I have, many times unfortunately. An unsuspecting little blow fly or something wanders in front of my line of vision and BLAT, I squish it, rub my fingers, and dispose of it somewhere, but nowhere in particular.

This is starting to get me down. I remember when I was a kid how I used to help spiders out of my room, into the garden or just sit and watch them for ages doing whatever it is they do.

Do you ever kill a small bug and then feel really bad afterwards? There's definitely something wrong with it. I don't care if u're Buddhist, Christian or have no professed spiritual leanings whatsoever, there is something wrong with it and u can definitely feel it.

This thread comes in part due to reading a thread about vegetarianism and watching the 'meet your meat' video. I'm not vegetarian but something stirs inside me. Do u ever feel that the life u'd like to lead is just a little beyond u?

Here I am, it's 2:21pm in the afternoon and I'm drinking beer. I'm teaching in a few hours. I want to eat healthily and I want to stop drinking beer (I don't drink a lot by the way, only maybe 10 bottles in a week, maybe less) and smoking cigarettes (I'm not a regular smoker but every week I'll have one day with my Aussie friend where I chain smoke about 20). I'm intensely interested in Taoism and Eastern philosophy and incorporate this into my life wherever it naturally incorporates itself.

Ever wish u hadn't squished the bug?

People can feel insignificant yet through pure physics every single thing you do affects every single other thing on this earth, and beyond. A simple wave of your arm causes movements in the air which with a subtle but real snowball effect will have some significance to things happening on the other side of the world.

Do u ever wish u hadn't squished the bug? I do.

Never mind. Be good.

...ed it.
[This message was edited Wed Feb 11 23:37:11 PST 2004 by fauxnewbie]

i remember squashing a fly on a shop window.
the thing is...i didn't ...mean to...i thought it was on the inside of the window...and i was doing that...touch the glass thing and it may move (like you do with goldfish)...but unfortunately it was actually on the outside and i squished it dead.



oh well...i don't feel to bad about it...it was an homest mistake guvnor.and my friend rolling around on the the floor in hysterics kinda lightened the situation

i ain't gonna thing about the spiritual sie of it now...cos its gonna ruin the memory and i ain't in the mood for guilt right now.

msserendipity said:

that wasn't a fly
that was me

and it really hurt

IAmTheTouch said:

"Mr (or missus) fly, I would like to suggest, if it is ok, that you might see your way to possibly vacating the area of my PC screen so that i may continue to post on the org"

PREDOMINANT said:

Its funny too, when there is a fly buzzing around and someone shouts *Fuck Off* to it!

Do flies understand this obscene language? I think not, or they choose to ignore such vulgarities..

I killed a spider last night.

Normally i pick them up and put them outside, but i was too tired and couldn't be bothered.

So i squashed it with a newspaper.

Now i feel guilty. Am i a bad person?

TheFrog said:

Cloudbuster said:

Hello Cloudy

PREDOMINANT said:

beats the alternative!

Cloudbuster said:

i'm a-go and adopt me a spider right now.

TheFrog said:

What are you gonna call it?

Cloudbuster said:

He should call it Cloudbuster then stamp on its head

REDFEATHERS said:

REDFEATHERS said:

Well i could be a boring prince fan and call it nate.

But i think i'm gonna call it Frog Junior and take it for walks ever day in the pond.

TheFrog said:

Mind the sharks.

Cloudbuster said:

Ever seen a shark take a spider called Frog Junior?

Big-fin wouldn't stand a chance against my little 'un.

TheFrog said:

Okay.

blackcherry said:

sorry

nope