To live is...

[Selski]

to live is...

...to breathe


(You did say it was a FUN thread!!)

[upstream]

and farting...

Actually, I have mastered it. I'm able to fart at will by sucking air into my rectum. Unfortunately, a specific version of karnapidasana is required to do that, but you know...perfection is only matter of time.

This picture show my volunteers practicing the art of fart to complete their lifes:

[image]http://www.yogaisyouth.com/galleries/sf2002guruji/images/karnapidasana.jpg[/image]

Some essential facts on the process & its purpose:

http://www.heptune.com/farts.html

Questions you'll get answers to:

- Why are stinky farts generally warmer and quieter than regular farts?
- Do even movie stars fart?
- Do men's farts smell worse than women's farts?
- How long would it be possible to not fart?
- Do fish fart?
- Is it true that cow farts contribute to global warming?
- Is it possible to get stoned after inhaling two or three farts in a row?
- If you fart in the bathtub, is the water polluted and should you refill the tub?
- Is it common for people to enjoy smelling their own farts?
- Why do farts seem to follow the farter?
- What would happen if someone farted on Venus?
- If you were in space without a suit, would a fart have the energy to propel you forward?
- Where does the word "fart" come from?
- When it is cold outside and you fart, can you see it like you can see your breath?

and many more...

@ http://www.heptune.com/farts.html

[Nay]

Hey Birm []

Great list, those make me happy too! Only thing I'd add, is watching my kids enjoying themselves!

Now on to the fart comments...  I don't think my 12yr should be laughing this hard!  And I hate to say you've given him some disgusting ideas.... all I did was yell for his siblings to RUN, run as fast as they can!! [] []  I'm a victim of childhood abuse from a older brother whom just looooooved to sit on my head and fart away..eww-ww-ww-ww [xx(] *shivers*  hehehehehehe

Nay

[Nick]

At this stage of my life, it's trying to learn the lessons that arise every day. The lessons that are waiting to be properly understood.

[Eol007]

Had to put this one in: -

Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die

The old Rocker wore his hair too long,
wore his trouser cuffs too tight.
Unfashionable to the end --- drank his ale too light.
Death's head belt buckle --- yesterday's dreams ---
the transport caf' prophet of doom.
Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams
in his post-war-babe gloom.

Now he's too old to Rock'n'Roll but he's too young to die.

He once owned a Harley Davidson and a Triumph Bonneville.
Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs
and prays that he always will.
But he's the last of the blue blood greaser boys
all of his mates are doing time:
married with three kids up by the ring road
sold their souls straight down the line.
And some of them own little sports cars
and meet at the tennis club do's.
For drinks on a Sunday --- work on Monday.
They've thrown away their blue suede shoes.

Now they're too old to Rock'n'Roll and they're too young to die.

So the old Rocker gets out his bike
to make a ton before he takes his leave.
Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner
just like it used to be.
And as he flies --- tears in his eyes ---
his wind-whipped words echo the final take
and he hits the trunk road doing around 120
with no room left to brake.

And he was too old to Rock'n'Roll but he was too young to die.
No, you're never too old to Rock'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

Jethro Tull
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Enjoy,

S []

[Manix]

For me to live is:

...cruising on my bike without dumping it in the road[:I].
...going to my first bike rally hehehe.
...hanging out and enjoying a good laugh with a few good friends.
...staring in awe at yet another amazing sunset.
...finding that my car has not chosen today to be it's last! YAY!
...playing with my dog, Sandy.
...seeing my family actually enjoying each others company.
...racing along side the frieght trains on Raytheon Rd.
...watching a storm.
...painting, sculpting, and expressing myself thorugh art.
...seeing the first shocked expression when someone sees my art =).
...watching my aquariums.
...going out to a good sci-fi or horror movie.
...eating out.
...water skiing.
...deep sea fishing on the worst day of the year.
...spending 3 years in college and being told I'm in over my head.

and last but not least...
...surviving today long enough to get to tomarrow.

[upstream]

Life is beautiful as it is, no matter where you are, what you do. I'm sorry for dredging up old memories, Nay (it should have been terrific for you), but suffering is part of life too.

quote:I'm a victim of childhood abuse from a older brother whom just looooooved to sit on my head and fart away..eww-ww-ww-ww

Hm...Actually, this was one of our favorite games to play with my cat. He was a very sly and gifted farter (RIP, Juno). We used to fart each other from the day when he attacked me first. Actually, he stated it.

