At my college radio station, I would do my show. And for those two hours,I would stare longingly at the perfectly round white pill sitting upon our stack of compact discs. Every moment I wondered what fantastical things may be presented to me through the consumption of this perfect pill. For weeks I dreamed about the pill and what wonders it may bring. The desire burned within me for what felt like ages until I finally brought the subject up with my band mate, close friend, and station manager. I said unto him,
"Sam, that pill on top of the Hot Stack...I really want to swallow it."
He considered my statement and turned to walk away. As he turned his back, he simply said,
"That's a breath mint. Duffey threw it there like 4 months ago."
And he was gone.
Hearing this, I was enlightened.
:joshua:
i dont get it
The moral of the story is:
Don't see drugs where there aren't drugs.
OR
Stop hanging out at radio stations so much. It's bad for your mental well-being.
"THEY" are fooling you!Swallow it,quick!!!
As a follow up, I did in fact swallow it.
The only wonder it brought was the taste of a stale, 4 month old breath mint.
ook.
[pataphor]
Nancy was walking through the garden one day enjoying the bright sun and cool breeze. She happened upon a pill bug that was making its way accross the sidewalk. She watched it for a while as it trundled along in its buggy way until a crow landed nearby, equally interested in the bug.
"What do you suppose will happen if I eat the bug?" Nancy wondered aloud.
The crow pondered this for a moment. Without a word, it hopped forward and swallowed the bug and then flew away.
Nancy shruged and continued on her merry way. A few hours later she spied that same crow spiraling overhead.
She heard the crow cry out "It gives you gas!" before it flew off beyond the horizon.
Hearing this, Nancy no longer wondered.
[/pataphor]
Quote from: Padre Pataphoros on May 14, 2008, 06:31:59 PM
[pataphor]
Nancy was walking through the garden one day enjoying the bright sun and cool breeze. She happened upon a pill bug that was making its way accross the sidewalk. She watched it for a while as it trundled along in its buggy way until a crow landed nearby, equally interested in the bug.
"What do you suppose will happen if I eat the bug?" Nancy wondered aloud.
The crow pondered this for a moment. Without a word, it hopped forward and swallowed the bug and then flew away.
Nancy shruged and continued on her merry way. A few hours later she spied that same crow spiraling overhead.
She heard the crow cry out "It gives you gas!" before it flew off beyond the horizon.
Hearing this, Nancy no longer wondered.
[/pataphor]
zomg you can do pataphores!
Awesome!
I have a feeling I'm going to like you around here.
Nancy was walking through the garden one day when she spotted a pill on the floor. The pill was white, like a glacier submerged in the north sea. The shipmen fell overboard in a violent collision and froze almost instantly, leaving few survivors. After several months the government sent an expedition to search for survivors, but none were found.
That is a 'pataphor.
Quote from: TheStripèdOne on May 14, 2008, 06:57:18 PM
Nancy was walking through the garden one day when she spotted a pill on the floor. The pill was white, like a glacier submerged in the north sea. The shipmen fell overboard in a violent collision and froze almost instantly, leaving few survivors. After several months the government sent an expedition to search for survivors, but none were found.
That is a 'pataphor.
A pataphor is any use of a metaphor in a literal sense removed of its original context. So, they're both pataphors. I kept mine marginally similar to the original as far as structure and length is concerned just as a matter of composition.
Incidentally, pataphor doesn't get the same apostrophe treatment as 'pataphysiscs, if I recall correctly.
You may very well be correct.
And I think I misunderstood that your pataphor was from the original story. Mine was a pataphor on your pataphor :( My mistake. I apologise.
Quote from: TheStripèdOne on May 14, 2008, 07:50:44 PM
You may very well be correct.
And I think I misunderstood that your pataphor was from the original story. Mine was a pataphor on your pataphor :( My mistake. I apologise.
No apologies necessary.
Quote from: Padre Pataphoros on May 14, 2008, 08:01:55 PM
Quote from: TheStripèdOne on May 14, 2008, 07:50:44 PM
You may very well be correct.
And I think I misunderstood that your pataphor was from the original story. Mine was a pataphor on your pataphor :( My mistake. I apologise.
No apologies necessary.
Apology denial unacceptable!
Quote from: Padre Pataphoros on May 14, 2008, 08:26:46 PM
Quote from: TheStripèdOne on May 14, 2008, 08:21:50 PM
Quote from: Padre Pataphoros on May 14, 2008, 08:01:55 PM
No apologies necessary.
Apology denial unacceptable!
Acceptance of apology denial is MANDATORY!
Fun is MANDATORY. Denial of acceptance of apology denial is not fun, thus... I don't even know what I'm talking about any more.
You're both wrong. There are no rules anywhere, thus there are no mandates.
The Goddess Prevails.
As for 'pataphysics....
We've all posted on the message board.
Eris nailed the board to a collection of other boards and built a house,
in which She can sit at Her divine Apple Computer, and read what we've written online.