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What Does Your Profile Try To Tell Us?
I’m sure most of us have viewed a few profiles while on dating sites. Sometimes we just scan it briefly or maybe only partially while other times we read it attentively. Sometimes you may read it even several times.
What is it that makes you pay more attention to a specific profile? Was it the picture or was it some word(s) in there that captured your attention. Is it some special characteristic that you seek?
And most of all; what does your profile try to tell us. What is the single most important thing you try to convey when a person read your profile or do you think that a good looking picture is enough?
Greeting from a wet and windy Cape Town.
I have to nip out for a while. Should not be too long.
What is it that makes you pay more attention to a specific profile? Was it the picture or was it some word(s) in there that captured your attention. Is it some special characteristic that you seek?
And most of all; what does your profile try to tell us. What is the single most important thing you try to convey when a person read your profile or do you think that a good looking picture is enough?
Greeting from a wet and windy Cape Town.
I have to nip out for a while. Should not be too long.
Love And Hate
I was always under the impression that love and hate was the same emotion; just opposite ends of the scale but I was wrong.
I have learned that people can both love and hate somebody with the same intensity. This is more often so with women (no intention here of bashing women), while men rather tend to dislike.
Hate is a dangerous emotion and it consumes more energy than anything else. It will eat you up from the inside and spit you out as an empty shell when it has burned out, leaving you bitter and lonely. You can never be happy as long as you carry hate in your heart; it is all consuming.
When you love and hate the same person, nothing – not even the death of that person – can satisfy the urge for revenge. Death will only rob you of the object of your hate and leave you empty. Therefore you would help such a person if possible if his life was in danger.
When a man dislikes somebody intensely enough he will enter a stage of feeling nothing for that person. No love, no hate, no dislike, just nothing. The person would not exist in his life and he could not be bothered if the person was alive or not. A far more dangerous emotion or rather lack of emotion. He would literally feel nothing for the person.
If you walk around with hate in your heart, get rid of it; before it consumes you. It will imprison your heart and ransom your soul.
Enjoy this happy day.
I have learned that people can both love and hate somebody with the same intensity. This is more often so with women (no intention here of bashing women), while men rather tend to dislike.
Hate is a dangerous emotion and it consumes more energy than anything else. It will eat you up from the inside and spit you out as an empty shell when it has burned out, leaving you bitter and lonely. You can never be happy as long as you carry hate in your heart; it is all consuming.
When you love and hate the same person, nothing – not even the death of that person – can satisfy the urge for revenge. Death will only rob you of the object of your hate and leave you empty. Therefore you would help such a person if possible if his life was in danger.
When a man dislikes somebody intensely enough he will enter a stage of feeling nothing for that person. No love, no hate, no dislike, just nothing. The person would not exist in his life and he could not be bothered if the person was alive or not. A far more dangerous emotion or rather lack of emotion. He would literally feel nothing for the person.
If you walk around with hate in your heart, get rid of it; before it consumes you. It will imprison your heart and ransom your soul.
Enjoy this happy day.
An Eye For An Eye?
Does a man deserve to live after he had purposely and intentionally killed another man? I hear this nonsense all the time about his constitutional right to live but what about the rights of the person he had killed?
I believe that every person has the right to live and therefore has the right to defend his own life; or the life of another, providing that he does not use excessive force.
Killing somebody by negligence and/or recklessness should be heavily punished according to the circumstances. We cannot claim an accident if we were reckless or negligent.
I don’t believe that crimes of passion or things done on the spur of the moment are any different than any other crime. If you have intended to kill at the time, you should pay for that crime.
To me attempted murder is no different than murder. Doing a bad job is no mitigation. It is the intent that matters; not the result.
No, I don’t think a man deserves the right to live if he had willfully killed another; no matter what the reason. He had forfeited that right when he took it away from another.
May you have a wonderful Wednesday.
I believe that every person has the right to live and therefore has the right to defend his own life; or the life of another, providing that he does not use excessive force.
Killing somebody by negligence and/or recklessness should be heavily punished according to the circumstances. We cannot claim an accident if we were reckless or negligent.
