[FairfieldLife] Re: I love the man from Holland (was Happy Christmas FFL)

[emilymae.reyn]

P.S. Just kidding there - I understood your post authfriend.  

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@...> wrote:
>
> Hmmmm.....examples of the Desiderata creed?  I am posting that on my 
> refrigerator :)
> 
> 
> 
> >________________________________
> > From: authfriend <authfriend@...>
> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> >Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 2:21 PM
> >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: I love the man from Holland (was Happy 
> >Christmas FFL)
> > 
> >
> >  
> >Bob, dear,
> >
> >It's been done:
> >
> >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/300960
> >
> >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/301020
> >
> >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/301104
> >
> >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/301143
> >
> >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price <bobpriced@> wrote:
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leohcvmf8kM
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Barry,
> >> 
> >> Please ignore these ungrateful wretches, I'm not like them; I know how 
> >> much love and effort you've
> >> put into our edification this past year, and I love you for it; I know how 
> >> much
> >> you've sacrificed to make us better human beings, and I'm ashamed how
> >> ungrateful they are. I know how many other things you could be doing with 
> >> your
> >> time; watching TV, walking the dogs, writing manuals, and visiting Beavis 
> >> and
> >> Butthead; not to mention spending more quality time with Maya and your 
> >> modern family. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I know what its like to give till you have no more to give and the 
> >> ingrates you're trying to help just
> >> don't get it (makes you wonder about this whole bodhisattva thing); they 
> >> don't
> >> understand how hard it is to be as beautiful as you are, to be as good a 
> >> person
> >> as you are; I know you know this, you show it to me everyday, and I would 
> >> never
> >> have figured it out without your help.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> You see Barry, I really have fallen in love with you, not that platonic 
> >> love I used to feel for Curtis,
> >> no, not that tepid tea, the real stuff, with all its messiness. And I don't
> >> know what I'd do if you gave up on us and stayed with Beavis and Butthead;
> >> frankly (please don't think this sounds like stalking), if you left I would
> >> have to move to Holland, and do whatever was in my power to find you, and 
> >> serve
> >> you in any small way I could; and if you went all Roshi on me, and hit me 
> >> with
> >> a stick or called the police, I would know it was just a test and your way 
> >> of
> >> teaching me the real meaning of love.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I know I have a lot to learn from you, but from what I feel today, on the 
> >> day after Boxing Day 2012, I
> >> know I've made an incredible start, and I could not have done it without 
> >> you. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> If only the others could see and understand what I've found on this 
> >> mountain of my love for you; I
> >> know what they say about you is not true, your post was not Barry's 
> >> Christmas
> >> enemies list; I know it's a Christmas *love and affection* list, like a 
> >> wallop
> >> from the great cane of the Roshi of Ryoan-ji; producing welts of love and
> >> affection as deep as the resting place of the Titanic. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Please stay Barry; Beavis and Butthead don't deserve you as much as we do; 
> >> please give us another chance,
> >> and please ignore what they say about your message view; that it's shaped 
> >> like
> >> the derriere of that fine young lady who begged you to message her behind; 
> >> I
> >> know its not true that she was a lap dancer and you've likely been banned 
> >> from
> >> the Yum Yum for stiffing (sorry, I know you could never stiff anybody) the 
> >> dancers for their gratuities. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I don't think what they say about you is true; that you have no life 
> >> beyond your manuals, pirated TV,
> >> and FFL (I also don't believe its true that "Maya" is an imaginary
> >> friend, and her name is one of your more inspired unintended ironies---I 
> >> know Maya exists!). 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I also don't believe them when they cruelly say you are a compulsive name 
> >> dropper who never 
> >> 
> >> met one of Tim Leary's ex-wives. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I'm sure the angels shed a tear every time that Judy woman hurts your 
> >> feelings; she's a piece
> >> of work and I for one want nothing else to do with her; I love you 
> >> Barry. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Please ignore Obba; she's doesn't know how to speak to a real man like 
> >> you. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> And please ignore Emily; she doesn't deserve the hand of loving kindness 
> >> you've extended to her (the fact
> >> she would give some old Jack Russell a home says everything you need to 
> >> know about her). 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> And Ann, what can I say about her, she's obviously one of these
> >> women that has far too much education for her own good, and lives by that 
> >> old
> >> maxim "the more I know about Barry, the more I love my horses". 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I just can't believe how cruel these women are to you, with everything 
> >> you've done for them; I'm
> >> hoping that the tiny point of light that I am can somehow make up for 
> >> them, and
> >> convince you to stay; I think its cruel for them to say that when you go
> >> through this vale of tears FFL will pass before your eyes; I have no doubt
