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  • Moliere
    One man.....one pie
    • Oct 2009
    • 27926

    #1696
    Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
    , daydreams and success (or lack thereof) in the bathroom,
    "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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    • SeattleUte
      Faith crisis consultant
      • Nov 2008
      • 20837

      #1697
      Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
      It's strange that people take the time to write such banalities, and even stranger that there's apparently an audience for such stuff. If people wish to subscribe to hourly reports concerning my dining habits, daydreams and success (or lack thereof) in the bathroom, maybe I'll start tweeting, although it occurs to me that my kids became a captive audience for such reportage long before the advent of Twitter.
      Good work. Banality is the word I wanted. Better than drivel. I knew there was something better but couldn't put my finger on it.
      When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

      --Jonathan Swift

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      • Non Sequitur
        Where did I put my bodkin
        • Nov 2008
        • 5773

        #1698
        Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
        Good work. Banality is the word I wanted. Better than drivel. I knew there was something better but couldn't put my finger on it.
        I'm going to go with mundane.
        "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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        • Art Vandelay
          Striving for mediocrity
          • Jul 2009
          • 10516

          #1699
          Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
          Good work. Banality is the word I wanted. Better than drivel. I knew there was something better but couldn't put my finger on it.
          ok when we start talking about putting your finger on PAC's banal (which he may or may not be tweeting about from the toilet) I think this thread has reached its nadir (now that is a great word).

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          • SeattleUte
            Faith crisis consultant
            • Nov 2008
            • 20837

            #1700
            Two things.

            I'm glad BYU is restored to its old perch as the most loathed team in the MWC. This should make things a little easier for the Utes his year. It's hard to get up an extreme head of hate twice a year.

            The MWC is going to have to help BYU save face. What will it be? It has to be something more than a hug.
            When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

            --Jonathan Swift

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            • Non Sequitur
              Where did I put my bodkin
              • Nov 2008
              • 5773

              #1701
              Originally posted by Art Vandelay View Post
              ok when we start talking about putting your finger on PAC's banal (which he may or may not be tweeting about from the toilet) I think this thread has reached its nadir (now that is a great word).
              I disagree. When it's all said and done, I have not doubt that this thread will enjoy prominence in the anals of CUF history.
              "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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              • falafel
                loves to talk on things
                • Mar 2009
                • 38034

                #1702
                Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                Two things.

                I'm glad BYU is restored to its old perch as the most loathed team in the MWC. This should make things a little easier for the Utes his year. It's hard to get up an extreme head of hate twice a year.

                The MWC is going to have to help BYU save face. What will it be? It has to be something more than a hug.
                Are you suggesting that BYU was ever NOT the most loathed team in the MWC? Or just that BYU was (or was almost) not in the MWC?
                Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                Dig your own grave, and save!

                "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                • SeattleUte
                  Faith crisis consultant
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 20837

                  #1703
                  Originally posted by falafel View Post
                  Are you suggesting that BYU was ever NOT the most loathed team in the MWC? Or just that BYU was (or was almost) not in the MWC?
                  I think that Utah would have been most loathed but for recent developments.
                  When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                  --Jonathan Swift

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                  • SeattleUte
                    Faith crisis consultant
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 20837

                    #1704
                    Originally posted by Art Vandelay View Post
                    ok when we start talking about putting your finger on PAC's banal (which he may or may not be tweeting about from the toilet) I think this thread has reached its nadir (now that is a great word).
                    This is what happens when you stray into a thread shortly I after me. Now you are going to have to confess to your SP.
                    When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

                    --Jonathan Swift

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                    • falafel
                      loves to talk on things
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 38034

                      #1705
                      Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                      I think that Utah would have been most loathed but for recent developments.
                      Feared, maybe. Not loathed. No one, outside of BYU, hates Utah. Well, WYO might. But WYO doesn't hate Utah more than it hates BYU.
                      Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                      Dig your own grave, and save!

                      "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                      "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                      GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                      • DapperDan
                        Whut?
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 1132

                        #1706
                        Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
                        The MWC is going to have to help BYU save face. What will it be? It has to be something more than a hug.
                        They should try for a lifetime supply of Turtle Wax to keep that HD truck lookin' NICE.

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                        • LA Ute
                          Receiver of Memory
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 19512

                          #1707
                          Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                          Actually, it took me two.
                          Maybe. I remember only one, and it was a masterpiece of outrageousness. You miserable vomitous mass.
                          “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                          ― W.H. Auden


                          "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                          -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


                          "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                          --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                          • wuapinmon
                            Soul Plumber
                            • Dec 2008
                            • 30711

                            #1708



                            Maybe we're both right.
                            "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                            The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                            • PolyCougar
                              Junior Member
                              • Jul 2010
                              • 242

                              #1709
                              Originally posted by falafel View Post
                              Feared, maybe. Not loathed. No one, outside of BYU, hates Utah. Well, WYO might. But WYO doesn't hate Utah more than it hates BYU.
                              I got death threats from KKK members on my mission, and yet it didn't compare to the level of hate I've felt in Laramie... it's beyond anything I've felt in my life.

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                              • hostile
                                lollygagger
                                • Dec 2009
                                • 5736

                                #1710
                                Originally posted by falafel View Post
                                Feared, maybe. Not loathed. No one, outside of BYU, hates Utah. Well, WYO might. But WYO doesn't hate Utah more than it hates BYU.
                                True story. A buddy of mine travelled with friends and family to Laramie for a Utah/Wyoming game. Avid Ute fans, they stopped in a local sports bar, all decked out in Utah crimson. They were met with turned heads, hushed expletives and derisive looks. When the waiter finally sauntered over, he was obviously not in a friendly mood. My buddy breaks the silence by asking, "So, who do you guys hate more, us or BYU?" After that, everything was just fine.
                                "You interns are like swallows. You shit all over my patients for six weeks and then fly off."

                                "Don't be sorry, it's not your fault. It's my fault for overestimating your competence."

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