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Two weeks ago I started a thread about going up to a stranger and telling him about a possible medical condition. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=563581)

Today that stranger came up to me in the very same locker room and thanked me. It was Lyme disease, he was quite happy I told him and hadn't been freaked out at all. In fact, we've made plans to see each other in a place where we are not nude and just talk about stuff and hopefully get the opportunity to get nude again. Turns out, apart from being quite hot, he's also quite the smooth talker. :)

So, the moral of today for me is: a good deed is its own reward, but when it comes with the prospect of getting some, it's even better.

Do you have a moral you'd like to share with us? Something that restored your faith in... well, humanity is a stretch... but in individuals?

The time Fass had the good grace to apoligise to me after mistaking a compliment as an attack (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13942907&postcount=81).


Shit, wait, that never happened.

The time Fass had the good grace to apoligise to me after mistaking a compliment as an attack (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13942907&postcount=81).

Shit, wait, that never happened.

It did not come across as a compliment. Thus you are not the one owed the apology. Your moral of today is: you aren't always entitled.

Two weeks ago I started a thread about going up to a stranger and telling him about a possible medical condition. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=563581)

Today that stranger came up to me in the very same locker room and thanked me. It was Lyme disease, he was quite happy I told him and hadn't been freaked out at all. In fact, we've made plans to see each other in a place where we are not nude and just talk about stuff and hopefully get the opportunity to get nude again. Turns out, apart from being quite hot, he's also quite the smooth talker. :)

So, the moral of today for me is: a good deed is its own reward, but when it comes with the prospect of getting some, it's even better.

Do you have a moral you'd like to share with us? Something that restored your faith in... well, humanity is a stretch... but in individuals?

Nice to hear it worked out well.

I recently discovered that a friend of mine felt as I do about a pair of friends in the group I hang out with. They're a couple, and tend to be rather lethargic and lacking in initiative, and accommodating them in the planning for the day trip to Longwood Gardens (http://longwoodgardens.com/) basically doubled the amount of annoyance and stress that organizing anything with my group of friends ever is. I ended up having to change the date of the trip to a Friday, which while being over the summer was still difficult for others to work with. So instead of one person having to take a day off for a Saturday trip, two people had to take a day off for a Friday trip. Which wasn't a huge deal until the very same member of that couple ended up dropping out of the trip at the last minute, meaning we would've been fine going on a Saturday, would've inconvenienced fewer people, and would've had a larger group going.

It was nice, knowing that I wasn't the only person who thought it was a dick move on their part, and who'd resolved never to factor them in in the planning of things like this. I guess it doesn't really restore my faith in them or humanity, but it did make me feel better about the whole situation.

Especially knowing that if and when I do put a trip together, I'll have someone on my side when they inevitably bitch about the timing and location.

if you have low expectations, then you will rarely be disappointed

It did not come across as a compliment. Thus you are not the one owed the apology. Your moral of today is: you aren't always entitled.

Saying that I'd rather you weren't beaten up isn't a good thing?

Sweden must be very different to the UK.

I guess it doesn't really restore my faith in them or humanity, but it did make me feel better about the whole situation.

So, condensed, your moral is: even the best of plans won't suit everyone, so sometimes you just gotta accept that you can't make everyone happy.

You did good. Well done :D

So, condensed, you moral is: even the best of plans won't suit everyone, so sometimes you just gotta accept that you can't make everyone happy.

I think that puts it very succinctly, yes. Something I've taken a long time to learn.

Saying that I'd rather you weren't beaten up isn't a good thing?

That is not what the first post came across as. It came across as a sarcastic comment wishing me harm. Get over it.

Sweden must be very different to the UK.

We know that we are very, very fortunate for that.

Today's moral: if pressure differentials rise across the chemical reactor, obviously something is wrong. Hopefully it's not on a duck-and-cover level.

Also, never hold glass beakers in front of the plug in the piping of said reactor you're trying to remove with pressurized air.

Thankfully, I observed these and did not do them myself. :)

That is not what the first post came across as. It came across as a sarcastic comment wishing me harm. Get over it.

I can understand that but even after GraveNIdle pointed out that wasn't the meaning of the post and I explained it in the thread you didn't have the common courtesy to accept the intended meaning. Bearing in mind this is after my earlier posts in the thread where I said your actions were a good thing.

Perhaps my lesson of the day is: "Don't expect too much from people on the internet."