> >> there is a special place in the after life for you, and these women
> >> are all going to hell if they don't straighten up and begin to
> >> understand what you're trying to do for them.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I only have one favor to ask, I know it's a lot to ask with the way you've 
> >> been treated around here
> >> lately, but would it be at all possible to include me on Bucks list; I 
> >> really
> >> do not want to be associated with that Judy woman and all the heart ache 
> >> she's
> >> brought you. I know it's a lot to ask, but please give it some serious
> >> consideration; with your help, I've changed. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Happy New Year, please don't give up on us, you've helped me to get real 
> >> and get honest with myself; all
> >> my journey and suffering could never have gotten me anywhere near where 
> >> you've
> >> taken me in the last 18 months; thank you, I love you. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Your friend,
> >> 
> >> Robin
> >> 
> >> 
> >> PS:
> >> 
> >> Would you consider collaborating on a film review with Bob; if so, how 
> >> about "Its a Wonderful
> >> Life" or "The Hour"; I don't think he's intelligent enough to understand 
> >> to the beauty of "Firefly"?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> PPS: 
> >> 
> >> In case Bob tries to use this love post to compare you to Bubbles DeVere 
> >> again, I want to say up front
> >> that I think its a cruel thing to do, and completely untrue; for one 
> >> thing, unlike Bubbles, I believe you know when to stop: 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vhU6YbyPHw
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Obviously, Bob needs help; I think he was trying to be sarcastic when he 
> >> said he'd bet you kept a
> >> copy of the "Desiderata" on your wall; I don't believe it, I know you're
> >> much more sophisticated than that. He has the emotional development of an 
> >> eight
> >> year old and does not deserve a place on your love and affection list. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> PPPS: 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I apologize that this post is so short, I have much more to tell you about 
> >> how you've helped me be a
> >> better and more loving person, but I just read the post from that nasty 
> >> Raunchy,
> >> and I can't go on; I hope this will make up for it:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Desiderata
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be 
> >> in
> >> silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all
> >> persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even 
> >> the
> >> dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and 
> >> aggressive
> >> persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself 
> >> with others,
> >> you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and 
> >> lesser
> >> persons than yourself.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in 
> >> your career,
> >> however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of
> >> time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is 
> >> full of
> >> trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many 
> >> persons
> >> strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
> >> Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be 
> >> critical about love;
> >> for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as 
> >> the grass.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of
> >> youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden 
> >> misfortune. But do
> >> not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of 
> >> fatigue and
> >> loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
> >> You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the 
> >> stars;
you have a
> >> right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt 
> >> the universe
> >> is unfolding as it should.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and 
> >> whatever your labors
> >> and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your 
> >> soul.
With
> >> all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be
> >> careful. Strive to be happy.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> © Max Ehrmann 1927
> >> 
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
> >> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:42:08 AM
> >> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Happy Christmas FFL
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, obbajeeba <no_reply@> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I noticed the Turq calmed his punches down and tried to 
> >> > make good with his hat picture above the waist. 
> >> 
> >> Gawd, what a self-important idiot. Turq merely shared
> >> a photo of a cute present...some actually enjoyed it,
> >> without trying to turn it into some kind of "win."
> >> 
> >> As for laying low, Turq has merely realized that he
> >> would be better able to find an intelligent conver-
> >> sation on the Beavis and Butthead Discussion Group 
> >> than here. FFL really isn't worth my time, even in 
> >> Message View, lately. 
> >> 
> >> The intelligent folks -- those who actually discuss
> >> ideas -- seem to be busy...uh...having lives, which
> >> I congratulate them for, but which leaves only those 
> >> so gullible as to still believe in a fiction they 
> >> call "support of nature" and in the ME and in the 
> >> fiction of Maharishi actually having been a spiritual
> >> teacher of note. Then there are those trolling for 
> >> attention, those waiting patiently for the next oppor-
> >> tunity to get "payback" for some grudge or another, 
> >> and those who are so lame as to still believe homo-
> >> sexuality non-ordinary, and thus worth debating. I'll 
> >> pass, thanks. 
> >> 
> >> Over on the Beavis and Butthead group, at least they
> >> laugh from time to time. Heh heh. Heh heh heh. He
> >> said "laugh."  :-)
> >> 
> >> 
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