Dealing With Issues of Existence
Concise to the Point Essay28 total reviews
Comment from dejohnsrld (Debbie)
You've got my vote for pres, mikey. A great write with some serious issues addressed and honestly too, combined with some good humor as well I pretty much agree with it all, including the candy--those are gross. They should only be given to those people you do not like.
This, my friend, I think is the key to the world's problems:
It will state, "God is love. Do onto others, as you'd have them do onto you."
And getting rid of chocolate covered cherries~Debbie
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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You've got my vote for pres, mikey. A great write with some serious issues addressed and honestly too, combined with some good humor as well I pretty much agree with it all, including the candy--those are gross. They should only be given to those people you do not like.
This, my friend, I think is the key to the world's problems:
It will state, "God is love. Do onto others, as you'd have them do onto you."
And getting rid of chocolate covered cherries~Debbie
Comment Written 08-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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Thanks so much. The Donald is feeling the erosion in his support already. Hillary's begun to send me e-mails!
Yep, you have it. God is love, do unto others, no more chocolate covered cherries. If they'd just let us poets take over for a week it would all be fine. :)) mikey
Comment from Dawn Munro
Addressing issues raised:
1) no problem with the ridiculous look - highly amusing when they DO fall down (and they do - I've seen it happen as a young man was stepping off a bus - cute buns, until the inevitable crushing of a passing car, of course)
2) any spanking I administer will come with the use of a two-by-four
3) pineapple belongs on ANYTHING
4) gooey is good, especially gooey cherries (use your imagination) *snicker*
5) my recent review of kiwisteve's recent sonnet explains my stance on this issue
6) ah, as in #5, we agree - two outta six so far...
7) WOW - three outta seven - definitely improving...I'm impressed
8) now you will be impressed - I dunno...but sports figures shouldn't get a cajillion dollars unless married to me
9) okay, four and a half outta nine - not bad, but what if you are so ugly your own mother couldn't even feed you...(Do Valentines work to combat lonely hearts?)
LOL. Okay, I admit it, I loved it, all of it. VERY clever. You may have my last six.
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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Addressing issues raised:
1) no problem with the ridiculous look - highly amusing when they DO fall down (and they do - I've seen it happen as a young man was stepping off a bus - cute buns, until the inevitable crushing of a passing car, of course)
2) any spanking I administer will come with the use of a two-by-four
3) pineapple belongs on ANYTHING
4) gooey is good, especially gooey cherries (use your imagination) *snicker*
5) my recent review of kiwisteve's recent sonnet explains my stance on this issue
6) ah, as in #5, we agree - two outta six so far...
7) WOW - three outta seven - definitely improving...I'm impressed
8) now you will be impressed - I dunno...but sports figures shouldn't get a cajillion dollars unless married to me
9) okay, four and a half outta nine - not bad, but what if you are so ugly your own mother couldn't even feed you...(Do Valentines work to combat lonely hearts?)
LOL. Okay, I admit it, I loved it, all of it. VERY clever. You may have my last six.
Comment Written 08-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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I've changed my cherry policy upon further thought and experimentation. Gooey is good. It's never too late for growth. LOL
I've got to find that review.
Yeah, sports figures don't need all that money for doing what they love. I'd love to live a comfortable life doing nothing but writing, yes?
If your so ugly your own mother won't feed you, adopt an ugly mother. :)) mikey
Comment from LIJ Red
I disagree on a couple of items. There should be absolute freedom of religion as long as it impinges in no way on the real world, and some ladies derrieres should never be exposed or defined in any way. Otherwise I agree with your excellent essay.
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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I disagree on a couple of items. There should be absolute freedom of religion as long as it impinges in no way on the real world, and some ladies derrieres should never be exposed or defined in any way. Otherwise I agree with your excellent essay.
Comment Written 08-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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YES! Agree on both counts. Sure if they could practice their religions without impinging, got for it. So far, not doing so well. I'd have to form a review panel to inspect ladies derrieres before allowing them to be exposed. Well, my motive is too obvious there. mikey
Comment from Gloria ....
Haaaaaaa, Mav!!! So what's this, your acceptance speech? I think you've touched on most of the important domestic issues and certainly a little bit of foreign policy too with the pineapple on pizza. Even though they're grown in Hawaii which some folks consider part of the US mainland, we know that's not entirely true.
Plus the reparations part is even more foreign policyish than anything.
Did you mean do onto others as you'd have them do onto you? If so, that's introduced a little puzzlement into my pea brain. It's likely something really deep that I couldn't possibly understand, because I'm just not there yet.
Lots of fun and for sure I'll cast my vote for you and send it over in a paper airplane.
Love it!
Ange
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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Haaaaaaa, Mav!!! So what's this, your acceptance speech? I think you've touched on most of the important domestic issues and certainly a little bit of foreign policy too with the pineapple on pizza. Even though they're grown in Hawaii which some folks consider part of the US mainland, we know that's not entirely true.
