Thread Summary
The forum thread covers a wide range of topics, including architecture, historical figures, literature, and personal experiences. Users like Merlot Brougham, decibalnyc, erexere, and maltedfalcon share their thoughts and engage in playful banter and disagreements. Discussions include crow-stepped gables, Brutalist architecture, The Secret, historical figures like Sgt. Major Johnny Green, Fair folk migration, and reading materials by Mark Twain. The conversation also revolves around a book involving Celts murdering Puritans, with erexere focusing on this theme. forest_blight shares how the book has broadened their knowledge and inspired them to travel. Merlot Brougham and forest_blight discuss the one-sentence rule, with Merlot suggesting a duel in jest. erexere also brings up becoming more aware of civil rights issues. Overall, the forum discussion showcases a diverse range of opinions and interests, touching on literature, travel, rules of posting, and social awareness.
Merlot Brougham
I can confidently point out, discuss, and know what the hell a crow-stepped gable is.
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Merlot Brougham
Hell yes I have an opinion on Brutalist architecture.
decibalnyc
Maybe this should be renamed to "In what ways did The Secret take over your life and impede your day to day living?"
Merlot Brougham
decibalnyc wrote::
Maybe this should be renamed to "In what ways did The Secret take over your life and impede your day to day living?"
In an attempt to keep my response to one lengthy sentence and leave it up in the air whether that was a statement about the thread or a personal reflection, I'll just say that I don't necessarily see an impediment because I would think of myself as a lifelong student of history who has gained a wealth of knowledge about some obscure Americana by studying The Secret on my free time so I am fine with trading off learning about Sarmiento, Blyden, The Fraunces Tavern (Indies Native), and Lord Mount Stephen when I would have been doing the same thing anyway, only learning about Sgt. Major Johnny Green and his awesome diary (which I recommend), but sadly has no cask at the end.
erexere
After the portion of the story handed down from the Nootka grandfather, I grew curious about the sentence about what the Leprechaun's of Erin would've thought while watching the Celt murdering Puritan's step off the Mayflower, and so I started reading more about the Mayflower and early colonists of America. I gathered a much deeper understanding of how the English (the Scrooby Congregation) emmigrated to Lieden for a brief time and finding it difficult to live with the Dutch they stepped onto the Mayflower for the chance to live somewhere free of undirable indoctrination. I wonder how they might've percieved the political climate before Cromwell really got things rolling.
I'm reading up more than I ever expected about other topical points in English history. There's quite a lot of bloody conflicts. I can see how BP found the migration of Fair folk so compelling.
Merlot Brougham
erexere wrote::
After the portion of the story handed down from the Nootka grandfather, I grew curious about the sentence about what the Leprechaun's of Erin would've thought while watching the Celt murdering Puritan's step off the Mayflower, and so I started reading more about the Mayflower and early colonists of America. I gathered a much deeper understanding of how the English (the Scrooby Congregation) emmigrated to Lieden for a brief time and finding it difficult to live with the Dutch they stepped onto the Mayflower for the chance to live somewhere free of undirable indoctrination. I wonder how they might've percieved the political climate before Cromwell really got things rolling.
I'm reading up more than I ever expected about other topical points in English history. There's quite a lot of bloody conflicts. I can see how BP found the migration of Fair folk so compelling.
I learned that erexere can't keep himself to one sentence in the one sentence thread when he could have easily chopped that post up into some material that would have fed this thread's treasure fire the same way coal fueled the engine of the 982 at Hermann Park.
maltedfalcon
Because of it I have read everything Mark Twain published. which was actually quite enjoyable.
Look up Snarky and Sarcastic in the Dictionary.
You will see Mark Twain's Photo
erexere
You are wrong and not being smart. If you were smart you'd understand that the 1-sentence from the book about Celt murdering Puritan's was my central focus and I can share my reflections in as many more sentences as I like, because in the end you should only see a single sentence "This post was made by erexere who is currently on your ignore list."
forest_blight
I've learned so much about art, architecture, history, language, literature, geography, and cryptology that I could never fully quantify it. This hunt has also inspired me to travel to places I otherwise wouldn't have, and to be a keener observer of my surroundings (Grant Park in Chicago, Roanoke Island, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Charleston...). I don't know if that makes me more high brow, just more educated.
edit: Oh, and Montreal! Also, sorry for breaking the 1-sentence rule.
Merlot Brougham
erexere wrote::
You are wrong and not being smart. If you were smart you'd understand that the 1-sentence from the book about Celt murdering Puritan's was my central focus and I can share my reflections in as many more sentences as I like, because in the end you should only see a single sentence "This post was made by erexere who is currently on your ignore list."
That's what I'm talking about
Merlot Brougham
forest_blight wrote::
I've learned so much about art, architecture, history, language, literature, geography, and cryptology that I could never fully quantify it. This hunt has also inspired me to travel to places I otherwise wouldn't have, and to be a keener observer of my surroundings (Grant Park in Chicago, Roanoke Island, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Charleston...). I don't know if that makes me more high brow, just more educated.
edit: Oh, and Montreal! Also, sorry for breaking the 1-sentence rule.
I suppose in the spirit of our second favorite (semi)secular American holiday, we can just change the rules and operate within the spirit of the thread rather than adhering to the rigid one sentence rule that the founding father intended even though this reply was still in one sentence.
Merlot Brougham
forest_blight wrote::
I've learned so much about art, architecture, history, language, literature, geography, and cryptology that I could never fully quantify it. This hunt has also inspired me to travel to places I otherwise wouldn't have, and to be a keener observer of my surroundings (Grant Park in Chicago, Roanoke Island, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Charleston...). I don't know if that makes me more high brow, just more educated.
edit: Oh, and Montreal! Also, sorry for breaking the 1-sentence rule.
I hope you will notice, forest_blight, that I took the easy way out by posting a new response to keep it to one sentence to say that I agree with you completely and also demand satisfaction for breaking the one sentence rule if you would care to duel in the sand under an Earthquake bolt beside the long palm's shadow somewhere?
forest_blight
If you can find a location with a suitable combination of sand, arms, bar, and palm tree that we find mutually agreeable I'll meet you there.
Merlot Brougham
forest_blight wrote::
If you can find a location with a suitable combination of sand, arms, bar, and palm tree that we find mutually agreeable I'll meet you there.
I certainly will, but until then I will just use my arm to put a Rusty Nail in my palm and move it to my mouth. At the bar. This bar does bind.
erexere
I've become much more aware of the subject of civil rights with respect to race and culture in world history.