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Dada Was Alive and Well this Weekend
Posted by gtally • 5/17/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: dada, fox hunting, hounds, surreal
Release the hounds! I was in a green belt park yesterday, when an English fox hunting party rode past me -- red riding outfits, hounds, horses, whips, bugle -- the whole nine yards! And this was in Colorado, no less! What is a 19th century cartoon cliche hunting party straight out of Jane Austen doing in the middle of a 21st century wilderness area in the Rocky Mountains? It was incongruous, dada-istic, dreamlike and surreal!
So, have you had any similar real life surreal moments? Tell us about them!
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surreal is a word stupid people use when they do not know how to properly convey their thoughts. But you made up for it by using the term Dada.-
Yup, it does get abused. But how else to describe an incongruous dream-like waking state?
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existential trance
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I know I have had a lot I just cannot think of them right now. Damn!
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Oooh! I like it!
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my whole college experience was like that I guess...I went to Reed. if you have ever heard of it you would know what I am talking about
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But college is good weird. I'd expect it to be a bit off the wall and full of incongruities. Anything where you're just mining your own business and something extremely bizarre occurred?
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i live in Spokane... it's pretty Dada-esque all the time here-
haha!
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Heytvelt shares his shrooms
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Any non-drug related bizarre moments that blew your mind?
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well... when I worked at the County Courthouse Complex it was both sad and sureal
but I'm not sure if that counts as "non-drug related" -
redneck sureal count?
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Share some weirdness with us, then!
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well... when I did drafting work for a welding shop, I had to attend their safety meeting with the ironworkers. This one guy (who was definitely not my brother in law... and if he was, then only on his mother's side) was chewing chaw, and spitting it onto the concrete shop floor. By the time the meeting was finished, there was like a 1sq. ft. puddle :P. I wanted to raise my hand and ask if we should get a safety cone out to warn of a slip hazzard. o_0
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I once had a boss who would backwash half his food into whatever he was drinking. You could see food particles floating around in his glass. Lunch meetings were always a joy...
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lol. i have to go do something productive
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Boo! Blow it off!
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YICK! fence-post-hole-digging... BLECK!
Meh! -
And yard work awaits me, when the day cools down a bit. How many holes did you dig?
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4
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What? Where's the gnome?!?
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Small but strong... he was needed at Work Camp
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Awww... I miss him already. I think it was perfect for political discourse because it was a little bit infuriating and funny. I think the gnome really got under the skin of your opponents. Come on, bring 'em back!
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there we go... oh, wait... DOH!
dangit! that's Noam Chomsky again! -
You killed him, didn't you? Broke his little gnome back at work camp. UMMMM! You're in trouble now! I'M GOING TO TELL!!!
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just a moment...
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Fashioning an alibi, are we?
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There we go.... he's alive... see... yeah...
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This is turning into the gnome version of "Weekend at Bernies."
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Agit8r -- Now I just think you're propping up that poor dead gnome like a puppet.
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I can't get my brain together today.-
Is it haywire?
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It needs Chinese food and vodka.
At least the vodka part I can fix. -
Then why not make a vodka-spiked stir fry?
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No, I think it's going to be a delivery night.
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Straight up or in a mixed drink?
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Maybe the Chinese place will deliver some limes and 7-up.
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you guys are making me "thirsty"
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A cold beer does sound really good, right about now.
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Okay I am opening up a Deschutes Cascade Ale now.
BAM!
cookingforassholes.blogspot.com/2009/05/deschutes-brewery-cascade-ale.html -
bastards!
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Glug glug glug glug glug!
Ahhhh...
Thanks, ca, I needed that! -
@agit8r
oh man this is SO good!
To bad you cannot have any! Sucker. -
On a hot summer day like today -- no kidding!
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does Flying Dog still exist? They stopped shipping up here.
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Maybe I will make a pineapple mango smoothie spiked with vodka.
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maybe I need to go to the store...
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don't forget to bring a towel
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in case the world ends?
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oh man I just finished my beer. It was SO good I might just get another.
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Are you torturing Agit, enjoying a good beer or both?
