h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I provide "added value" products.
You are a "middle man".
They are opportunistic leeches.

I live happily in an older home with character that defies renovation.
You seem content to live a bit down-market with that rising damp.
They wallow in their squalor.


Keep 'em comin folks!

~jwf~

I fooled myself.
You omitted some information!
They are all a bunch of liars.
***
I lightly mentioned the situation.
You have strongly suggested it's a problem.
They expolded over the crisis!
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I am trying.
You should not attempt to try it.
Those experts find all others very trying!

I find all these jokes they keep forwarding to me incredibly irritating.

You don't find their jokes in the least bit funny.

They p*ssed themselves laughing, and *knew* that everybody in their address book would really appreciate a copy.

I see what is going on around me.

You are a paranoid conspiricy theorist.

They just *want* you to think that.

You should all send your children to local comprehensive

He, as an MP should be practicing Labour policy and should send his children to local comprehensive

I am sending my child to fee paying school

(from the boss's perspective)

I'm totally exhausted and I'm leaving early.

You look a bit fatigued and droopy, so don't stay after hours any longer than you feel you can.

If they would get the lead out, they should be able to have the job done before they leave tonight.

I don't appreciate trespassers.
You're a bit... standoffish...
Look what they did to that bunch of trick-or-treaters!


I believe in the purity of my artistic vision. http://www.annerice.com/sh_MessagesBeach2.htm
Please, please, *please* listen to your editor.
Her last few books have been... interesting...

I may have been a bit rash.

You didn't stop to think before rushing in halfcocked.

He lost it big time and went ballistic.



Thanks to Apparition for the INspiration on that one!

~jwf~

I am a careful writer

You are a purist

He is a pedant

(All hail to Pedantic Peet for that'un )

I'm supposed to have a few more tests.

The doctors won't tell you what's wrong with you?

His condition is baffling medical science.

I know better than to surround myself with bad influences.
You're a bit elitist.
She's a pompous snob.

She thinks Lenin was one of the Beatles.
You should brush up on your history.
I'm better at keeping up with current events.

I drive responsibly.
It's okay for you to drive a little over the speed limit, you know.
He uses the brake pedal like a footrest.

I follow traffic rather than the speed limit.
You need to exercise more caution.
Who does that maniac think he is, Mario Andretti?

They're hicks.
You enjoy life in a rural setting.
I'm just like Abraham Lincoln.

I emphasize the "student" part of "student-athlete."
Baseball isn't your favorite sport.
He couldn't hit the ground if it weren't for gravity.

In consideration of those future cyber-archeologists who will one day follow the backlog of this thread in search of our golden wisdoms, I had firmly resolved not to jam it up with constant 'polite' acknowledgements of any newer and better entries.

However, the above load from the good Doctor U has thoroughly overwhelmed my resolve to keep quiet and the cyber-archeologists be damned!

A valiant effort, Doc!

~jwf~

I am sociable.
You are a 'people person'.
They are nosey.

I inhale
You suck
He is N*I*G*H*T*H*O*O*V*E*R

We are concerned about national security.
You're spoiling for a fight.
They're Yanks.

We're a peace-loving people.
You don't put up much of a fight, do you?
They're French.

We're victims of a terrorist attack.
You should have been more vigilant.
They needed a regime change anyway.

I'm a skeptic.
You're an atheist.
She'll burn for eternity.

I have faith.
You're credulous.
He'll believe anything he hears.

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Indeed.
Inspiration for these postings may come from any subject matter,
just so long as we truly exercise the three personal perspectives.
We wouldn't want this thread to become a forum for bi-polar rants of the 'us versus them' variety, now would we?

The point is to balance all three perspectives and in so doing perhaps learn to empathize with other points of view even if in the final analysis we can't actively sympathise with extreme or irrational prejudice and dogma.

There may be only two sides to a coin but the realities of Life, the Uni, et al. are multi-dimensional and in constant flux. They have to be seen in at least three dimensions before making judgements, taking sides or jumping to conclusions.

And never forget:
I am always right.
You have much to learn.
They just don't get it and never will.


~jwf~