I've gotten pressurized by my lovely supervisor to write my BA thesis in English because the topic was a perfect fit for an English-"speaking" journal she edits, and have now, a few days after I handed in my thesis, been approached by her to please look over a couple of long-ish articles of hers (in English) for language corrections seeing how I am "so fantastic at writing academic English". It's my goddamn holiday now!

.. I am not yet sure where the moral therein lies, let alone what that moral would be, but I'd not object if it would end with an opportunity to spend some quality nude time with the abovementioned supervisor too, truth to be told.

That is not what the first post came across as. It came across as a sarcastic comment wishing me harm. Get over it.
It did not come across that way to anyone else who read it. You think the problem is with the entire planet, except yourself?

You did good. Well done :D

Your moral for today is: felicitations, while good-natured, aren't always on-topic or sought-after.

Perhaps my lesson of the day is: "Don't expect too much from people on the internet."

Nah, your moral is still: sometimes, even when you think you deserve some sort of restitution, you don't. A corollary to that is: don't linger on this the most grievous injustice wrought upon you, as it makes you look pathetic.

Honesty is an awesome panty remover.

Boys, always be honest with the ladies and you will increase your chances of getting some. I noticed this works especially well on older women who are used to intelligent men.

You think the problem is with the entire planet, except yourself?

*nods*. Another good moral of the day.

.. I am not yet sure where the moral therein lies, let alone what that moral would be, but I'd not object if it would end with an opportunity to spend some quality nude time with the abovementioned supervisor too, truth to be told.

You get two morals out of that: one needs to learn how to say no even to people one likes; and: "fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again", breeder!

Honesty is an awesome panty remover.

Boys, always be honest with the ladies and you will increase your chances of getting some. I noticed this works especially well on older women who are used to intelligent men.

While it may look like it, Sin's not that old.

It did not come across that way to anyone else who read it.

Your moral of today is: sometimes not giving a pattootie about "anyone else" is the correct course of action.

You think the problem is with the entire planet, except yourself?

You do think highly of yourself, don't you, if you'd extrapolate yourself to the entire planet. The second moral is: you shouldn't even attempt to pull off hubris, 'cause you do it so poorly.

You get two morals out of that: one needs to learn how to say no even to people one likes; and: "fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again", breeder!

Can you repeat that first moral? I think I'm a bit deaf on that particular ear, sorry.

Oh, and, hush, you. Or as you put it more aptly: "A corollary to that is: don't linger on this the most grievous injustice wrought upon you, as it makes you look pathetic." Get over it already; you wouldn't have gotten this particular piece of cock anyhow, and you wouldn't want any of the women I am to have in the future either, so shut it.

Nah, your moral is still: sometimes, even when you think you deserve some sort of restitution, you don't. A corollary to that is: don't linger on this the most grievous injustice wrought upon you, as it makes you look pathetic.

Restitution implies you are returning something that belongs to me or paying compensation.

I am not owed courtesy and I have never owned nor lost it yet it costs nothing.

Your moral for today is: felicitations, while good-natured, aren't always on-topic or sought-after.
But see, your response turned it around and made it on topic. And that could very well have been my plan all along! :wink:

The moral of the story is: Never underestimate the power of a carefully laid plan, nor the efficiency of desperate improvisation!

I missed that thread, but I think that was the right thing to do, whether he took it well or not; bonus that he did. Double bonus that it might lead to naked fun!

Now, the question is: Would you have told him even if he hadn't been hot, or did you subconsciously hope your good Samaritan-ism would lead to some "You saved my life! How can I ever thank you?" nookie? ;)

Honesty is an awesome panty remover.

Boys, always be honest with the ladies and you will increase your chances of getting some. I noticed this works especially well on older women who are used to intelligent men.

This is correct. Even when the truth is awkward, embarrassing or potentially sex-killing, it will still probably lead to panty removal more often than a lie or a line.

My moral of the day? You aren't always right. In fact, you're rarely right. For all I know, none of you exist! I could be in the nuthouse, and just imagining all of this! :p

This is correct. Even when the truth is awkward, embarrassing or potentially sex-killing, it will still probably lead to panty removal more often than a lie or a line.

Sometimes things that you thought would be sex-killing seem to be sex-inspiring.

It happens.

Lyme Disease?

*wikis and sees gross pics of bugs and stuff*

:eek2: shouldn't have done that....

Sometimes things that you thought would be sex-killing seem to be sex-inspiring.

It happens.