Plus the reparations part is even more foreign policyish than anything.
Did you mean do onto others as you'd have them do onto you? If so, that's introduced a little puzzlement into my pea brain. It's likely something really deep that I couldn't possibly understand, because I'm just not there yet.
Lots of fun and for sure I'll cast my vote for you and send it over in a paper airplane.
Love it!
Ange
Comment Written 07-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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Ange, I'm so pleased you noticed my foray into the fields of foreign policy. I found the whole Indian issue confusing, but I foraged ahead with it. I just left the Pakastanis out of it all together and that helped.
I read that about the doing onto and having done and figured doing and being done had to have some value. I recall the Platonian philosophy, "Git 'er done" and hoped people would associate it with that and consider me deep in it.
Thanks for the vote. I tried to ride the airplane back for a surprise visit, but I can't get it airborne. Clever girl!
Mav
Comment from jlsavell
Mr. Cahill, your brilliance..ummmmm is blinding me. No truly, I love your sarcastic sense if humor. I actually wrote a long rather comical review about addressing the real issue but something in cyber space snatched it. Well done stranger. Keep writing.
Jimi
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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Mr. Cahill, your brilliance..ummmmm is blinding me. No truly, I love your sarcastic sense if humor. I actually wrote a long rather comical review about addressing the real issue but something in cyber space snatched it. Well done stranger. Keep writing.
Jimi
Comment Written 07-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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Just back from cyber space and must thank you for your amazing comic review. I see you've reviewed me here as part of our cover lives as mere mortals. I'm pleased you enjoyed. Trying to get back in the swing. Feeling better. No stranger than usual. mikey
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Are you ill?
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Oh, I was kind of sick for a while. Not serious though, just like a flu or something. Enough to get me buried here. I'm fine. Back in the saddle. I just need a horse. :))
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Mr. ED?
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He's the one that had me convinced I was schizophrenic. Who knew that a horse really could talk? LOL
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Well, I happen to know they can. All living things talk! But hey, so do inanimate objects. I was in Spaghetti Warehouse in dowtown Dallas last week, and a gypsy lady encased in glass started eying me and told me to come close, I needed my fortune told. Do you think I obeyed her? Not just yeah, but hell yeah! After all, I was in a crowded public place and maybe just maybe, the man of my dreams was tgere just dying to meet me. I had to be mentalky orepared. Understand? So I gave her 5 dollars. She sucked it through the slot greedily, and then started moving her head back and forth and chomping her jinged lips. I said lie to me! Where is the man of my dreams? She spit out a piece of paper which said , Today you will drink the elixir of love! So I sauntered over to the bar and asked the bartender to surprise me and mix me a drink. What does he come back with? Sex on the Beach! What! She was right. I told him to keep them coming cuz they were making me feel warm and fuzzy all over. Next best thing to sex on the beach. Right? Now Mr. Cahill, would you like the rest of the story? Cuz it's a doozey! Forgive the typos, written from my android.
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Yes, Ma'am, I would like the rest of the story and the typos add charm and authenticity. An android? Wow. Like Data? I am sheltered. :))
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Well, you must wait. I am on a mission. Lol, we should start a thread in the forum like cat did, one thing leads to the next.we just keep playing on and embellishing each other's stories. What you say? Game? Go ask Gloria.
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Sure, I'm game. I wish I had that kind of immediate access to Gloria. HAHAHA! I'll mention it. :))
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You do.
Comment from l.raven
HI Michael, a lot of go stuff here you...but I most say...all kinds of candy should have a gooey center with a cherry in the middle...LOL...and by the way...I have seen the pants fall off when worn knee level...LOL...wasn't a good site...LOL...your essay made ne laugh...very well written sweetie...luff Linda xxoo
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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HI Michael, a lot of go stuff here you...but I most say...all kinds of candy should have a gooey center with a cherry in the middle...LOL...and by the way...I have seen the pants fall off when worn knee level...LOL...wasn't a good site...LOL...your essay made ne laugh...very well written sweetie...luff Linda xxoo
Comment Written 07-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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I revised my stance on gooey centers. I don't know what I was thinking. :))
I'm delighted to know that pants have fallen from that position. That renews my faith in Karma. LOL mikey
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LMAO...so glad to hear that you...big smiles back at ya...luff Linda xxoo
Comment from ciliverde
I love this, touching on some serious, some not so serious, and some (the low hanging pants) fairly ridiculous (sorry!)
This is the thought I like the most...
"We must appeal to good with every action and every thought. It IS NOT easy or even natural for the most part."
How about this? We should try to accept that we are, as individuals, just as God intended us to be. Even though we've decided that God is Love and not an actual entity. Still works!
Nice job,
Carol
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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I love this, touching on some serious, some not so serious, and some (the low hanging pants) fairly ridiculous (sorry!)
This is the thought I like the most...
"We must appeal to good with every action and every thought. It IS NOT easy or even natural for the most part."