I don’t believe that crimes of passion or things done on the spur of the moment are any different than any other crime. If you have intended to kill at the time, you should pay for that crime.
To me attempted murder is no different than murder. Doing a bad job is no mitigation. It is the intent that matters; not the result.
No, I don’t think a man deserves the right to live if he had willfully killed another; no matter what the reason. He had forfeited that right when he took it away from another.
May you have a wonderful Wednesday.
You Can Never Be Free
Many people do not know what to do with their freedom. As such they are prisoners of their own freedom. Freedom, when you are not prepared for it, is a burden and a curse. What good is it for a caged parrot to gain his freedom only to die of starvation and exposure?
Freedom is not doing what you want to do. That is called anarchy; and when we all do what we want to do, it causes chaos. Then freedom is just another word for having nothing left to lose.
We are all prisoners of our possessions. When you possess something, you have to take certain measures to protect that possession; be that material, love, status or anything else. The more precious the possession is to you, the more you are bound to it. You can only be truly free when you have nothing to tie you down to a certain place or routine.
Some would say that freedom is doing the right thing but what is the right thing? What is right for you can never be right for everybody else. Are you really free when you are bound to certain options? Is that really free choice?
If freedom looked like that, I’d rather be comfortably enslaved for only death can bring true freedom. And that is only if there is no afterlife because even then you will not have the choice of where you want to go. You will be bound by your limited choices here on earth.
Have a monster Friday.
Freedom is not doing what you want to do. That is called anarchy; and when we all do what we want to do, it causes chaos. Then freedom is just another word for having nothing left to lose.
We are all prisoners of our possessions. When you possess something, you have to take certain measures to protect that possession; be that material, love, status or anything else. The more precious the possession is to you, the more you are bound to it. You can only be truly free when you have nothing to tie you down to a certain place or routine.
Some would say that freedom is doing the right thing but what is the right thing? What is right for you can never be right for everybody else. Are you really free when you are bound to certain options? Is that really free choice?
If freedom looked like that, I’d rather be comfortably enslaved for only death can bring true freedom. And that is only if there is no afterlife because even then you will not have the choice of where you want to go. You will be bound by your limited choices here on earth.
Have a monster Friday.
What To Treat The Ladies On.
When I was young my dad told me never try to impress a woman on a first date. He said if she really liked you, she would be happy walk to with you to a take-way stand and eat whatever you gave her.
In view of the international nature of CD I thought I would compile a guide on what to treat your long distance lover when you finally get to meet her.
An English Miss –
Fish and chips wrapped in newspaper.
A French Mademoiselle –
Take her for a walk on a rainy day, she will get the snails, take you to her maisonette, prepare them, cook them and by the time they are ready, you will be already full up with the hors-d´oeuvres. (Minerva)
A German Fräulein –
A doner kebab - whatever that is. I hope it is cheaper than sauerkraut. (KNenagh)
An Australian Sheila –
A Vegemite Sandwich .
An African Maiden –
Pap and Wors (thick maize porridge and sausage). Pap is optional!
An US Chick –
Hotdogs from a pavement stand.
An Irish Lassie -
A small helping of Black Pudding. (Hans4711)
An Afrikaans Madam –
A Boerewors (sausage) roll. The roll is optional!
An Indonesian Bird –
Raw oysters. Just take her to the sea. She will take them out for you too.
A Barbadian Queen –
Hot Bajan Fish Cakes.
A China Doll –
A generous helping of rice served on a bed of rice.
A Japanese Lady –
Sashimi - Raw fish. Just take her to the fresh fish market.
An Italian Signorina –
Chinese quick noodles. She will love the superior quality.
A Portuguese Senorita –
Dried fish. No need to take her anywhere, she will have a good supply.
A Canadian Miss -
Clubbed baby seals. Plenty of frozen carcasses abandoned in the ice fields.
A Spanish Señorita -
Take her to the nearest Tapa Bar and buy the cheapest drink. (Zman)
A Ugandan Beauty in Nigerian refugee camp -
An UN ration pack bought on the black market.