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all of the above...but really I think I will just stick to one beer. It is only 2pm
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hey i added some "weirdness" up there
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A cool, crisp refreshing cold beer, condensation beading on the outside of the bottle, waiting to be poured into a icy, frosted mug straight from the freezer. MMMM-mmmm! I can almost taste it!
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oh holy Moses maybe I will get another...
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Just ordered Chinese food.
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What's on the menu?
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scallion pancakes, empress shrimp, rice. Grubhub.com rocks. Not only can you order from hundreds of different restaurants, you don't even have to deal with the judgment of the Chinese guy on the other end rolling his eyes at you for ordering the same thing 4 weeks in a row.
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If the food is good, I could live the judgment.
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yeah! F*ck that a**hole!
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This place is really good. I was really impressed because most Chinese delivery is just dreadful.
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Yeah, who does this guy think he is, rolling his eyes?!? Does he want the business or not? (You are tipping, aren't you ST?)
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stiff him everytime!!
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Or spit on the money you give him!
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Of course, I tip.
It's just embarrassing when they pick up the phone, recognize your number on caller ID and say, "OK, empress shrimp and scallion pancakes. Good to go. We have your credit card on file from last time. See you soon."
It's even worse when you realize you order the same thing on the same day every week. -
I would have no reservations about that...who cares what they think!
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Yeah! Good is good and there's nothing wrong with a weekly tradition. You're over-thinking the scallion pancakes!
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Next time I am going to shock the sh*t out of them and order crab rangoon.
I am a creature of habit. When I go for sushi, I order the tuna sashimi bento box with broiled mackeral.
When I go for breakfast, it's scrambled eggs with chorizo and hashbrowns. -
Gasp! You are just sick.
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I'm so predictable it's crazy.
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The risk of ordering something new is that you'll be disappointed. When I find a restaurant dish I like, I usually just run with it. What's wrong with being happy with a dish you know you like?
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Oh, I am not afraid to try new foods. It's just that the stuff I like, I LIKE IT ALOT!
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Heck yeah!
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No, it's heck to the yeah. (o_O)
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[bleep] to the [bleepedy] [bleep]
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Yeah, to [bleep] with that mother-[bleepin] [bleep]! I mean, [BLEEEEEEP]!
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I'm still left wondering about the OP to this thread -- what was an English hunting party doing in the middle of the Colorado Rockies?
Pip pip tallyho!-
*shrugs*
Did you take pictures? -
dramatic reenactment?
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Still -- No! I was camera-less!
ca -- There was no audience, so I don't think so. But who's pompous enough to conduct an English fox hunt, anyway?
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chinese = good
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What's your fortune say?
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still eating. haven't gotten to it yet.
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Well, how about now?
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It's like you're psychic. I just finished my last bite along with the episode of King of the Hill where the entire town of Arlen thinks Hank is a racist.
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Of course I'm clairvoyant! That was a mystical bump to get the thread back to the top of the page.
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"you have a lively family"
Well, that one was a dud. My family is a lot of things, lively is not one of them. -
Maybe it meant your BC family. We're definitely lively, if a bit dysfunctional.
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"you have a yearning for perfection"
Of course, who doesn't? -
"The boards on a Sunday afternoon are deader than a doornail."
I think I just got that one... -
"you will be singled out for promotion"
or you will get laid off. -
Maybe it means you join the Army.
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The cookies themselves taste different. They must have a different supplier with less wise fortune writers.
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Yeah. Those certainly stank. Where is everybody? I think it's just you and me, at the moment. It's like a neutron bomb went off, or something!
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I'm sure CA is off making dinner for his family and everyone else is probably off having lives. How dare they!
I am actually checking out myself. Now, that I have eaten, I am sleepy. -
Meh. It's too hot to mow yet and I don't feel like doing anything else. Have a good nap.
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It was 9pm and it was snowing gently downtown Cincinnati, and as we walked past an alley we saw a real elephant walking along the alley.
Turns out it was in the show nearby, but it was unexpected and very strange.-
That is really cool!
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