so explain to me why your version of reality is superior to mine

[tigereye]

if you dare.

:D

I have time to kill.

[XNASA]

1. That's simple.

I'm a guitar player, and you're a drummer.

[tigereye]

2. next!

drummers are better at math, you know.

edited for hubris...;)

[XNASA]

3. But not spelling.

:rofl:

[Hugin]

5. LOL! Seconded!

[realisticphish]

10. that's not true

drummers are better at EVERYTHING :D

[Susang]

16. But I'm better than you both

Since I'm the singer! :P

[tigereye]

18. ah but are your melodious world view

and your mellifluous pipes greater than all other instruments?

well, maybe so! :)

I suppose many would say the voice is the greatest instrument of all.

[Susang]

33. I don't know about my pipes

But you know what they say about the singer's ego. }(

[AllegroRondo]

11. Did you hear about the guitar player who locked his keys in his car?

it took an hour to get the drummer out.

[jpgray]

19. What do you call a drummer without a girflriend?

Homeless

[AllegroRondo]

27. How do you get a drummer off your porch?

pay him for the pizza.

[jpgray]

29. What do you call a guy who hangs around with musicians all day?

A drummer.

:D

(it's said in love, DU drummers)

[AllegroRondo]

32. What do you do with a drummer that has no rhythm?

take away one of his sticks, and make him a conductor.

[jpgray]

34. How do you know a drummer is knocking at your door?

The knocking always speeds up.

[AllegroRondo]

35. How can you tell if the stage is level?

Drool comes out both sides of the drummer's mouth.

[jpgray]

36. When does your band play?

About half a beat in front of the drummer.

[AllegroRondo]

37. What did the drummer get on his IQ test?

drool.


OK, thats my last one, I gotta go.

[jpgray]

38. I'm out anyway

But nicely played, overall. :toast:

[tigereye]

42. hey, quit messin up my silly thread with bad drummer jokes!

:spank:


and besides, good drumming is not easy. So there.

[redqueen]

4. It's easier for me to understand / relate to.

Beat that. :P

[tigereye]

6. well women are superior in many ways -

But I am wearing a silly fake fur hat.

[redqueen]

7. Oooh is it a tuque? (sp?)

I want one! Not that I need it here, but still...

[tigereye]

8. no it's one of those hats that make you look

like you just stepped off the tundra....with earflaps and the like.

[swag]

9. My version of reality comes with complimentary continental breakfast

from 6 - 10 a.m.

[tigereye]

13. well, that is certanly hard to dispute

will there be mimosas as well?


Mine would offer poetry readings on demand, I suspect. In one corner, the Bukowski crowd, and in another, the Di Prima crowd. And then the Rimbaud folk would be off wandering around....

[swag]

28. No mimosas, sorry to say.

But crullers on MWF and bearclaws on TTh.

Sugar donuts daily.

[tigereye]

43. I do still hope to some day have a drink with you

at that place right across the alley from City LIghts, though. Vesuvio?

(I don't like donuts. I'm more of a bagel gal.)

[swag]

56. I'm a bagel gal, myself.

All that sugar and fat leaves me feeling sugary and fat.

We'll have our drinks, somewhere or another. It will be fun to hear all about your reality.

[rustydog]

12. MY version has ME in it and I am soooo cool

[tigereye]

14. well, that would be a solipsistic view

as I suppose all of them would be! :D


This is in danger of turning into a Zen koan of sorts...

[Beer Snob-50]

15. I have better drugs.,

[tigereye]

20. ah but my view of the world is unaffected by said substances

well, excluding caffeine; at least for the last 10 years or so.... ;)

[Strong Atheist]

17. Because in my

perfect world, there is no war, sickness, racism, sexism, or violence, and all land masses are tropical islands, so no cold :scared: , but lots of sun and beaches.

PS: Built this over many years, in my head. A nice place to visit, to get away from THIS world occasionally.... sigh. Back to reality...:(

[Deja Q]

21. Because I'm single and therefore have more time to think about metaphysics

:rofl:

[tigereye]

44. that's pretty good Hypno

I'm pretty philosophical for a married mom, though.

