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Thread ID: 59727	2005-07-11 06:02:00	Lorem Ipsum -- one for Cicero	Morgenmuffel (187)	PC World Chat

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371176	2005-07-11 06:02:00	Lorem Ipsum -- one for Cicero our oldest member :p Greetings all Well as this is the Chat side i thought i'd post something chatworthyish, I always thought that Lorem ipsum was pig latin just some nonsense that some tech with too much time and not much imagination had put together (turns out that was XP), but it turns out Lorem Ipsum isn't, see here (http://www.lipsum.com/), for those more literary amongst you it is quite an interesting read, I do web design on a computer (obviously), but i use the same text for layout/mockups as was used by printers hundreds of years ago and the text itself is 2000 yrs old (written on wax tablets?), and i was until recently completely ignorant of its meaning, which got me wondering how many other everyday things we do or use that we are ignorant of their purpose or meaning Damn and I phrased that wrong, but as usual it made sense in my head, or so the voices tell me	Morgenmuffel (187)
371177	2005-07-11 10:22:00	Lorem Ipsum -- one for Cicero our oldest member :p Greetings all Well as this is the Chat side i thought i'd post something chatworthyish, I always thought that Lorem ipsum was pig latin just some nonsense that some tech with too much time and not much imagination had put together (turns out that was XP), but it turns out Lorem Ipsum isn't, see here (http://www.lipsum.com/), for those more literary amongst you it is quite an interesting read, I do web design on a computer (obviously), but i use the same text for layout/mockups as was used by printers hundreds of years ago and the text itself is 2000 yrs old (written on wax tablets?), and i was until recently completely ignorant of its meaning, which got me wondering how many other everyday things we do or use that we are ignorant of their purpose or meaning Damn and I phrased that wrong, but as usual it made sense in my head, or so the voices tell me My dear Nige. I should point out that I am not the original Cicero,I am at least 20 years younger! :)	Cicero (40)
371178	2005-07-11 20:34:00	Oh dear- In that case, I will have to ignore Cicero's protestations of love - as expressed in PF1 : ABs vs Lions. 2nd test predictions. So sadly, it can never be.. . Obviously I'd have to know I was talking to the original - not some younger version pretending to be the ancient philosopher. And now that he's confessed, we're finished - before we even got started! It was nice to be worshipped temporarily. But a girl who has standards ( so my Mum said ) accepts only originals. Sobeit.	Laura (43)
371179	2005-07-11 21:42:00	Oh sadness,I was nearly moved to tears when I read the above. Whilst reading her tender posts,I would dream of what I could say to such a one so soft and these are the words. Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. Every bit as original as my Cicero.	Cicero (40)
371180	2005-07-11 23:24:00	Yes, the Irishman William Butler Yeats was a wonderful poet. I guess that's why his words got pinched so often. And they still flatter women who've never heard them before... (Apologies to Cicero from classically-educated & cynical Laura) I have to admit they sound much more intersting now than when I first heard them as a third-former. We did Latin at my school. I got used to romantic allusions later. Puberty & all that. Did some catching up later with the girls who didn't do Latin... P.S Read this again & it sounded disgruntled. On the contrary, I should be delighted someone paid me a compliment. I was, but didn't explicitly say so. Decided I'm sounding like a grump if not careful...	Laura (43)
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