But now I’m stuck. Maybe with some suggestions we can complete this manual for overseas dating.
In view of the international nature of CD I thought I would compile a guide on what to treat your long distance lover when you finally get to meet her.
An English Miss –
Fish and chips wrapped in newspaper.
A French Mademoiselle –
Take her for a walk on a rainy day, she will get the snails, take you to her maisonette, prepare them, cook them and by the time they are ready, you will be already full up with the hors-d´oeuvres. (Minerva)
A German Fräulein –
A doner kebab - whatever that is. I hope it is cheaper than sauerkraut. (KNenagh)
An Australian Sheila –
A Vegemite Sandwich .
An African Maiden –
Pap and Wors (thick maize porridge and sausage). Pap is optional!
An US Chick –
Hotdogs from a pavement stand.
An Irish Lassie -
A small helping of Black Pudding. (Hans4711)
An Afrikaans Madam –
A Boerewors (sausage) roll. The roll is optional!
An Indonesian Bird –
Raw oysters. Just take her to the sea. She will take them out for you too.
A Barbadian Queen –
Hot Bajan Fish Cakes.
A China Doll –
A generous helping of rice served on a bed of rice.
A Japanese Lady –
Sashimi - Raw fish. Just take her to the fresh fish market.
An Italian Signorina –
Chinese quick noodles. She will love the superior quality.
A Portuguese Senorita –
Dried fish. No need to take her anywhere, she will have a good supply.
A Canadian Miss -
Clubbed baby seals. Plenty of frozen carcasses abandoned in the ice fields.
A Spanish Señorita -
Take her to the nearest Tapa Bar and buy the cheapest drink. (Zman)
A Ugandan Beauty in Nigerian refugee camp -
An UN ration pack bought on the black market.
But now I’m stuck. Maybe with some suggestions we can complete this manual for overseas dating.
A Special Gift… Or Is It A Curse.
Ever since I was a child I had the unfailing ability to annoy and irritate the hell out of some people; and the worst of it is that I enjoy it. As with all other things that I enjoy, I practice it well and through the years I had honed it into a fine art.
When people use resources and dedicate blogs to me in revenge, so much sweeter it becomes for it only underlines how effective I am. As they say in show business: There is no such thing as bad publicity. The worse it is, the more people will get to know about it and thus the better the exposure.
And being the vain bastard that I am… Ah shut up, Catfoot! That is enough of that for now.
Oh me, oh my! My dear friend Simmo, you cannot just shift your responsibilities down onto me. I do not merit such honour and do not have the expertness or the experience for such an honoured position. The only experience I have in any sort of a leader’s position was when I was class captain in grade 1 and I have a notion it was only to stop me from crying for my mother.
But while we are at the topic of humus excreti, we also have these surfboard riding fossils in my country, but luckily - due to a lack of decent waves - they are in the minority.
Anyway, as per usual, I’m talking too much again. So to all you fellow trolls and mobsters out there - look around, stay alert and remember to take your little pink pills. Those leprechauns are lurking everywhere; just waiting to strike.
When people use resources and dedicate blogs to me in revenge, so much sweeter it becomes for it only underlines how effective I am. As they say in show business: There is no such thing as bad publicity. The worse it is, the more people will get to know about it and thus the better the exposure.
And being the vain bastard that I am… Ah shut up, Catfoot! That is enough of that for now.
Oh me, oh my! My dear friend Simmo, you cannot just shift your responsibilities down onto me. I do not merit such honour and do not have the expertness or the experience for such an honoured position. The only experience I have in any sort of a leader’s position was when I was class captain in grade 1 and I have a notion it was only to stop me from crying for my mother.
But while we are at the topic of humus excreti, we also have these surfboard riding fossils in my country, but luckily - due to a lack of decent waves - they are in the minority.
Anyway, as per usual, I’m talking too much again. So to all you fellow trolls and mobsters out there - look around, stay alert and remember to take your little pink pills. Those leprechauns are lurking everywhere; just waiting to strike.