We were just laying in bed watching silly TV programs then all of sudden, he signed to me from beneath the blanket to check him out. I lifted the blanket up unseeingly. His fart hit me in face with great force, but I have had enough time to see his pleased face in the darkness. He was very sly as I said before.

Feel free to use my example to frighten your kids with, Nay.

And of course, my little side note on farting wasn't an offend to Brim at all, whom personality and knowledge is still respected. This response was triggered by the word 'breathing' and primarily serve the purpose of my own entertainment.

>>> upstream



"Life is for learning, death is for remembering."
(15 year old Florian's answer to the question, 'What is the meaning of life?')

[Sentential]

To live:

...is to love
.... is to grow and devolp
..... is to feel
.... is to understand
..... is to experience

[Kazbadan]

To live is:
- to be sick
- have a great and incredibly painful intestinal disorder
- see your cat dying
- to see in tv childs with no food to eat
- to know that this year thousands of people will die with AIDS
- to see citizens in other countrys being beheaded by stupid terrorists
- to wtach the death of thousands of people in war or in terrorist atacks
- to see others dying in an hurricane and violent storms.
- to see your friends and lovely ones getting older and dying.
....

and in the end you say "Jesus! I am really lucky for being alive!"

No, this last one was a joke: bad experiences are part of our lifes.
I think that this real bad things are part of my learning lessons in this life. I have learned to much with them. Besides that, after you see such bad things you will see small things like a tree, as being incredibly beautiful!

You will give more value to life and to the people. You know that life is short and dangerous, so you must live it the best as you can.

BTW: one last thing to add to the list:
-to live is to find new friends in the net and share good experiences!

nice post birm!

[The AlphaOmega]

To live is to find peace in yourself.  Everyone wants to have a happy life.  Those that don't want a happy life just end up ending it themselves.  Some think happiness is attained through money and power, or by taking over the world through war.  Some think it's to see everything that one can possibly see in the world before one dies.  No one answer is the right answer.  Life for someone is not someone else's life.  No two people look or think exactly the same (no not even twins.. as they grow they change differently).  So life is whatever YOU think it is.

[mar10fl]

to live is to smell the flowers swim in lakes watch the sunset see beautiful views everything we take for granted today. things that 'dont really matter' in our world today or things that would be considered unnecessary for human survival. these are the moments where i feel most alive. being one.

[Euphoric Sunrise]

To live is to live []

To live is to learn

[Birm]

To live is...

...to laugh out loud at upstream's post about farting.

...to wake him/her(your wife, your love, your best friend) with a loud fart in the morning. []

LOL
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[Hannah b]

LOL upstream!!! LOL LOL LOL!!!;))

[upstream]

[image]http://www.ladonia.net/herald/pict/06_maestro-takes-a-bow.jpg[/image]

[Nay]

Hehehe, are you taking a bow or farting in my general diiirreection?![][]

just think Monty Python for that one.[]

Nay

[atalanta]

I have two lists of 'to live is'...

1. To live is... to survive, avoid danger, keep safe, control people/events, hide, etc.

2. To live is... to experience self-awareness and awareness of the world outside the self and to be aware enough to apply meaning to it.  Painful or happy is not important, meaning is.

Give you one guess which one I am living and which one I am trying to live!  [B)] [}:)]

[Birm]

Ok here is a fun thread:

I invite everyone to contribute here to tell how one identifies life.

Well for me

To live is...

...to fall in love.

...to have the first kiss.

...to laugh out loud.

...to have a refreshing hot bath.

...to feel handsome.

...recieve mail.

...to hear your favorite song on radio.

...to listen to the rain while laying on your bed on a sunday morning.

...to recieve a raise.

...to talk to a friend on the other side of the world.

...to have a joyful conversation.

...lie on the beach.

...to find 100 dolars in your old jacket.

...to laugh at yourself.

...to talk to her for five hours about nothing.

...to run home in the rain.

...to smile without a reason.

...first love.

...to wake early to for work and realize that it is a holiday.

...to meet new people.

...to chat with your old friends after years.

...to master astral projection. []

...to watch T.V. with your lover in the bedroom.

...to go to a rock concert.

...to ask her for a date and have approval.

...to see her face while opening the present she always wanted.

...to watch the sun rise...

more?
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