of other people see them differently.

The only really self-absorbed one, IMO, is Maureen. But that's the point of her character, lol.

And. It's not so much that they don't want to pay their rent as that Benny stiffed them on their agreement. So.

Clodfobble · 09-24-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by be-bop

Ok, hands up who knew what an Ichthyologist was without using Google

I knew what it meant. I can't see the word without thinking of one of my biology TA's in college... she claimed she was a "streamologist," because she was an ichthyologist who only did research on fish in streams. She was dead serious.

vrai_rennx · 09-24-2006, 07:05 PM

Lol, being a streamologist is only about half a step up from being an Ick Theologist.

JayMcGee · 09-24-2006, 07:08 PM

a renthead on principle? have'nt you kinda mised the point there?

(or did you mean rentbo....sorry, bites tongue....)

and just how does a 16 year old sprog get to be the voice of truth?

vrai_rennx · 09-24-2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JayMcGee

(or did you mean rentbo....sorry, bites tongue....)

I'd probably take offense if I understood that...

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Originally Posted by JayMcGee

and just how does a 16 year old sprog get to be the voice of truth?

Because I said so. x.x Also because I like pronouncing 'voix de vérité'.

JayMcGee · 09-24-2006, 07:36 PM

*shrugs* take offence if you like - it's your choice.

(lesson number one. You cannot be offended - you can only take offence)

Thanks the Lord the Internet is silent....... *shudders* at the thought of 'voix de verite' in mid-west accent...

vrai_rennx · 09-24-2006, 07:40 PM

Hey now. I have a passable French accent, if I try. I'm not like the other kids in my french class who try to americanize the language.

'Pardanez-mwah, silver-plates', anyone?

JayMcGee · 09-24-2006, 07:55 PM

mmmm..... didn't you just 'americanise' English? How well is will 'la franzoire' fare?

Ibby · 09-24-2006, 08:15 PM

Yeah, sure, the principle of Rent as just a buncha queer (or at least seemingly queer) people hanging out, doing art, and singing to eachother about having AIDS, is kinda cool, cause I love queer people (and since I'm sure you didnt read it on one of the other threads, I'm bi), but I just dont like the way they all have that 'we try as hard as we can to be different in the same way as eachother' vibe. For me, at least. They just seem like theyre trying way too hard to be weir... i mean, uh, 'bohemian'.

capnhowdy · 09-24-2006, 08:23 PM

Maybe you could start a thread about fish and shit can this one.

Welcome.

vrai_rennx · 09-25-2006, 11:23 AM

Hm. Well, I heart Rent. Doesn't mean you have to. I probably just like it more cause I have the whole Jonathan Larson story behind it.

I would totally start a thread about fish if anyone cared... lol

barefoot serpent · 09-25-2006, 11:53 AM

Welcome!
so are you into anadromy like our bud Ibram?

:wink:

Pie · 09-25-2006, 12:09 PM

Cleveland, huh? I wasted the best four years of my life in that hell-hole. Well, I did get a degree out of it, but the rest was a waste. Oh, and a husband. But boy, was I glad to get back to Jersey!*

* Bet you thought you'd never hear that sentence.

Undertoad · 09-25-2006, 01:31 PM

Ah but aren't you in the second-best* section of New Jersey? The 10-15 miles that separate metropolitan Philly from metropolitan New York?

If they finally pave that section over, it's all one big city, from then on. Call it New Phork, or something.

*best is the southern shore from Ocean City to Cape May. They say there is a nice section of NJ in the north as well, but that's just rumor.

Pangloss62 · 09-25-2006, 02:03 PM

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It's not our world down there, and I think we should leave it be.

Well, vrai, if you're a "scientist," you would know that we all came from the sea originally. It's just as much "our" world as any other part, dry or wet.

Oh yeah, welcome BTW.

I love seafood, but I have a problem with prawn farming and fish "farming" in general.

Cleveland? Maybe you can go scuba diving in Lake Erie.

09-24-2006, 06:31 PM	#31
vrai_rennx Voix de Vérité Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: at the bottom of the sea Posts: 59	I don't know. Rent hits a lot of people different ways. A lot of people see them as self-absorbed, selfish people who just want to get out of paying their rent, but a lot of other people see them differently. The only really self-absorbed one, IMO, is Maureen. But that's the point of her character, lol. And. It's not so much that they don't want to pay their rent as that Benny stiffed them on their agreement. So. __________________ ~les beaux esprits se rencontrent~

09-24-2006, 07:05 PM	#33
vrai_rennx Voix de Vérité Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: at the bottom of the sea Posts: 59	Lol, being a streamologist is only about half a step up from being an Ick Theologist. __________________ ~les beaux esprits se rencontrent~

09-24-2006, 07:08 PM	#34
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	a renthead on principle? have'nt you kinda mised the point there? (or did you mean rentbo....sorry, bites tongue....) and just how does a 16 year old sprog get to be the voice of truth? __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

09-24-2006, 07:36 PM	#36
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	shrugs take offence if you like - it's your choice. (lesson number one. You cannot be offended - you can only take offence) Thanks the Lord the Internet is silent....... shudders at the thought of 'voix de verite' in mid-west accent... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

09-24-2006, 07:40 PM	#37
vrai_rennx Voix de Vérité Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: at the bottom of the sea Posts: 59	Hey now. I have a passable French accent, if I try. I'm not like the other kids in my french class who try to americanize the language. 'Pardanez-mwah, silver-plates', anyone? __________________ ~les beaux esprits se rencontrent~

09-24-2006, 07:55 PM	#38
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	mmmm..... didn't you just 'americanise' English? How well is will 'la franzoire' fare? __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

09-24-2006, 08:15 PM	#39
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Yeah, sure, the principle of Rent as just a buncha queer (or at least seemingly queer) people hanging out, doing art, and singing to eachother about having AIDS, is kinda cool, cause I love queer people (and since I'm sure you didnt read it on one of the other threads, I'm bi), but I just dont like the way they all have that 'we try as hard as we can to be different in the same way as eachother' vibe. For me, at least. They just seem like theyre trying way too hard to be weir... i mean, uh, 'bohemian'. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-24-2006, 08:23 PM	#40
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Maybe you could start a thread about fish and shit can this one. Welcome. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

09-25-2006, 11:23 AM	#41
vrai_rennx Voix de Vérité Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: at the bottom of the sea Posts: 59	Hm. Well, I heart Rent. Doesn't mean you have to. I probably just like it more cause I have the whole Jonathan Larson story behind it. I would totally start a thread about fish if anyone cared... lol __________________ ~les beaux esprits se rencontrent~

09-25-2006, 11:53 AM	#42
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Welcome! so are you into anadromy like our bud Ibram? :wink: __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

09-25-2006, 12:09 PM	#43
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Cleveland, huh? I wasted the best four years of my life in that hell-hole. Well, I did get a degree out of it, but the rest was a waste. Oh, and a husband. But boy, was I glad to get back to Jersey!* * Bet you thought you'd never hear that sentence. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

09-25-2006, 01:31 PM	#44
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Ah but aren't you in the second-best* section of New Jersey? The 10-15 miles that separate metropolitan Philly from metropolitan New York? If they finally pave that section over, it's all one big city, from then on. Call it New Phork, or something. *best is the southern shore from Ocean City to Cape May. They say there is a nice section of NJ in the north as well, but that's just rumor.

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