06-23-2005, 10:27 PM
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#921 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by CvilleFencer Oh, and a very happy and spiffy birthday to our fellow EPEEist Kismet! | Thanks!! 
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06-23-2005, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata It's like shooting fish in a barrel!  |  ............. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Goofy I rather believe the epeeists wish Inq were an epeeist. |  ......... | |
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06-24-2005, 04:32 PM
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#923 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004 Location: Neverland.
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| Shhh...don't wake him. Let the Inq dry....
"...It's all a dream, in the mind of a man who doesn't exist...", (attr'd. to Mark Twain)
I think it's a clear case of tip screw envy.
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"Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name,..."
Oh, yes, BTW..."non iligitimi carborundum", look what happened to me.
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06-25-2005, 11:35 PM
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#924 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cougar Country
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| Tomorrow is Sunday folks! Does anyone have a good sermon??
The best I got is "Blessed are the hits to the toe... isn't it nice to not fence looking like a potato... amen." | |
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06-26-2005, 12:37 AM
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#925 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl Tomorrow is Sunday folks! Does anyone have a good sermon??
The best I got is "Blessed are the hits to the toe... isn't it nice to not fence looking like a potato... amen." | Hey thats pretty good! Maybe for this Sunday we can all just come up with some nice insperations EPEE Hiakus?
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Just another lost soul saved by the (hit) First Church of EPEE!
Bona Na Croin. "Neither Collar nor Crown"
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06-26-2005, 09:59 AM
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#926 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ---->
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| My guard is perfect.
Your attack will be your own...
Oh no! My elbow!
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06-26-2005, 11:08 AM
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#927 | | Senior Member
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| Despite having lived in Japan I am not very good at these, although I do appreciate them a great deal. For those that don't know the rules on the Haiku its pretty simple. The format is 5-7-5 syllables (although that gets fudged a lot nowadays). The idea is to describe a scene, emotion or feeling on the subject or on everyday life and the idea is to create some type of feeling in the reader. The first sentence is often discordinant or sets the stage, with the actual point being made in the final 7-5 of the phrase. Also traditionally there is a seasonal word or an overall hint as to when it happened. Reflecting on Haiku and discovering it's subtleties can be part of the fun.
Japanese Haiku is very strict but when doing it in English it is hard not to take some liberties as our language is such a mutt.. I also never did figure out how numbers work in Haiku but I don't recall seeing them used so I think they are a no-no. A couple of classics are:
The spring rain;
a little girl teaches
the cat to dance.
Husking rice,
a child squints up
to view the moon.
With every gust of wind,
the butterfly changes its place
on the willow.
And that is all their really is two it, although it you are interested there are tons of much better explanations out there than what I have given. So give it a try. Use Haiku to describe a fencing snapshot from your life and remember to be evocative of an emotion from the moment (anger is easy but also cheap. Sadness is much more difficult). A couple from me (with the caveat that they suck)...
Cruel Concentration
The final phrase is explained
I win, the rest lose
That horrible sound
I should have used LP blades
My BF has failed me
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Just another lost soul saved by the (hit) First Church of EPEE!
Bona Na Croin. "Neither Collar nor Crown"
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06-26-2005, 11:09 AM
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#928 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Charlottesville VA
Posts: 3,084
| Despite having lived in Japan I am not very good at these, although I do appreciate them a great deal. For those that don't know the rules on the Haiku its pretty simple. The format is 5-7-5 syllables (although that gets fudged a lot nowadays). The idea is to describe a scene, emotion or feeling on the subject or on everyday life and the idea is to create some type of feeling in the reader. The first sentence is often discordinant or sets the stage, with the actual point being made in the final 7-5 of the phrase. Also traditionally there is a seasonal word or an overall hint as to when it happened. Reflecting on Haiku and discovering it's subtleties can be part of the fun.
Japanese Haiku is very strict but when doing it in English it is hard not to take some liberties as our language is such a mutt.. I also never did figure out how numbers work in Haiku but I don't recall seeing them used so I think they are a no-no. A couple of classics are:
The spring rain;
a little girl teaches
the cat to dance.
Husking rice,
a child squints up
to view the moon.
With every gust of wind,
the butterfly changes its place
on the willow.