The F-word
It seemed to have become the de facto standard in the vocabulary of a lot of people to use the F-word. One cannot walk in a public place with your parents, partner or children anymore without hearing the word being used in every other sentence; in all its forms and declensions.
The strange thing, while our movies are filled with it, there is hardly any of it in our newspapers. People, who don’t think twice about watching a movie liberally sprinkled with the F-word, wouldn’t buy a newspaper using the same language. Why?
I think it is because movies are shown in the dark! Movie producers say they only reflect on society, but I think they are the leaders, not the mirrors.
The strange thing, while our movies are filled with it, there is hardly any of it in our newspapers. People, who don’t think twice about watching a movie liberally sprinkled with the F-word, wouldn’t buy a newspaper using the same language. Why?
I think it is because movies are shown in the dark! Movie producers say they only reflect on society, but I think they are the leaders, not the mirrors.
The Last Tango
Suicide is the worse sin you can commit. It leaves you without the opportunity to repent.
It also is the worse crime you can commit. You have cold-bloodedly murdered somebody while deliberately leaving enough clues around to be convicted in a court of law. Sometimes even leaving a written confession, but you are not around to stand trial. Not in this world anyway.
A deed you have planned in detail and executed to perfection. Premeditated! You should hang.
But is this the coward’s way out? I don’t think so. It takes guts to execute; a kind of guts I don’t think I possess. Or total insanity.
I cannot even try to imagine what must go through the mind of the person when he takes that final step that takes him beyond that point of no return.
Cheer up! We are one day closer to Friday.
It also is the worse crime you can commit. You have cold-bloodedly murdered somebody while deliberately leaving enough clues around to be convicted in a court of law. Sometimes even leaving a written confession, but you are not around to stand trial. Not in this world anyway.
A deed you have planned in detail and executed to perfection. Premeditated! You should hang.
But is this the coward’s way out? I don’t think so. It takes guts to execute; a kind of guts I don’t think I possess. Or total insanity.
I cannot even try to imagine what must go through the mind of the person when he takes that final step that takes him beyond that point of no return.
Cheer up! We are one day closer to Friday.
Try This For Size
Ok, let’s separate the men from the boys; and the women from the girls! I can read these like clear text and English is only a second language to me. So if English is third or worst, I’ll excuse you!
This is good example of a Brain Study. If you can read this you have a strong mind:
Only great minds can read this!
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too, lkie mnie. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdmig to a rscheearch at Cmabngde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Culod yuo raed tihs?
Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
Here is another:
7H15 M3554G3
53RV35 70 PROV3
HOW OUR MIND5 C4N
DO 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5!
1MPR3551V3 7HING5!
IN 7H3 B3G1NN1NG
17 WA5 H4RD BU7
NOW, ON 7H15 LIN3
YOUR MIND IS
R34DING 17
4U70M471C4LLY
W17H 0U7 3V3N
7HINKING 4BOU7 17,
B3 PROUD! ONLY
C3R741N P3OPL3 C4N
R3AD 7H15.
Happy reading. I always wondered how my teachers could read my compositions! I always wrote the best compositions, but never got full marks! Handwriting and spelling!
This is good example of a Brain Study. If you can read this you have a strong mind:
Only great minds can read this!
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too, lkie mnie. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdmig to a rscheearch at Cmabngde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Culod yuo raed tihs?
Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
Here is another:
7H15 M3554G3
53RV35 70 PROV3
HOW OUR MIND5 C4N
DO 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5!
1MPR3551V3 7HING5!
IN 7H3 B3G1NN1NG
17 WA5 H4RD BU7
NOW, ON 7H15 LIN3
YOUR MIND IS
R34DING 17
4U70M471C4LLY
W17H 0U7 3V3N
7HINKING 4BOU7 17,
B3 PROUD! ONLY
C3R741N P3OPL3 C4N
R3AD 7H15.
Happy reading. I always wondered how my teachers could read my compositions! I always wrote the best compositions, but never got full marks! Handwriting and spelling!
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