tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post2305365066351347620..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: A Tolerable Equanimity: The ListBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-70343865769055445472007-03-12T22:22:00.000+00:002007-03-12T22:22:00.000+00:00Just in case you do "Rules for a Tolerable Equanim...Just in case you do "Rules for a Tolerable Equanimity II - The Relaxening" I remembered an incident from one of my many <A HREF="http://thinkofengland.blogspot.com/2007/03/in-which-toe-sells-out-by-writing-poem.html" REL="nofollow">do-it-yourself</A> injuries that is a natural for the RFTE: never bring a chainsaw up a ladder.Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-88976929218591630792007-03-12T20:08:00.000+00:002007-03-12T20:08:00.000+00:00Don't ever smell your fingers in public. People w...Don't ever smell your fingers in public. People will (1) wonder what you were doing that made your fingers smell (2) think you are weird (3) think you are picking your nose.Tom P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05638283790763940692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-8096296582021711962007-03-12T18:54:00.000+00:002007-03-12T18:54:00.000+00:00Good grief. I had no appreciation of number 12 unt...Good grief. I had no appreciation of number 12 until my girlfriend, who lived and worked in Germany for a couple years, read it.<BR/><BR/>"You wouldn't believe how bad it was. Even ATMs don't work on a Sunday. We had to think of things to pass the time, like running in the snow. It was the worst time of my life."<BR/><BR/>I had no idea!Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678545794431822288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-3647529275804112112007-03-12T04:39:00.000+00:002007-03-12T04:39:00.000+00:00I have seen the light. Henceforth I shall use a co...I have seen the light. Henceforth I shall use a conventional oven when I wish to heckle a man.<BR/>===================<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-30157616422696813022007-03-10T19:17:00.000+00:002007-03-10T19:17:00.000+00:00Go, Brit.Go, Brit.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-75764609457031043762007-03-10T18:50:00.000+00:002007-03-10T18:50:00.000+00:00I've been following these rules scrupulously all d...I've been following these rules scrupulously all day and am pleased to report that my equanimity is in top-notch condition.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-17681063552766915372007-03-09T16:42:00.000+00:002007-03-09T16:42:00.000+00:00I am honoured, DuckI am honoured, DuckBryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-21145118979192694082007-03-09T15:20:00.000+00:002007-03-09T15:20:00.000+00:00Bryan,I just saw that a major media outlet has pic...Bryan,<BR/>I just saw that a <A HREF="http://dailyduck.blogspot.com/2007/03/only-equanimitize.html#comments" REL="nofollow">major media outlet</A> has picked up on the list. Great job!Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-8960639333762297792007-03-09T12:16:00.000+00:002007-03-09T12:16:00.000+00:00A wise selection, especially since you chose two o...A wise selection, especially since you chose two of mine. As the wise Vulcan says: Peace, live tolerably and equanimitiously.Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-49677503362979082422007-03-09T11:05:00.000+00:002007-03-09T11:05:00.000+00:00Like that one about the drink, Bryan. Very perspic...Like that one about the drink, Bryan. Very perspicacious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-72456624167941088982007-03-09T09:49:00.000+00:002007-03-09T09:49:00.000+00:00Must display this list somehere prominent. Or on s...Must display this list somehere prominent. Or on someone prominent. Sorry, didn't mean that... Equanimity is a hard nut to crack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-4067810767327244222007-03-09T09:47:00.000+00:002007-03-09T09:47:00.000+00:00I have just thought of a thirteenth: never tell an...I have just thought of a thirteenth: never tell anybody you had 'one or two' drinks, always say one. The former will always make people assume you really had five or six.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.com