| DEATH BED - 08.02.05 |
| submitter: | Vogon3 |
| location: | London |
| The final resting place for this matt |
| category: | Tainted |
| comments: | 105 |
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| wim commented on 04.07.11 | | jish iza wate matt |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.29.05 | | It was the first phrase they were taught in beginning English classes: This is a pen. |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.29.05 | | sorry I thoght you were using Japanese rather than Japanese speaking english
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.29.05 | | did you give them your pen |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.29.05 | | School was very structured and about three years ahead of American public schools. All the kids clustered around me and yelled, "Jish iza pen!" And then they wanted to know if my hair was real. |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.29.05 | | what was school like in Japan Rebecca |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.29.05 | | No...I sure would love to go though. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.29.05 | | Have you ever been back? |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.29.05 | | Ages 8 to 13. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.29.05 | | Sorry, I was trawling the de Milo archive. Yes, but it does sound complicated. How long did you live in Japan? |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.29.05 | | Did that explanation make any sense at all? |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.29.05 | | You see, many Japanese words have two pronounciations - there is the short version, used in compound words, which is often based on the Chinese word for that particular character. "Okinawa" may be made up of these short words, which generally aren't used alone in conversation. The short version of the word "ookii" would be "dai." |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.29.05 | | I don't think so. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.29.05 | | Is Okinawa from the same root? |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.29.05 | | It's a short "e." And where I have two "o"s together, it is just to lengthen the syllable, not to make an "ooo" sound as in "choo choo train." |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.29.05 | | Nancy, you got Neko? http://www.angelfire.com/ct/neko/ |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.29.05 | | I'm trying desperately to commit the Japanese sentence to memory, but my brain is not accepting it. I know I'll have to read it off the card like some game-show host. And is it "neeko" and "deesu", or a short 'e'? I actually knew 'neko' because on one of our household PCs we have a tiny, animated white cat which chases the mouse pointer, then yawns, scratches and sleeps when the pointer has not moved for a while. It's called Neko, and you probably have it, too. |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | it is haunted though
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | fair play |
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| dave d commented on 09.28.05 | | I like to watch
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | dave how come you have not ever put any matts up |
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| dave d commented on 09.28.05 | | its not haunted it is the caretaker trying to scare us off and if it wasn't for those blah blah blah |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | You could? Dayam! I tried so hard. No, I haven't seen him yet. It was very late when you gave it to me. He's often up late in his kitchen (he's a chef) but I couldn't really have gone round at that hour. I've written it on a flashcard. |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | Yeah I could tell because the syntax was slightly askew. Seriously though, did you say anything to him? You could add the "yo" if you want - it's for emphasis. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | I found Yoichi in his kitchen cooking up a mess of sushi 'n' grits. I hit him with your Japanese words and he replied: "Hontou desu ka? Watashi wa kamaimasen, desu yo!" (This is all made up.) |
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| DVD Dan commented on 09.28.05 | | I'm back. What'd I miss? |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Do I say the "yo" at the end as in "Yo! Dude!"? |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | But you should change "ookii" to "ookina" |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | It's not an insult. |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | Doors, yes. Gotta go now, goodnight John boy. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Hang on, I do actually like him! |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | Tell him, "Jitsu wa, watashi wa ookii, kuroi neko desu yo." Then watch the expression on his face change. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Mescaline, that's the Doors of Perception stuff, right? |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | My nextdoor neighbour, Yoichi, is Japanese. Give me a phrase to surprise him with. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | My mom took nothing but tea, but I've still been d*pressed for years. |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | Oh, merde, of course. That means I can write the Japanse word for "speaks" like this: hanamerdemasu. |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | Well maybe they do, maybe they don't. After all, how would I know? She also partook of significant amounts of mescaline...lots of that. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Nancy, don't worry, your pics aren't merde, they are models of clarity, often accompanied by amusing words and a Waldorf salad. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Blimey! I didn't think shrooms had any fetal effects.
