Comments on: Freeway Blogging http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:58:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: felicity http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-267221 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:00:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-267221 Thanks, Moonbat. Thanks, Moonbat.

]]> by: scarlet p. http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-267050 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:16:36 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-267050 Sound of Silence was my first album and first favorite song. figures. Sound of Silence was my first album and first favorite song.

figures.

]]> by: moonbat http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266900 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:41:50 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266900 Felicity (#6) your remark reminds me of Bob Dylan's dark <a href="http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Bob-Dylan/Things-Have-Changed.html" rel="nofollow">Things Have Changed</a>. The chorus goes like this: <i>People are crazy and times are strange I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range I used to care, but things have changed </i> Felicity (#6) your remark reminds me of Bob Dylan’s dark Things Have Changed. The chorus goes like this:

People are crazy and times are strange
I’m locked in tight, I’m out of range
I used to care, but things have changed

]]> by: felicity http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266875 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:41:21 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266875 Off topic but it resounded with me - recently read an article on Barsky, the famous (also infamous) graffiti artist who said when asked how it all started that in the beginning he was 'out to save the world and now is not sure he likes it enough.' Off topic but it resounded with me - recently read an article on Barsky, the famous (also infamous) graffiti artist who said when asked how it all started that in the beginning he was ‘out to save the world and now is not sure he likes it enough.’

]]> by: Doug Hughes http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266848 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:09:45 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266848 "And the Words of the Prophets are writeen on the subway walls, and tenement halls" Sounds of Silence Simon &#38; Garfunkle 1964 “And the Words of the Prophets are writeen on the subway walls, and tenement halls” Sounds of Silence Simon & Garfunkle 1964

]]> by: joanr16 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266822 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:57:46 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266822 Bless you, Freeway Blogger... and for providing such clear, easy-to-follow instructions! Let's get those signs up in every state, especially the red ones. Bless you, Freeway Blogger… and for providing such clear, easy-to-follow instructions! Let’s get those signs up in every state, especially the red ones.

]]> by: The Mahablog » The Wisdom of Doubt, Part XI http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266795 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:55:24 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266795 [...] If the communication is from another time or culture, the likelihood of misunderstanding is even higher. Often people who live in the same culture share metaphors that are easily misunderstood by someone outside that culture. There&#8217;s a good example in moonbat&#8217;s &#8220;Freeway Blogging&#8221; post. A sign says &#8220;We&#8217;re all wearing the blue dress now.&#8221; How would a time-traveler from twenty years ago interpret that? They might relate it to the song &#8220;Devil With a Blue Dress,&#8221; but I doubt that&#8217;s the reference intended by the sign maker. Similarly, maybe yeast and mustard seeds had connotations for Jesus&#8217; listeners that have been lost. [...] […] If the communication is from another time or culture, the likelihood of misunderstanding is even higher. Often people who live in the same culture share metaphors that are easily misunderstood by someone outside that culture. There’s a good example in moonbat’s “Freeway Blogging” post. A sign says “We’re all wearing the blue dress now.” How would a time-traveler from twenty years ago interpret that? They might relate it to the song “Devil With a Blue Dress,” but I doubt that’s the reference intended by the sign maker. Similarly, maybe yeast and mustard seeds had connotations for Jesus’ listeners that have been lost. […]

]]> by: myiq2xu http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266700 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 05:21:17 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266700 That sign is an insult to sacks of shit. That sign is an insult to sacks of shit.

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266670 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:19:01 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/07/28/freeway-blogging/#comment-266670 I love the banner that says:<b>.George Bush is a lying sack of shit.</b> It's like so true! I love the banner that says:.George Bush is a lying sack of shit.

It’s like so true!

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