Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Fri, 02/19/2021 - 07:38

Giovanni Martini wrote:

"Assuming that COVID-19 is all sorted out by next year (which it had better be)" (unquote)

It all depends on whether enough small-medium businesses can be permanently closed (thereby concentrating wealth in few enough hands), and on whether enough liberties can be permanently revoked. Once the world has been fitted to a very short choke chain, yeah. We can maybe be let outside to play a little. Oh, the virus is real enough. Excessively real is what is being and will be done to capitalize on it.

Yesterday I went to the hospital to get my meds. The doctor asked me why I don't come every week like I used to. I told her that coming to the hospital seemed riskier these days. She asked, "how so".

Crazy

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Wed, 02/17/2021 - 05:41

Giovanni Martini wrote:

"There's always the one-stop solution of IKEA, but if you're not careful while shopping there, you'll end up having an apartment that looks like it came right out of the catalog." (unquote)

Not to worry. After a couple years' use, IKEA furniture looks like it came out of a landfill.

After a couple years' use, IKEA furniture looks like it came out of a landfill.

Agreed. The best way to retain Ikea furniture apperance is to not use it.

Lol

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Wed, 02/17/2021 - 05:39

Giovanni Martini wrote:

"The picture made me think: how isolated and pathetic every human being is!" (unquote)

Isolation is a fact of life. Whether or not one is pathetic is a choice he or she makes. As a better man than most said, "No one is lost till he gives himself up for lost."

Isolation is a fact of life.

::my cat has entered the chat::

China Boy's picture China Boy Submitted by Guest on Mon, 02/15/2021 - 20:04

Before we even met many moons ago, my wife went to the UK to learn English and took twelve moon cakes with her. She lived on these for the first month before she got to know another food word other than potato which she hates. Now every time she eats one, she reminisces about moon cakes.

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Fri, 02/12/2021 - 16:28

Giovanni Martini wrote:

...humidity has not joined the warmth, and we’re still stuck with the dryness of winter – so carry a bottle of water if you go out for a walk, run, or bike ride. (unquote)

And miss out on all the designer beers TBJ keeps pimping? I think not! I can't wait to wrap my mouth around a kale and choco flavored lager with the nutty taste of um...Chef's salty chocolate balls? Sorry. My foodie lingo needs polish

Chef's salty chocolate balls?

Respect mah authoritah.

Crazy

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Mon, 02/08/2021 - 06:07

xz576 wrote:
Giovanni Martini wrote:

By the by, "luo han" is a translation of "arhat," not a transliteration. A transliteration is an effort to render one language's word into another language phonetically. I guess your student loans outlasted the education they paid for, eh? A common quandry as this age of Kali Yuga marches onward and downward.

The word luohan is an abbreviation of aluohan 阿罗汉, which is definitely a phonetic transliteration of arhat. Please ensure that trolling quality does not decline further.

The word luohan is an abbreviation of aluohan 阿罗汉, which is definitely a phonetic transliteration of arhat.

Please do tell how pronounncing the Chinese word 'luohan' sounds in ANY way like the word 'arhat'.

I'll wait.

Clapping

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Sat, 02/06/2021 - 17:58

Giovanni Martini wrote:

"...bid a final farewell to the old year – something we’re probably all more than ready to do at this point." (unquote)

Agamemnon was more than ready to sail home after Troy, and lookit what happened to him once he got back. I will go out on a limb here (with a woodchipper running underneath.) I predict the upcoming year will suck worse than 2020. The present malady will be enlisted to justify a whole train of Vaseline-free reemings that have nothing at all to do with health. The panic serum has been perfected and we're all hooked up to fast-drip IV's.

The panic serum has been perfected and we're all hooked up to fast-drip IV's.

I'll have the fentanyl drip, alst u blieft.

Dirol

Sikaote's picture Sikaote Submitted by Guest on Sat, 02/06/2021 - 17:53

Giovanni Martini wrote:

"...bid a final farewell to the old year – something we’re probably all more than ready to do at this point." (unquote)

Agamemnon was more than ready to sail home after Troy, and lookit what happened to him once he got back. I will go out on a limb here (with a woodchipper running underneath.) I predict the upcoming year will suck worse than 2020. The present malady will be enlisted to justify a whole train of Vaseline-free reemings that have nothing at all to do with health. The panic serum has been perfected and we're all hooked up to fast-drip IV's.

I predict the upcoming year will suck worse than 2020

That's 'a cause 'a the dramatic increase in uncivilized scooter riders in Beijing.

Crazy