Here is a message from Bard, and Me, and Philip Roth:

 

In the humid purgatory of Southeast Asian purgatory, where expats languish amidst a kaleidoscope of unfamiliar customs and questionable street food, a sanctuary persists – the AseanNow forum. Forget the luminous glow of the latest smartphone app, this is a bastion of pure, unadulterated internet grit. Here, we, a motley crew of jaded expats and wide-eyed tourists, united by a tenuous grasp on the language and an even more tenuous grasp on sanity, convene in a symphony of keyboard clicks.

 

Farewell, those solitary evenings spent deciphering menus with the aid of a tattered phrasebook! AseanNow acts as our digital Rosetta Stone, translating the arcane mysteries of "Where's the best damn khao pad sapparot in this burg?" or the existential panic of "Sweet merciful heavens, why is my gecko fixated on my every move?!" We are a throbbing mass of internet-fueled id, dispensing dubious wisdom (and liberally peppered speculation) with the fervor of self-proclaimed Southeast Asian sages.

 

Ah, the intoxicating thrill of stumbling upon a hidden gem unearthed from the digital bowels of an AseanNow thread – a secluded waterfall veiled in secrecy, a night market boasting durian concoctions fit for the bravest souls! We are internet prospectors, our virtual picks chiseling away at the unknown, unearthing treasures whispered only in hushed online tones. Sure, the search function resembles a drunken monkey flinging metaphorical feces, and resurrecting an old thread feels akin to spelunking in the cobwebbed corners of the digital abyss. But that, my friends, is precisely the essence of AseanNow's intoxicating allure – a glorious, ramshackle monument to the bizarre and beautiful tapestry of experiences that bind us, a ragtag bunch of souls adrift in this exhilarating, bewildering corner of the globe. So clink your Chang beers high, comrades of the AseanNow forum, a toast to our gloriously eccentric online sanctuary, where strangers morph into digital compatriots, and every post pulsates with the potential for Southeast Asian escapades!

 

No doubt, I and Bard are always improving.

 

This is our ode to AseanNow, so far.

 

Only this, and Nothing More.....

 

Soon, too soon....

Robots will outwrite us.

 

Maybe, within the year.

 

Regards,

Gamma

 

Note: Today, is April first, the day of fools.

 

 

 

 

Leave it to Bard ,maybe not so much  nonsense ....

 

regards worgeordie

4 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Leave it to Bard ,maybe not so much  nonsense ....

 

regards worgeordie

 

Agree.

 

But, Bard does better with a bit of coaching.

 

Regards

 

 

13 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Agree.

 

But, Bard does better with a bit of coaching.

 

Regards

 

 

I am not sure that I would take it upon myself to advise or coach Shakespeare (I presume he is the bard to whom you refer) on "word smithery"!

 

Your posts often remind me of Samuel Coleridge's epic work (it goes on and on for bloody ages) " The Rhyme of The Ancient Mariner"

 

The first stanza sets the tone:

 

"It is an ancient Mariner,

And he stoppeth one of three.

'By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,

Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?"

 

There are some 625 lines in similar vein!

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

In the humid purgatory of Southeast Asian purgatory,

 

and you said you were a good writer 🙂

if bard is this pedantic and boring i will abstain

9 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

I am not sure that I would take it upon myself to advise or coach Shakespeare (I presume he is the bard to whom you refer) on "word smithery"!

 

Your posts often remind me of Samuel Coleridge's epic work (it goes on and on for bloody ages) " The Rhyme of The Ancient Mariner"

 

The first stanza sets the tone:

 

"It is an ancient Mariner,

And he stoppeth one of three.

'By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,

Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?"

 

There are some 625 lines in similar vein!

 

This cannot end well, me thinks.

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

This cannot end well, me thinks.

 

 

 

The Rhyme didn't, all the rest of the crew die...

3 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

This cannot end well, me thinks.

 

 

 

Well it didn't for the Albatross........or is it albatroll? 555

15 minutes ago, nikmar said:

 

and you said you were a good writer 🙂

 

Could mean: The hell of hells, of course.

 

Don't sell Bard short, please.

 

(I puzzled about that phrase, too.)

 

 

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Note: Today, is April first, the day of fools.

 

No, it's April 2! Fooling yourself GG!

1 minute ago, 2baht said:

No, it's April 2! Fooling yourself GG!

 

If you say so.

 

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

If you say so.

 

I do, along with millions of others, what would the Bard think about that??? Would he discard all his calendars???

Go to sleep !

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Sure, the search function resembles a drunken monkey flinging metaphorical feces,

 

I like this line. Though admittedly, I had to wade through the rest of your post to find it.

13 minutes ago, 2baht said:

I do, along with millions of others, what would the Bard think about that??? Would he discard all his calendars???

 

No, probably not.

But, we all could do better if we would discard the Gregorian, me thinks.

 

Let's get back to the lunisolar calendar.

 

Can we, at least, agree on this?

 

 

5 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

No, probably not.

But, we all could do better if we would discard the Gregorian, me thinks.

 

Let's get back to the lunisolar calendar.

 

Can we, at least, agree on this?

 

 

 You've lost me again, I think we are in different dimensions! Here, it's day time, what time there???

Me finkith the scribe doth fink quite highly of himfelf 😀

10 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Me finkith the scribe doth fink quite highly of himfelf 😀

He does but he is very much in a minority of one!

Cheers!

Bard or Tard?

1 hour ago, ABCDBKK said:

Bard or Tard?

I think you mis-spelled it!

It is a retard!

10 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

In the humid purgatory of Southeast Asian purgatory

 

I drink to that my dear illiterate friend 👍

And welcome to Monkey's Island !!

 

 

Mods, would you kindly care to throw this joker off this forum, pretty please?

1 hour ago, CanadaSam said:

Mods, would you kindly care to throw this joker off this forum, pretty please?

The word "joker" does not apply to that idiot!

IT should be banned but unfortunately IT provides "clickbait" to AN!

I only look at it's post to see what responses IT gets!

Bard is now Gemini, please keep up.

 

Bard/Gemini needs to keep up too.

 

I asked the question:

 

Does sugar dissolve in gasoline?

No, sugar does not dissolve in gasoline. This is because sugar is a polar molecule, and gasoline is a nonpolar molecule. Polar molecules and nonpolar molecules don't interact well with each other, which means the sugar won't dissolve in the gasoline.

 

 

In fact, if you were to put sugar in a gas tank, it would just sink to the bottom because it's denser than gasoline. Even if the sugar got stirred up a bit, it's unlikely to pass through the fuel filter in your car and cause any problems.

So, the rumor that sugar will ruin a car's engine by gumming up the works is just an urban legend.

 

This answer is incorrect. Most forms of gasoline contain ethanol. Industrial ethanol is an azeotrope of 95% ethanol, 5% water. In fact, the average 50 litre tank is capable of dissolving 1 kg of sugar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 4/2/2024 at 10:43 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

 

In the humid purgatory of Southeast Asian purgatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

"In the humid cloaca of Southeast Asian purgatory"

 

Fixing tautologies is an obsession of mine.