Indeed. Who knew there were really hot people in the world who thought that clumsiness, cursing and a total lack of sense of direction were cute? The world is amazing.

Indeed. Who knew there were really hot people in the world who thought that clumsiness, cursing and a total lack of sense of direction were cute? The world is amazing.

shut the hell up and come out west already. But...mind the broken vase.

Your moral of today is: sometimes not giving a pattootie about "anyone else" is the correct course of action.
You are telling me to disregard everyone else in the human race except Fassitude? I decline to give you 100% of my concern. It would not seem worthwhile even to give you 1%.

You do think highly of yourself, don't you, if you'd extrapolate yourself to the entire planet. The second moral is: you shouldn't even attempt to pull off hubris, 'cause you do it so poorly.
It was not me alone, but multiple people who told you that they read the post and quite easily comprehended its meaning. You remain the sole person on the planet who is on record as misconstruing it to mean the opposite. I would think the term "hubris" applies more properly to your arrogant insistence that an incomprehension that is yours alone is actually the proper way to read.

From James Thurber's Fables for Our Time: "It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all of the answers." I don't know if this restores my faith in humanity, but it's true, and it's a moral.

Two weeks ago I started a thread about going up to a stranger and telling him about a possible medical condition. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=563581)

Today that stranger came up to me in the very same locker room and thanked me. It was Lyme disease, he was quite happy I told him and hadn't been freaked out at all. In fact, we've made plans to see each other in a place where we are not nude and just talk about stuff and hopefully get the opportunity to get nude again. Turns out, apart from being quite hot, he's also quite the smooth talker. :)


The moral of the story is:

'Fass' needs to get a blog.

But then it would take longer to get all the juicy info.

But then it would take longer to get all the juicy info.

That's a risk I'm willing to take.

watch out for ticks :p

Today people have been asking if I have done something with my hair and generally commented on my fashion today in a good way

Moral: deep down even your mother has taste/don't bother getting ready in the morning your more sexy when your filthy

That's a risk I'm willing to take.

Not me.

Watching Fass slam fans and detractors alike just never gets old for me.

Moral of the story is, I'm too easily amused.

It was not me alone, but multiple people who told you that they read the post and quite easily comprehended its meaning. You remain the sole person on the planet who is on record as misconstruing it to mean the opposite. I would think the term "hubris" applies more properly to your arrogant insistence that an incomprehension that is yours alone is actually the proper way to read.
Here's a good moral for you: There are some people who get off on perceived hostility. It is better to ignore them then waste breath and stress.

Not me.

Watching Fass slam fans and detractors alike just never gets old for me.

Moral of the story is, I'm too easily amused.

Nah, he could do what anyone else that needs people to see their blogs would do, and put a link in the sig space, or something.

But then, I don't get the same kicks out of watching Fass being... well, Fass.

Here's a good moral for you: There are some people who get off on perceived hostility. It is better to ignore them then waste breath and stress.

There are also people who whine and complain for pages about how someone was sooooo mean to them. Your advice works for this type as well.

There are also people who whine and complain for pages about how someone was sooooo mean to them. Your advice works for this type as well.

I think he advice was for this type. I doubt he was directing his remarks towards Fass.

My moral is: Get some fucking heartburn medicine!

Seriously, Fartsniffage, hold a grudge longer.

shut the hell up and come out west already. But...mind the broken vase.

But... if I go anymore west I'll be in the ocean. And it's really cold.

Happy for you.

Oh, and I dont remember your original post, but good Dr's eye.

Mayhaps a return of the summer of love when Fass was all doe-eyed and playful, each post he wrote a delight of optimism and joy, rainbows shone brightly among sun-kissed clouds, birds twittered against a corn-blue sky and the grass was fresh cut, moist and giving...

....before he crashed back to bitterness and sarcasm. I remember it well, no less than a year ago.

I believe it lasted for about 1 and half weeks.

Watching Fass slam fans and detractors alike just never gets old for me.

Moral of the story is, I'm too easily amused.Really? Whilst I appreciate Fass's wit most of the time, sometimes it just sounds like he's whining. And no, I don't only think that when it's pointed towards me. :tongue:

Also, you're only too easily amused when you laugh just because someone said a rude word.

Moral of the Story: There need not always be a moral to every story, otherwise you might just end up sounding like a whiskey priest.

The moral of the story is that condescension, arrogance and attention-whoring on NSG is amply rewarded.

And the moral is, don't dogpile on someone off-topic, and don't use that as an opportunity to insult others.