[MD] Seriously, Dan

[Dan Glover]

Hello everyone

On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 12:55 PM, John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Krimel <Krimel at krimel.com> wrote:
>
>> [Dan]
>>
>
>
>> Krimel is an old friend. My 'asshole' statement had more to do with
>> his rebuttal to my original statement than to him personally. I mean,
>> I know Krimel didn't really want a pony. If he'd said he wanted a blow
>> job and didn't get one, well, then I'd of taken him seriously.
>>
>
> John:
>
> Fair enough.  Being an old friend, you understand him.

Dan:
Ho, ho, ho. And I thought x-mas was over.

John:
I myself would have
> pointed out that in this economy, horses and ponies have become too
> expensive to keep and since they've got laws against slaughtering them,
> people can't even give 'em away.
>
> Thus, if Krimel really wants a pony, all he has to do is look around and
> he'll find one for free.

Dan:
Sure, sure. Any number of witty retorts came to mind, but "asshole"
seemed to cover them all plus it's straight to the point.

>
>
> [Krimel]
>> My initial response was something like this:
>>
>> > [Dan]
>> > ... The world will bend to your will.
>> >
>> > [Krimel]
>> > Right: "If wishes were horses then beggars would ride."
>> > I spent Christmas Eve in the backyard, waiting for my pony...
>> >
>> [Dan]
>> asshole
>>
>> [Krimel]
>> If you bend the world a little more to your will, I'll bet you can kiss
>> mine.
>>
>> But I didn't think it would be accepted in the spirit of friendship. When
>> it
>> comes to my personal attempts to bend the world to my will I choose my
>> futile gestures carefully. For ponies, wishing in the backyard, works as
>> well as one might expect. For blowjobs, I prefer begging indoors. As futile
>> gestures go they provide about equal levels of satisfaction, as do praying
>> for lottery numbers, hoping for a raise, dreaming of retirement and
>> meditating on world peace.

Dan:
This is all true. So. Do you believe that reality as you understand it
to be is something solid and separate from you as an individual?