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | Lol...I haven't had any aciiiid for...oh...more years than I want to admit to, but the effects seem to have stuck. Or maybe it's the psilocybin my mother ingested before she realized she was pregnant. Anyhow, I often find that my perspective on things is a little "different." |
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| Chaf commented on 09.28.05 | | It appears I have just come into the end of a marathon commenting session. I've been busy with my studies and haven't had the time to shoot the bull with you folks. I'll try and catch up on my reading and hopefully have something interesting to add later. It's been kind of a slow week of matt shots for me anyway. I'v go some in the que though. Gotta go walk the dog and study some more...see ya! |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | "It's all as it is". I like that. Rebecca, I agree that you can find no interest in a great pic if you're down, but a boring picture can hardly ever be interesting, though I suppose aciiiiid might help. The pics I dislike are the ones where the matt is virtually invisible, or where we've seen it all time and time again (blurry base with car-door mirror). |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.28.05 | | It's all as it is. Goodnight Rebecca and love to the cats x |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | I think that some mattress pictures undeniably have more merit than others. However, I find that my level of interest really depends on my frame of mind. When you see a lot of comments from me, it means I'm in a good mood. In that case, I can find something interesting or funny (at least to me) most of the time. If I'm feeling down, I'll just sort of scroll through and stare at them all blankly. Unfortunately that's been the case more often than not for the past few months, but I'm working on improving my condition. In other words, everything's subjective. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.28.05 | | Oh god, I got bored of that most commented matt after 3 hours. The Expletive DetectOR....love it. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.28.05 | | I just tried to search back to where I left off on the comments front and after 4 pages, still no familiar conversation....you guys have been giving it some. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | ND, if you look at the comments for the most-commented pic you'll see some stuff (near the top) about the expletive-detector. |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.28.05 | | Brilliant - I never knew that if you swore in comments they don't get posted!!! I just tried it! |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.28.05 | | I just said shi*t in my comment and it just wouldn;t come up on the list of comments! But the basic premise was.....most of my shots are sh*t cos I'm too lazy or too much in a rush to get out of the car.... |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Nancy - doing a Dan-style one-shot visit? |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | well I'm multi-tasking at the moment, give me a minute to formulate a thought. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Hi, Rebecca. Thank gawd! What do you think about anything? |
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| Nancy Dumpling commented on 09.28.05 | | Maybe it's been said but I think this is one classy shot. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Phor phuck's sake, where have u gone now, V3?! Back to Vogsphere? I'm doing a one-man show here... |
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| Rebecca commented on 09.28.05 | | I am here, watching and chuckling. I just thought I'd let you two go at it. Your "victim of my own success" speech definitely rings a bell though. Do you have any idea how long I was the #1 submitter? I don't quite know but it was a matter of years. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | I'm not trying to stop others from submitting what they like, but I wish they would take the time to think: "Is this actually any good?" My heart sinks when I see a bad pic. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Most people are too polite to say "This picture sucks" about a boring pic. I know I am. :) |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | How do we know what most people think of most photos? - there are only a handful of regular commenters. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Ha, you got back just in time, but I'll send this anyway, as it took ages to type...."There then followed an interminable radio silence from Vogon3 as he OD'd on caffeine and nicotine, had a good soak in the bath, took the dog for a walk, submitted his 63 matts for the day and whistled tunelessly something that may once have been the Clash's "Complete Control". Meanwhile, poor SS pressed "comments" mechanically every three seconds..." |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | I dont think any matt is unworthy they are all streetmatts and what you think is boring does't not mean that every one else does. and some of the better matt pictures go uncommented on as we all talked about recently. and if it was not for all those boring matts we would not at this stage be talking about the 10000 matt and it was you was it not who said there should be a prize for. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | It's a Smart Set soliloquy. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | I need to get back to watching more TV like regular folks. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | I think I'm a victim of my own success. I've become addicted to the buzz of spotting a mattress. All the head-swivelling, dangerous driving, the rectangular shapes on the periphery of your vision that make you do a double take, and then turn out to be sheets of plywood, the splashes of colour that turn out to be motorbike covers etc., so, like an alcoholic, I've felt compelled to take the dumpster diver pic and then hated myself for it. Well, not really, but a bit like that. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | I've come to the view that when you have a pic for which you can't think of a title or a description, it really isn't worth submitting. After all, what is it adding to SM? Usually, no one comments on such pics, except to say, "I can't see it." |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | I had thought of informing you, via the comments here, of the locations of all the matts I deem unworthy. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | When I started, psychobabble already had 23 and it took me a while to get going. |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | I need a coffee and a fag back soon ( that will get our American friends talking ) |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | oh yes so it is strange this haunting thing is getting worse |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | I thought you were always ahead of PB
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | I remember his "Smart Set is no competition in Acton" taunt around Xmas, and now look! His total is the reverse of mine. As FOD would say: "Tee hee!" |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | and it sends out strange forces
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | this picture is haunted maybe |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | strange
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Blimey, we're telepathic! |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | What's happened to psychobabble? |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | PB don't seem to be around as much |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | I type slowly and review. |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | I already ignore bases etc., and it will be difficult to ignore a matt, so I'm not going to go looking for them, therefore I won't be spending so long preparing them and writing tedious/witty descriptions. I hope that way to (I suppose) get more de Milos. It's a work-in-progress... |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | oh where has he gone then |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | keep em coming and acton can beat the whole world |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | it would be like being unfaithful |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | but you can't not take the picture if you see the matt SS |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | I don't remember. |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | woof |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | I think you said that a while ago |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | God, you're like a bloody terrier! |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | and untouchables |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.28.05 | | Anyway, I'm going to slow down, so here's your big chance. I notice you're already accelerating hard. |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | and on the move |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.28.05 | | and sans mattress |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | And media.
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | Except de Milos. |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.27.05 | | we could use an alias to submit our matts we find boring |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | So what? I probably top them all, don't I? I don't know. But that's probably why I'm sick of the sight of them. |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.27.05 | | even if they are boring
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | No, it's an opinion I've developed recently. It could happen to you... |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.27.05 | | ALL MATTS MUST BE RECORDED TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY BY ORDER |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.27.05 | | oh and SS you top the dumpster diver charts with 126 |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.27.05 | | but SS if you were 14th position on the showcase list do you think you would have the same opinion |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.27.05 | | I'm tired of all the matts in skips and bedbases behind walls. I want to see more of the unusual locations like this. I mean, is it really about documenting every single matt, base, futon and spring in the world? That's self-evidently doomed to failure. |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.27.05 | | i must say its the ones you don't think of that get it |
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| Vogon3 commented on 09.27.05 | | but not for this
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| olivia commented on 09.10.05 | | so goth... love it. where's the grounds keeper that's doind the cleaning around there? What, is he on vacation? |
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| Smart Set commented on 09.04.05 | | Brilliant. It wouldn't have worked so well with a colourful matt. |
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