How about this? We should try to accept that we are, as individuals, just as God intended us to be. Even though we've decided that God is Love and not an actual entity. Still works!
Nice job,
Carol
Comment Written 07-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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I can even accept that love is an entity as long as we all spread it around. Call it what you will, just practice it. :))
Thanks so much. mikey
Comment from seaglass
Don't be surprised if you get written in on some ballots...it's that kind of election this time. I enjoyed this piece. I related to it as part of your generation. I think the acceptance of alternate sexual choices has been a process of evolution for our generation. I'm not affected by one sex sharing same sex kisses over the other. In facet, I've always been a bit annoyed about passionate kissing being public with straight couples. To me somethings like using the potty, taking a bath, and making love should be done in private places.
I love cherry filled candies. LOL
Modern styles seem sloppy to me but then I remember my grandma thinking my generation was sloppy for not wearing gloves and a hat when we went to church or the bank.
Word pronunciation varies by locality and region so it doesn't bother me either. When it comes to relinquishing states, I would give Texas back to Mexico.
I agree with the religion comment. Maybe if much was taken away they would stop fighting about it.
This was a fun read.
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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Don't be surprised if you get written in on some ballots...it's that kind of election this time. I enjoyed this piece. I related to it as part of your generation. I think the acceptance of alternate sexual choices has been a process of evolution for our generation. I'm not affected by one sex sharing same sex kisses over the other. In facet, I've always been a bit annoyed about passionate kissing being public with straight couples. To me somethings like using the potty, taking a bath, and making love should be done in private places.
I love cherry filled candies. LOL
Modern styles seem sloppy to me but then I remember my grandma thinking my generation was sloppy for not wearing gloves and a hat when we went to church or the bank.
Word pronunciation varies by locality and region so it doesn't bother me either. When it comes to relinquishing states, I would give Texas back to Mexico.
I agree with the religion comment. Maybe if much was taken away they would stop fighting about it.
This was a fun read.
Comment Written 07-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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I've revised my stance on cherry filed candies to a position of live and let live. I can see it would cost me too many votes. I've shown growth in this area based on new information. :))
Good idea, yep, that's on the list, Texas back to Mexico. DONE.
Thanks a bunch, mikey
Comment from strandregs
My god give us a chance
I found issue one declares you normal.
issue two funny to very funny.
issue 7 has been sorted in Canada. Move to canada and let the mormons live their salty life in peace.
Issue 8 now im sure you're autistic. Too clever to be a neutrophil.
Issue 9 too many far east philosphy books read.
take a break.
conclusion:
The world will be a better place when you become president.
can I have a visa. Green card and a thousand acres of forest?
:-)) Z.
are we still friends?
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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My god give us a chance
I found issue one declares you normal.
issue two funny to very funny.
issue 7 has been sorted in Canada. Move to canada and let the mormons live their salty life in peace.
Issue 8 now im sure you're autistic. Too clever to be a neutrophil.
Issue 9 too many far east philosphy books read.
take a break.
conclusion:
The world will be a better place when you become president.
can I have a visa. Green card and a thousand acres of forest?
:-)) Z.
are we still friends?
Comment Written 07-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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I'm enjoying my break. About time someone gave me one. LOL
Yep, we're on the same page for the most part.
Still friends! mikey
Comment from Ima L. Ami
This is so cool! I have a few points to address... ahem:
"The whole sexuality issue doesn't bother me though I admit it feel a..."
---"...though I admit **I** feel a..."
#5 - giving back land/reparations
---I think we do this now and they build tax free and government-less run casinos. Seems to work out well for everyone that way.
#6 - "ling-ur-ee"
We all know you don't care how the word is pronounced, as long as someone is wearing it :) ...you're busted on that one!
#7 - I thought it was "Do it to them before they do it to you." OMG! I am what's wrong with this country!
Lmao! I loved reading this, and thanks for sharing your thoughts!
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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This is so cool! I have a few points to address... ahem:
"The whole sexuality issue doesn't bother me though I admit it feel a..."
---"...though I admit **I** feel a..."
#5 - giving back land/reparations
---I think we do this now and they build tax free and government-less run casinos. Seems to work out well for everyone that way.
#6 - "ling-ur-ee"
We all know you don't care how the word is pronounced, as long as someone is wearing it :) ...you're busted on that one!
#7 - I thought it was "Do it to them before they do it to you." OMG! I am what's wrong with this country!
Lmao! I loved reading this, and thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Comment Written 07-Jul-2016
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2016
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Actually I'm more interested in removing them after a respectful amount of admiration for the great fashion sense displayed. :))
I think that as long as people are doing it, everything will be okay. I'm pleased you enjoyed. I spent years developing these theories and I hope I'll make a good President. I think I get free use of a car with the job and there's a wet bar in the oval office. I wonder if they'll let me change the shape? I'f afraid of getting lost.... mikey
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Lol... getting lost? too late :)