[ZombieNixon]

22. Because my version of reality is fake and doesn't hurt as much.

x(

[Strong Atheist]

23. Agreed. nt.

[johnnie]

24. Are we supposed to have a version of reality?

Crap.. I better get one first before I try to explain it.

[tigereye]

46. butyou have met a lot of really cool guitarists

so that does count for something.

Actually your version of reality would probably be quite interesting...

[Ravenseye]

25. Lots of Reasons

..but i'm particular to the chocolate chip trees and being able to go see a movie after 6pm for only a quarter.

[tigereye]

47. wow!

I wanna live on your planet.

[Benfea]

26. I refuse to believe in the existence of this "reality" thing.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm a brain in a vat being fed the horrific images of this "world" by roving herds of angry gnomes.

[tigereye]

48. ha ha

that reminds me of a song my band used to do:

I'm a brain in a vat
And I don't like that.



;)

[Benfea]

57. "Brain in a vat" is a philosophical reference.

Specifically Jonathan Dancy:

"You do not know that you are not a brain, suspended in a vat full of liquid in a laboratory, and wired to a computer which is feeding you your current experiences under the control of some ingenious technician scientist (benevolent or malevolent according to taste). For if you were such a brain, then, provided that the scientist is successful, nothing in your experience could possibly reveal that you were; for your experience is ex hypothesi identical with that of something which is not a brain in a vat. Since you have only your own experience to appeal to, and that experience is the same in either situation, nothing can reveal to you which situation is the actual one." (Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, 10)

Which is itself descended from Descartes' existential musings about daemons, which ultimately goes back to Plato's Cave.

Lots of existential silliness available here.

[kwassa]

30. Because I've had a lobotomy.

Though I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.

as the saying goes.

[hfojvt]

31. I have the latest reality XE version 7.0

and you are still using a Mac and linux.

[tigereye]

49. hmmmm

I'll have to have the famiy software guy field that one... no Macs here, though.

[bridgit]

39. i would never presume...

:-)

[Magrittes Pipe]

40. That's just the way it is.

Some things will never change.

[tigereye]

50. well

you do have a unique world view, hedges, and matching Pabst wedding rings to boot, no?

[Initech]

41. Two words: no advertising

No TV or radio commercials, no internet banners, no billboards... my version of reality is 120% ad free!

[Shine]

45. I don't think my version or reality is any more superior than yours

it's just different, that's all.

Whatever "reality" is, we're All in this TOGETHER, right?
:grouphug:

[tigereye]

51. just being a smartass

too much time on my hands this afternoon.... I thought I would offer up a conundrum for pondering....

:hi:

[Shine]

52. I know you were, tigereye. I just wanted to pop in and give my 2cents

esp. since I don't see you starting threads very often.

Good job! :thumbsup:

[tigereye]

54. thanks

I haven't had much to say lately and was preoccupied for a month or two with family crises and work stuff. I wanted to see if I can still get a silly, yet somewhat philosophical post going.

What's new? How was that dance your young one went to... I don't think I heard. :)

[Shine]

55. Hey, thanks for asking!

Yes, he went to the dance and actually danced four dances! I found this out over several days, afterwards. He was soo funny in how he would eek out the information. Apparently, an 8th grader girl (he's in 6th) asked him to dance and he turned her down!! I gave him some good mom-coaching on that one. heheheh.

It's so weird to watch him march towards teenage-hood.

Hope things continue to improve on your end. :hi:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

53. Because it is mine

[amitten]

58. Because I have a cuter ass.

Sorry but...we all know it's true.

[tigereye]

60. I'm not sure that a cute ass constitutes a view of reality

but you are probably right. I suspect mine is way past the "cute" stage.

[SofaKingLiberal]

59. Because you are just a figment of my imagination.

:D

[Tikki]

61. We are all just a part of a.....

Polish Farmer's Dream.....


....and remember~don't forget Poland.






Tikki

[tigereye]

62. mmm

makes me think of the end of St. Elsewhere for some reason.

That's a pretty neat idea.