the_temple_of_string string I have a sad sad story to tell. Please don't hate me for telling you the truth of my soul. Instead listen, and I will tell you a story which might be of use to you. Once I was a sad lonely and desperate young American girl with no friends and no sense of direction. I used to buy a lot of clothes and do pretty much what I saw on TV but I found i could never get it quite right. I used to punish myself by smearing ketchup on my face and arms. I was at my wits end. Then an old friend who had moved away some years before came to visit me. I had always remembered him as an awkward and shy boy but now he had changed. he was so confident and a strange kind of light seemed to play around his eyes. He showed me what had changed his life. "I want to show you something" he said, and pulled a ball of string from the inside pocket of his jacket. I felt my soul unwind into his. It was like coming home. All my worries faded away and I learnt that to love string is to love life. String didn't die for our sins, so its not expecting anything in return. String doesn't want to rule our lives, it doesn't have a plan for us and it definitely doesn't want us to waste our lives praying to it, but its happy if that's what we want to do. String has no opinion on sex. String does not carry with it the guilt of oppression and colonialism. String doesn't care what you wear. String also just happens to be the supreme force that binds the universe together, but it doesn't brag about it or expect you to be impressed. EVERYONE. I IMPLORE YOU GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO THE LOVE OF STRING REPEAT AFTER ME (BUT ONLY IF YOU WANT TO): STRING OH LOVELY STRING WE DON'T ADVERTISE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO 010423 ... god finally! 010424 ... pat sajaks ghost . 010514 ... string Everybody looking forward to stringmas day? Not long now. 010518 ... Tiffa I am a new found convert. Oh string! This is the best thing i have heard all year. My fellow followers go to the house of string, to pray to the Ball o' String Almighty twice a week. (I'm gonna die laughing) *prostrates before her line of string* Oh ye string, that gives me tieing materials, thou art mine own god! 010529 ... flo i'm with you, lets go and invade some foreign country and force them to join in our love of string by destroying their indiginous culture. 010529 ... Tank i'm down... as an aside, do you have the answer to my clash problem..? 010529 ... Anaesthetic I'm giving you string. 010621 ... NinNy Nu Nu In Bali? 010622 ... Tiffa Please, I noticed the time difference it has been since last people posted about the godliness that is The String. Followers of truth! Do not be led astray by those ethereal, invisible 'gods' we are told exist! We KNOW string is here, and it will not abandon us. Stay with string and understand fully it's renowned glory. We will all be saved in the land of String. 020510 ... phil Oh string, I have waited many years for this day 020511 ... kerry i thought the part about ketchup was funny... by the way, are we speaking of plain old "string" as in craft-store string or maybe some sort of twine hybrid? 020511 ... misstree the concept of string goes beyond the concepts of plain or twiny... it goes beyond the meaning of length, color, and material. as it is impossible for us to truly concieve of the entirety of the concept of string, whatever particular concept of string is right for you, is the true one. and, i'll have you note, there have not yet been any factional wars about which concept of string is correct... if it is twiny or thready, hemp or silk... that's a much better record than most religions, i'd say. 020511 ... Phraktal this thread is officially on the "to be plagarized (with net.credit)" list for the upcoming installment of the book_of_eris, "yeah, she's a bitch, but we love her for it." 020511 ... kerry i see... good point, misstree. thanks for clarifying. 020512 ... reitoei you heathens. you are getting close, but string is not the true answer. leave your illusions of truth and come to the rope. only hanging from the ceiling at the end of rope are you truly safe and happy. 020512 ... DannyH when_string_becomes_rope its time to unwind. 020512 ... okimready string me 020513 ... phil I see we have brotheren 020515 ... User24 I heard someone was giving out free string here? 030623 ... oldephebe this was mildly intriguing - i'm reminded of my remedial understanding of string theory - would anyone care to discuss string theory w/o the exasperating math - vis-a-vis "string" there's a certain albeit distant relationship - ah everything joined or something by acute measurements? of vibrational waves echoing or rippling out into the cosmos - hmm i'm not really saying that right - could someone clear this up for me? 030825 ... u24 there are others who share your frustration, 'phebe: string_theory 031214 ... Death of a Rose what do you sacrifice to string? unravelment! 031214 ... pipedream *hums 'come undone' and grins evilly* 031214 ... . the_string_between_aids_and_assistants the_string_between_deep_purple_and_acdc the_string_between_food_and_farm the_string_between_human_rights_and_terrorist_acts the_string_between_gazpacho_and_cryptosporidium the_string_between_man_and_chicken the_string_between_man_and_woman the_string_between_nice_and_good the_string_between_one_buttcheek_and_another the_string_between_prayer_and_god the_string_between_reality_and_illusion the_string_between_religion_and_terrorism the_string_between_sense_and_nonsense the_string_between_shits_and_stars the_string_between_sleep_and_death the_string_between_stupid_and_q_as the_string_between_symbolism_and_realism the_string_between_taint_and_dissatisfaction the_string_between_teeth_and_pizza the_string_between_theory_and_practice the_string_between_tiger_and_sheep the_string_between_tonya_and_god the_string_between_yoyo_and_bean 031214 ... oE i share the bling with the string wow, that was the first time i think i've ever written the word bling in conjunction with anything..blech! howard eskin is a hirsuit rodential swollen and supperating rectal postule.. i'm not hating..i think he's a first rate sports journalist..he knows the game..but man...uhg!! thoroughly w/o integrity..completely abhorrent..*vomits in spectacular jason pollock like spumes* 031214 ... pipedream swollen and supperating rectal pustule? very effective...will have to replace 'blob of oesophagal sub-mucus' ;) *turns green nonetheless* 031215 ... magicforest woot 041110 ... 6X always the rebel, im here to propose an offshoot, a new cult dedicated to the worship and glory of the almighty the omnipotent all powerful better than string all hail the mighty DUCKTAPE!!! 041209 ... the cheer-up kid BLASPHEMER! 041210 ... misstree naw, really, until you convince me that this duck tape you speak of is in some way superior to the great and mighty string, i ain't signing anything. 041211 ... tyler waters don't you realize they're fundamentally similar? hell, you could turn DT into string, simply take a long thread and fold it over itself. almost as good as twiny or thready, hemp or silk... just a little different is all 050117 ... Piso Mojado this might be my favorite blathe 050926 ... book of eris agreed. 050929 ... 123 A, B, C, D, E, F & G 050929 ... oren Almost as soon as DUCKTAPE formed, another sect began: DUCT_TAPE Yes, behold! The original adhesive wonder! DUCT TAPE has been quietly fixing humankind's problems for generations. Has it ever once asked for recognition? Has it ever required tithing? Has it ever, ever, ever made you feel guilty? I rest my case... 051019 ... falling_alone duct tape only made me sticky. rope gave me a burn. 051021 ... Meow hey milk man ! my friend has got a juice machine not a milkshake one! 070422 what's it to you? who go blather from