Yet another word game

[Bagumbawalla]

Floyd, I suppose, is OK as a last name, but as a first name- not so much.

 

[Sentinel]

^^^ Much ado about nothing.

 

[Larry Duff]

Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all

 

[Sentinel]

All i want is love.

 

[Larry Duff]

Love forty

 

[Vcore89]

Forty Licks

 

[Sentinel]

Licks on the cheek is how a dog often greets his human.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Human beings all across the world are pretty much the same when they are born, then then things begin to change.

 

[Sentinel]

Change is about the only thing guaranteed other than death and taxes.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Taxes- every person contributing to support the government: isn't that a form of communism?

 

[Larry Duff]

Communism has always failed, thank the CIA.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

CIA DCI under Eisenhower, Allen Dulles, was Carl Jung’s handler for the OSS, who was called Agent 488 and provided the Allies with psychological profiles and insights into behavior.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Behaviorism, more often than not, ignores the very mechanics of thinking.

 

[Vcore89]

'Thinking out loud’ is one way to naturally exercise our minds.

 

[Larry Duff]

Our minds are conditioned to constant propaganda, especially in those countries where citizens believe they are free.

 

[Vcore89]

Freedom is primarily a state of mind, not a physical condition.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Condition is an important factor in determining the value of your cars.

 

[Sentinel]

Cars was a group I did listen to a bit in the early 80s but didn't take much of a liking to.

 

[borg number one]

Sometimes its fun “Moving in Stereo”…

 

[Bagumbawalla]

To be or not to be, that is the question.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

To be or not to be, that is the question.

A ledge facing Sweden on the grounds of Hamlet's Castle (Kronborg Castle in Helsaingør) used to be a meditative refuge from nearby Copenhagen for me. I'd take the train to Helsingør, buy a few beers and a snack, and stare across the sea towards Sweden.

To be or not to be, that is the question.

Questions can lead to nosebleeds.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Nosebleeds can, depending on the circumstance and frequency, be a warning sign of something more serious.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Seriously sizzling slice serves slide somewhat sideways.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Sideways was a "small", well constructed and acted film about some fairly ordinary people.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Ordinary People is about people whose lives went sideways, and a little gold-plated bronze statue of a naked man standing atop a reel of film was given to Robert Redford for directing.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Directing a movie is like carving a statue out of light.

 

[Mike Bulgakov]

Light is a trip.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01938-6

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Trip the light fantastic is a phrase, that some attribute to Milton (or Chaucer), and means
to dance nimbly and lightly to music.

 

[Vcore89]

Music sheets from the vault be evidence of
''He did trip it on the toe
Diddle diddle diddle doh''
as prolly the precursor to the ever famous phrase ''trip the light fantastic''.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Fantastic can be replaced with another "F" word, fandango,
and trip replaced by skipped, as in- We skipped a light fandango, which is the opening
of some well-known Lyrics.

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Lyrics to a song tell a story, and sometimes one that is quite haunting.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Haunting is a word that can be used, in a positive sense, to describe some longed-for memory, or,
in a negative sense, evil spirits that linger near the place of their unnatural death.

 

[Larry Duff]

Death disco was a song by Public Image Ltd, their singer John Lydon has become a sad parody.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Parody, lampoon and satire are terms that may be confused by some people.

 

[KantenKlaar]

Parody, lampoon and satire are terms that may be confused by some people.

So what did Confucius say?

 

[Vcore89]

Some people maliciously confuse others to control them in a behaviourally abusive and toxic manner.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Manner is related to the French la manière and goes back to Latin manus (hand) - a manner is basically how something
is "handled" and relates to the more modern word, manual.

 

[Vcore89]

Manual labour such as fruit and vegetable picking requires no experience.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Experience, in William Blakes poems, represents the corrupting influences of the world and civilization.

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Civilization at one time had both modern humans (**** sapiens) and Neanderthals coexisting.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Coexisting does not always imply, or lead to, peaceful and harmonious relationships.

 

[milk of amnesia]

Relationships with other people can be exhausting.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Exhausting the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

(to paraphrase a fictional detective)

 

[Larry Duff]

Truth is stranger than fiction

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Fiction writing is easier than non-fiction writing because
you don't have to look things up.

 

[Sentinel]

Up close and personal

 

[Vcore89]

Personal effects refers to a person's personal property, customarily items of particular significance that are carried, displayed, worn or secured inside of bank vault.

 

[Rafa.the.Magnificent]

Vault events in gymnastics are performed by both males and females.

 

[milk of amnesia]

Female gymnasts tend to be more graceful than their male counterparts.

 

[Bagumbawalla]

Counter parts may include a framework, grout and tile or marble slabs