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The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul....
It's a cold, grey wet Sunday in my part of England. This describes most Sundays actually. Sitting at my computer, having a depressing and pointless chat with Provost Harrison (this describes most chats with him actually  ), my mind wandered back to the copy of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy I have and, with dawning horror, I realised I had found myself in the Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul. That horrific patch of time between 2pm and 4:30 when you've read the paper, had breakfast, taken a few baths, had a few cups of tea, and now find yourself with the mindnumbing madness of boredom creeping up behind you.
I went into overdrive. I cleaned my room. I re-arranged my wardrobe. I sorted out my clothes and donated some to charity. I threw away my pornography and any pictures of me between the ages of 15-17 when I had a stupid patch of moss I called a goatee. I ordered a re-print of a Soviet era propaganda poster to go in my room. I checked my bank account. Twice.
I only have 15 minutes to go until 5 pm and I can focus on the activities for the evening. Help me. For the love of gods, tell me what you do/have done to get through this horrible stretch of mental oblivion....
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Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
-Richard Dawkins
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November 9, 2003, 12:59
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Well, you could go for a walk. You could call up one of your friends and hang out with him/her. You could do some of your homework. You could see what is on the telly. You could play a computer game.
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November 9, 2003, 13:07
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Yeah, I know the feeling. Those few, but long, hours before "Gilmore girls". 
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In GAIS we trust!
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November 9, 2003, 13:08
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I know what I could do. I want to hear what other people have done. It's not everyday I take an interest in the cycle of "wake, eat, poo, sleep, wake, eat, ****, sleep" that most people call a life, so indulge me this once.
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Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
-Richard Dawkins
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November 9, 2003, 13:25
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Well during times like that I have been known to put Ramones to maximum volume and bring the house down "dancing" (=jumping round) and "singing" (=yelling the lyrics). Unfortunately I seem to have misplaced my Ramones Anthology CDs during the previous moving and I really miss it.
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November 9, 2003, 14:06
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Play a computer game, of course.
What, are you some kind of non-gaming heretic? 
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November 9, 2003, 14:10
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I am utterly incapable of getting bored when I have time to myself. As long as I've got access to "Wordpad" I'm a happy Gimpy.
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November 9, 2003, 14:14
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Just civ3 for me...it has, indeed, been a really boring sunday...
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November 9, 2003, 14:19
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I've been there before - it's called the Doldrums. Try jumping to Conclusions for a while. At least it's never lonely there, but getting back to terra firma requires a swim.
*Sigh* post elevensies snit.
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November 9, 2003, 14:34
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Write obscene haiku. It works for me.
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November 9, 2003, 14:42
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I only have 15 minutes to go until 5 pm and I can focus on the activities for the evening. Help me. For the love of gods, tell me what you do/have done to get through this horrible stretch of mental oblivion....
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Worshiping dark gods isn't the rocking good time you led us to believe, is it?
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Blackwidow24 and FemmeAdonis fan club
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November 9, 2003, 14:56
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I love the doldrums. I revel in it. I'm a connoisseur of ennui. 
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Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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November 9, 2003, 15:04
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"Every day is like Sunday
Every day is silent and grey..."
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November 9, 2003, 15:05
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Write you fool, write!! 
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November 9, 2003, 15:10
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Okay, Whaleboy, that sig has HAS GOT TO GO!!!!!
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Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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November 9, 2003, 15:22
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Conscience does make cowards of us all.
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November 9, 2003, 18:21
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara (edited for size)
Okay, Whaleboy, that sig has HAS GOT TO GO!!!!!
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Very much so. IMHO there should be a length limit on sigs rather than a 4 line one.
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But he would think of something
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November 9, 2003, 18:32
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The four line limit was fine until people started replacing <br> with |
I went to sleep this teatime. It was great.
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November 9, 2003, 18:44
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Afternoon nap? That way lies middle-age and death. Don't do it.
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November 9, 2003, 19:05
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Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Well, you could go for a walk.
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I have a better idea, which also has 4 letters, starting with a 'w' and ending with a 'k' 
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November 9, 2003, 19:21
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Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Afternoon nap? That way lies middle-age and death. Don't do it.
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No I just hadn't got up yet.
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November 9, 2003, 19:25
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computer games of course
or as I'm doing today- football and posting at Poly
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November 9, 2003, 22:21
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Work? Wisk?
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November 9, 2003, 22:50
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Afternoon nap? That way lies middle-age and death. Don't do it.
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I always have a big lunch and then snooze for the afternoon.
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November 9, 2003, 22:55
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I tend to post on Apolyton between gaming sessions.
F5 F5 F5
You know, I have to say that I am still bored.
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I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).
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November 9, 2003, 22:58
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Okay, Whaleboy, that sig has HAS GOT TO GO!!!!!
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Ugh. I hate it when somebody's sig is consistently longer than his posts.
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November 9, 2003, 22:59
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I've cleaned my house though, actually dusted the place for the first time ever. Washed dishes, put a load of washing on.
The problem with writing to entertain youself is that you need creativity.
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I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).
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November 9, 2003, 23:01
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Writing is good though.
My only problem is I suck at typing in Chinese characters.
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(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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November 10, 2003, 00:47
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That Sig has caused great emotional distress in Lonestarland.
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"Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I ****ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective." --Barack Obama
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November 10, 2003, 02:48
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I love sigs
but I don't know why
I guess it is because they are so familiar and comfortable
Jon Milelr
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