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Da jeg var på sommerferie på Kreta i år, denne ø var som sædvanlig fuld af skandinavere. En svensk familie og en norsk familie inviterede mig til deres borde, da mærkede jeg sad alene over min cocktail. Tjenere læste lidt svensk "Ha´ det bra!" for eksempel, og de fleste cafeer i Platanias havde lille faner (afNorge, Sverige og Danmark).
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Jeg sad en aften og på TV-ens fladskærme var en udsendelse om netop afsluttet valg i Norge (det var september-ferie; skandinavere så fodboldkampene fra kvalifaktioner for CL eller nationalhold-friendlies men normænd ønskede at være veloplyst...) Og jeg sad ved et bord over mit øl og spidsede ørerne efter både TV-kommentarer og samtaler ved nabobordene. Og tjener spurgte mig: - Er du normand? - Nej, men jeg forstår lidt af hvad de er ved at snakke om, fordi jeg er oversætter... - Åh jeg vidste jo at du er smart, du har sådant noget et fraværende ansigtsudtryk! .... Hm.
Originally posted by lemon limeYou know me better than that. 😕 I was half tongue in cheek. Lao Tzu reminds me a bit of Sun Tzu. They both state the obvious. But it it's so obvious, then why is it so profound?
It's hardly psychobabble. You can't do anything about the past because the past is done. Can't do anything with the future because it isn't here yet. So even if everything in the present seems to be falling apart, at least you are there to do something about it... fix it, deal with it, run away from it... but you can't do anything with something th ...[text shortened]... uote about past present future is not psychobabble, it's just something that happens to be true.
Common sense, they both preach common sense(IMO) and for most people, we tend to overthink things. "What is going to happen tomorrow?" That idea brings forth a multitude of options and events in my mind. Some may or may not happen, only time, choices made, and happenchance events unfolding will tell.
The psychobabble comment was more directed at my rambling not Lao Tzu or Sun Tzu.
If John Madden were an ancient Chinaman, he'd have been Fat Tzu.
Originally posted by ChessPraxisAt least, so far this thread has generated 68 posts...
You know me better than that. 😕 I was half tongue in cheek. Lao Tzu reminds me a bit of Sun Tzu. They both state the obvious. But it it's so obvious, then why is it so profound?
Common sense, they both preach common sense(IMO) and for most people, we tend to overthink things. "What is going to happen tomorrow?" That idea brings forth a multitude of opt ...[text shortened]... ing not Lao Tzu or Sun Tzu.
If John Madden were an ancient Chinaman, he'd have been Fat Tzu.
Originally posted by ChessPraxis"...if it's so obvious, then why is it so profound?"
You know me better than that. 😕 I was half tongue in cheek. Lao Tzu reminds me a bit of Sun Tzu. They both state the obvious. But it it's so obvious, then why is it so profound?
Common sense, they both preach common sense(IMO) and for most people, we tend to overthink things. "What is going to happen tomorrow?" That idea brings forth a multitude of opt ...[text shortened]... ing not Lao Tzu or Sun Tzu.
If John Madden were an ancient Chinaman, he'd have been Fat Tzu.
lol It's profound because it's obvious.
The obvious doesn't always stand out. Sometimes it has to be found. And simple truths are often ignored or discounted precisely because they are simple. I tend to overcomplicate things too, so whenever I discover (or rediscover) a simple truth it will almost always appear to be profound.
What you were saying didn't seem like psychobabble to me, but that's probably because I'm somewhat psycho and tend to babble on and on and on about... stuff.
