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Does anyone ever actually just "flip a coin" to help them make an important decision? I know I've been tempted to in the past, but I don't anyone who's ever actually done it.
Quote from: Girlie on December 13, 2012, 03:59:19 PMDoes anyone ever actually just "flip a coin" to help them make an important decision? I know I've been tempted to in the past, but I don't anyone who's ever actually done it.Not quite, but I knew someone who flipped a coin to help decide whether to accept a marriage proposal or not In reality, she couldn't decide, so another friend suggested that she pick "Heads, yes, tails, no" and flip a coin. The logic was that if she felt disappointed by the result she would gain insight into her feelings.
Quote from: AfleetAlex on December 13, 2012, 10:54:53 AMI cannot tell you the number of times I've been faced with a long drive (sometimes in inclement weather) and wished heartily for a transporter. Yes, but then I remember that the only realistic way for a transporter to operate as seen in Star Trek would be for them to kill you by dissolving you into atoms, analyse your residue, and then make an exact copy of you elsewhere. And then I remember that this is a *government issue* transporter. And then I decide I'd rather drive
I cannot tell you the number of times I've been faced with a long drive (sometimes in inclement weather) and wished heartily for a transporter.
How did Nena's 99 Luftballons end up being played with US Christmas songs? It's always baffled me.
Quote from: Dazi on December 14, 2012, 07:05:56 PMHow did Nena's 99 Luftballons end up being played with US Christmas songs? It's always baffled me.that would baffle me too!
Quote from: dawnfire on December 14, 2012, 07:28:34 PMQuote from: Dazi on December 14, 2012, 07:05:56 PMHow did Nena's 99 Luftballons end up being played with US Christmas songs? It's always baffled me.that would baffle me too! Me, too. Was it the German version or the English one? All I can imagine is that someone found out the title meant "99 balloons" and assumed it was a song about toys without bothering to figure out what the rest of the lyrics were. * *Don't ask me why "song about toys" would automatically be "Christmas song" or why they'd decide to insert a foreign language song about toys when there are so very many actual Christmas songs. My hypothesis breaks down at that point.
Quote from: Onyx_TKD on December 14, 2012, 07:48:49 PMQuote from: dawnfire on December 14, 2012, 07:28:34 PMQuote from: Dazi on December 14, 2012, 07:05:56 PMHow did Nena's 99 Luftballons end up being played with US Christmas songs? It's always baffled me.that would baffle me too! Me, too. Was it the German version or the English one? All I can imagine is that someone found out the title meant "99 balloons" and assumed it was a song about toys without bothering to figure out what the rest of the lyrics were. * *Don't ask me why "song about toys" would automatically be "Christmas song" or why they'd decide to insert a foreign language song about toys when there are so very many actual Christmas songs. My hypothesis breaks down at that point.The first time I heard it was in the mid-80's and was the original German version. I remember asking my GM and Great Aunt why the radio was playing it with the Christmas songs marathon because I knew enough German that I knew it shouldn't be played with the Christmas songs, but not enough to know what all the lyrics meant.The English version is played very frequently with the round the clock Christmas stations every year. I can only assume and hope they don't know it is a protest song about stupid ways wars are started.ETA: political changed to protest....stupid spell check
Quote from: Dazi on December 14, 2012, 08:09:53 PMQuote from: Onyx_TKD on December 14, 2012, 07:48:49 PMQuote from: dawnfire on December 14, 2012, 07:28:34 PMQuote from: Dazi on December 14, 2012, 07:05:56 PMHow did Nena's 99 Luftballons end up being played with US Christmas songs? It's always baffled me.that would baffle me too! Me, too. Was it the German version or the English one? All I can imagine is that someone found out the title meant "99 balloons" and assumed it was a song about toys without bothering to figure out what the rest of the lyrics were. * *Don't ask me why "song about toys" would automatically be "Christmas song" or why they'd decide to insert a foreign language song about toys when there are so very many actual Christmas songs. My hypothesis breaks down at that point.The first time I heard it was in the mid-80's and was the original German version. I remember asking my GM and Great Aunt why the radio was playing it with the Christmas songs marathon because I knew enough German that I knew it shouldn't be played with the Christmas songs, but not enough to know what all the lyrics meant.The English version is played very frequently with the round the clock Christmas stations every year. I can only assume and hope they don't know it is a protest song about stupid ways wars are started.ETA: political changed to protest....stupid spell checkI have an idea on that. It's a song protesting war, which makes it a song about peace. Isn't Christmas *about* peace on Earth, goodwill toward Man?
Quote from: Traska AKA Diane on December 15, 2012, 08:27:59 AMQuote from: Dazi on December 14, 2012, 08:09:53 PMQuote from: Onyx_TKD on December 14, 2012, 07:48:49 PMQuote from: dawnfire on December 14, 2012, 07:28:34 PMQuote from: Dazi on December 14, 2012, 07:05:56 PMHow did Nena's 99 Luftballons end up being played with US Christmas songs? It's always baffled me.that would baffle me too! Me, too. Was it the German version or the English one? All I can imagine is that someone found out the title meant "99 balloons" and assumed it was a song about toys without bothering to figure out what the rest of the lyrics were. * *Don't ask me why "song about toys" would automatically be "Christmas song" or why they'd decide to insert a foreign language song about toys when there are so very many actual Christmas songs. My hypothesis breaks down at that point.The first time I heard it was in the mid-80's and was the original German version. I remember asking my GM and Great Aunt why the radio was playing it with the Christmas songs marathon because I knew enough German that I knew it shouldn't be played with the Christmas songs, but not enough to know what all the lyrics meant.The English version is played very frequently with the round the clock Christmas stations every year. I can only assume and hope they don't know it is a protest song about stupid ways wars are started.ETA: political changed to protest....stupid spell checkI have an idea on that. It's a song protesting war, which makes it a song about peace. Isn't Christmas *about* peace on Earth, goodwill toward Man?I think the "peace on earth" generally associated with Christmas is the idea of people choosing to be peaceful and get along with their fellow humans. The "peace" described at the end of 99 Luftballons occurs because people have engaged in senseless warfare for so long that pretty much everyone is dead and the world is in ruins (and the last act described in the song is releasing another balloon, so if anyone else is still alive and capable of engaging in war...well, let's just hope the singer isn't the only person who realizes what started the war in the song).
ARRRRRRRGH!Okay, I did a search and couldn't find the answer/too many results: what is the trick for inserting a hyperlink into a post? I know about the 'insert link' button but I just don't have the HTML in the right place or I didn't type something I was supposed to ...I thought there was a tutorial for this kind of thing up in the top section of the board but I guess not...Memory refresh please?
