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Thread started 12/14/06 6:35am

Ace

Things that remind you to be grateful for what you've got

Songs, flicks, whatever.

Heard this song that I'd forgotten about on the radio this morning:

We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange
He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes
"Get a job you fucking slob," is all he replies
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues

Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...

Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom that said he was in love
He said, "Don't worry about a thing, baby doll
I'm the man you've been dreaming of."
But 3 months later he say he won't date her or return her calls
And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man I'm cuttin' off his balls."
And then she heads for the clinic and
she gets some static walking through the door
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner
And they call her a whore
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose

Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
I've seen a rich man beg
I've seen a good man sin
I've seen a tough man cry

I've seen a loser win
And a sad man grin
I heard an honest man lie

I've seen the good side of bad
And the downside of up
And everything between

I licked the silver spoon
Drank from the golden cup
And smoked the finest green

I stroked the fattest dimes at least a couple of times
before I broke their heart
You know where it ends, yo, it usually depends on where you start

I knew this kid named Max
He used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs
He liked to hang out late
he liked to get shit-faced and keep the pace with thugs
Until late one night there was a big gun fight and Max lost his head
He pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain
You know it crumbles that way
at least that's what they say when you play the game
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose

Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...
Then you really might know what it's like...to have to lose
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Reply #1 posted 12/14/06 6:43am

Mach

hmmm almost everything in my home reminds me

and when i step outside ... most things there

and music ... can stir me also

dreams

scents

fabrics

foods

my cup of coffee

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Reply #2 posted 12/14/06 6:49am

Ace

Mach said:

my cup of coffee

wink

Drug addict! mad
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Reply #3 posted 12/14/06 6:50am

Mach

Ace said:

Mach said:

my cup of coffee

wink

Drug addict! mad


pray I am deeply greatful for drugs


smile
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Reply #4 posted 12/14/06 6:53am

Anx

i'm grateful that the present doesn't have to represent the future.
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Reply #5 posted 12/14/06 7:16am

Natisse

Anx said:

i'm grateful that the present doesn't have to represent the future.


now THAT is poetry worship ...well said clapping
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Reply #6 posted 12/14/06 7:42am

xplnyrslf

Everytime I'm at work I'm reminded of how lucky I am for the following:

Good health

Positive attitude. Some professionally successful people are cranky, miserable, difficult to work with, who everyone dreads to see walk through the door. You can tell by the look on their face what kind of day it will be.

Great buddies who get you through frustrating situations.

Secure employment and a job I like.
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Reply #7 posted 12/14/06 7:44am

Anx

Natisse said:

Anx said:

i'm grateful that the present doesn't have to represent the future.


now THAT is poetry worship ...well said clapping



thanks! hug
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Reply #8 posted 12/14/06 8:29am

IstenSzek

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the evening news

reminds me every day that i should be grateful and glad with what i´ve got

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and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #9 posted 12/14/06 8:44am

CortestheKille
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I thought you were going to post about William DeVaughn. rolleyes
This one's for you.
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Reply #10 posted 12/14/06 9:06am

PhoenixRising

IstenSzek said:

the evening news

reminds me every day that i should be grateful and glad with what i´ve got

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nod

rose
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Reply #11 posted 12/14/06 9:09am

Serious

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PhoenixRising said:[quote]

IstenSzek said:

the evening news

reminds me every day that i should be grateful and glad with what i´ve got

neutral


nod True

And to post some lyrics as well:


SHE KNOWS I'M LEAVING:

She knows I'm leaving
and might not come home
we may lose pebbles from our family stone
I'll do my duty
I won't back down
But in truth, I'd rather stay around

Please Lord
Can we come to our senses
Lord
And start mending our fences
Lord
And look through much brighter lenses
Lord

I'll send more money to ya
Pray for me Hallelujah

she knows I'm leaving
and prays that she
can root the branches of our family tree
my mother wears
her worries in her hair
but these are the thorns that the rose must bear

Please Lord
Can we come to our senses
Lord
And start mending our fences
Lord
And look through much brighter lenses
Lord

I'll send more money to ya
Pray for me Hallelujah

PS:
Wait for me baby until I fall
With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A....
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Reply #12 posted 12/14/06 10:19am

Nothinbutjoy

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xplnyrslf said:

Everytime I'm at work I'm reminded of how lucky I am for the following:

Good health

Positive attitude. Some professionally successful people are cranky, miserable, difficult to work with, who everyone dreads to see walk through the door. You can tell by the look on their face what kind of day it will be.

Great buddies who get you through frustrating situations.

Secure employment and a job I like.



Same here! nod


rose
I'm firmly planted in denial
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Reply #13 posted 12/14/06 10:54am

Ace

I like how the porn threads pile up to 10 pages within minutes, but only 9 people have bothered to post here. lol

P.S. I am also grateful for porno! woot!
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Reply #14 posted 12/14/06 11:15am

Anx

Ace said:

I like how the porn threads pile up to 10 pages within minutes, but only 9 people have bothered to post here. lol


Well, it IS the holidays, when we all take a moment to gather our loved ones and sit in the windowsill with a piping hot mug of mulled cider, reflecting upon the real meaning of the season - things like peace on earth, harmony among all living things, ass-banging anthologies and slow motion bukkake montages.



I think Celine Dion said it best: These are special times.

Maybe John Waters said it better: Hey little girl, why don't you put your vagina up to the phone?

I think we can all relate to those wise words. grouphug
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Reply #15 posted 12/14/06 11:17am

jerseykrs

the tattoos of my children's name remind me that they are a financial burden.























falloff
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Reply #16 posted 12/14/06 11:32am

Ace

Anx said:

Ace said:

I like how the porn threads pile up to 10 pages within minutes, but only 9 people have bothered to post here. lol


Well, it IS the holidays, when we all take a moment to gather our loved ones and sit in the windowsill with a piping hot mug of mulled cider, reflecting upon the real meaning of the season - things like peace on earth, harmony among all living things, ass-banging anthologies and slow motion bukkake montages.

My hand to a god that may or may not exist, I just spat part of a hot dog on the screen. spit

Maybe John Waters said it better: Hey little girl, why don't you put your vagina up to the phone?

lol What's that from?
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Reply #17 posted 12/14/06 11:42am

Anx

Ace said:[quote]

Anx said:


My hand to a god that may or may not exist, I just spat part of a hot dog on the screen. spit

Maybe John Waters said it better: Hey little girl, why don't you put your vagina up to the phone?

lol What's that from?


It spewed forth directly from John Water's Pecker.

In one scene, Christina Ricci gets a prank call at her job at a laundromat. The voice of the crank caller was Waters himself, and he asked her to put her vagina to the phone. bow
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