And that is all their really is to it, although it you are interested there are tons of much better explanations out there than what I have given. So give it a try. Use Haiku to describe a fencing snapshot from your life and remember to be evocative of an emotion from the moment (anger is easy but also cheap. Sadness is much more difficult). A couple from me (with the caveat that they suck)...
Cruel Concentration
The final phrase is explained
I win, the rest lose
That horrible sound
I should have used LP blades
My BF has failed me
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Just another lost soul saved by the (hit) First Church of EPEE!
Bona Na Croin. "Neither Collar nor Crown"
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06-26-2005, 04:50 PM
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#929 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl Tomorrow is Sunday folks! Does anyone have a good sermon??
The best I got is "Blessed are the hits to the toe... isn't it nice to not fence looking like a potato... amen." | how 'bout a tribute to those that got us converted to epee and have contributed to our improvement along the way..  | |
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06-27-2005, 12:01 AM
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| Thanks for the points, y'all. I'm sorry I've been slow in awarding a few of my own to you. I'll try to do better. | |
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06-27-2005, 12:06 AM
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| You all have the moral decency of bananaslugs and mexican jumping beans.
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06-27-2005, 03:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Max You all have the moral decency of bananaslugs and mexican jumping beans. | You flatterer you!
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06-27-2005, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Max You all have the moral decency of bananaslugs and mexican jumping beans. |
I thought that was our fencing style not moral decency.
as for the sermon how about something simple like
"Satan Wrote Right of Way, the Story of Epeeist as the Chosen ones"
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The Epeeman, the Epeeman, in frayed and tattered gear
Can lick his weight in wildcats and can drink his weight in beer
And for the foil and sabreman he hasn't any fear
For he's a late edition of the dashing Musketeer.
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06-27-2005, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl Ohhh... you're good... men can't resist offering advice for a problem. | Actually, I was thinking of asking, "How do you FEEEEL about it?" ... and then sidestepping outside to do something more interesting while she explored her emotions and relationships. Every so often we should post a "Yeah?" and "Uh-huh" or "I never thought about it that way before" message just to keep her talking.
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06-27-2005, 10:07 AM
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| I mean that in a good way, of course. | |
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06-27-2005, 12:14 PM
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| We all know you guys do it... the fun begins with the pop quizzes! | |
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06-27-2005, 01:14 PM
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#937 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
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| On a totally new topic, tangent to the rep points I've received here:
I posted a pretty innocuous message on the "Batman Begins" thread, and received two rep responses from it. Yay, me.
But one of the rep comments had the single word, "Dickhead." For no apparent reason. What the heck's up with that?! Is it acceptable behavior here to send rude insults that way?
... Or should I just assume the sender was signing his own name? | |
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06-27-2005, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl We all know you guys do it... the fun begins with the pop quizzes! | Someday you'll realize just because I can repeat what you said doesn't mean I was listening.
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The Epeeman, the Epeeman, in frayed and tattered gear
Can lick his weight in wildcats and can drink his weight in beer
And for the foil and sabreman he hasn't any fear
For he's a late edition of the dashing Musketeer.
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06-27-2005, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by broncofencer Someday you'll realize just because I can repeat what you said doesn't mean I was listening. |
LOL... ah but it's more fun if you go beyond that... and really mess with the male brain.....
Besides it's okay... I understand that men are different and I save my angst and needless chatter for my sisters and girlfriends.
It takes a while for younger women to realize that men are not like women and it's best not to treat them as such. Hang in there... | |
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06-27-2005, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl LOL... ah but it's more fun if you go beyond that... and really mess with the male brain..... | Be Fair we're already a mess up there your not helping the situation. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Fencergrl Besides it's okay... I understand that men are different and I save my angst and needless chatter for my sisters and girlfriends. | That's what I do listen too its interesting. it's only when it involves me and the words "We have to talk" that I stop listening. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Fencergrl It takes a while for younger women to realize that men are not like women and it's best not to treat them as such. Hang in there... | I know that but when the table is reversed women forget that men are just guessing because we aren't women. I may not have gotten it right but I tried give me some credit.
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The Epeeman, the Epeeman, in frayed and tattered gear
Can lick his weight in wildcats and can drink his weight in beer
And for the foil and sabreman he hasn't any fear
For he's a late edition of the dashing Musketeer.
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