Sally D & Others....

comedy tonight wrote:
>
> Wow,
> It would appear that some people have way too much time on
> their hands. I mean, fair enough if youÂ’re residing in an
> isolated crevice on our wide brown Continent and have little
> else to do, but if youÂ’re living in a more cosmopolitan
> locale then why the need for incessant ravings?
> While IÂ’m here, I would like to briefly point out that for
> someone who takes pride in their dissemination of other
> peoples writings it would appear you have made a small error
> of your own...ironic really!
> In fact the word conservative as you would know being of
> superior intelligence to the rest of us, stands to mean:
> Moderate; cautious: i.e a conservative estimate
> where upon
> crgwllms wrote:
>
> > How many WAAPA students are there currently? In all years, in
> > all classes? I'll be conservative and guess 300, although I
> > think it's probably far less.
>
> In fact your estimate being of a higher ratio than that which
> you would expect, would make your estimate a liberal
> estimate, not a conservative estimate! Conservative being a
> metonym, as it were in this context, as you would also no
> doubt be aware!
>
> Liberal, meaning: Generous in amount; ample: i.e a liberal
> estimate
>
> On that note,
> Love to all my fellow MT's
> Sincerely,
> A recent Grad.!


G'day 'Comedy Tonight'. Thanks for that! You've restored my faith in Uni students...at last someone who can spell, argue, give as good as they get, put me in my place, and knows what 'irony' and even 'metonyms' are!


Why the need for incessant ravings?

It's fun.
It keeps me entertained.
Why not?

I could very well ask the same (and frequently do) of much else that goes on around here, like the conversations that prompted the start of this thread. I thought Janty hit the nail on its noggin when he/she said,

> not only is (banter) entertaining, it is a way of constantly keeping
> your imagination fresh, increasing your vocabularly and a good
> exercise in lateral thinking. Kind of like debating a useless topic just
> for the intellectual exercise.


Having too much time on my hands? I guess I do. After rehearsing full-time during the week and learning lines after hours for the Barking Gecko show I'm in for PIAF; working weekends as an entertainer at the zoo; Saturday nights musician at the Big Hoo-Haa; I've almost finished sanding and polishing the floorboards in my new house; writing a song to use at the Finley Awards I'm hosting this weekend; and I caught up socially with several mates on both Friday and Saturday night...sometimes I just need to take some time off for mindless entertainment, and surprisingly enough I often find some here. Probably helps that I don't have a TV at present, although I've watched a couple of DVDs this week on my computer.
What are you getting done with your free time?



As far as my word choice; well picked up, but I don't think you got the right context. My use of 'conservative' was not to do with the figure I was quoting, but in how 'safe' and 'cautious' I was being in presenting my argument. If I'd have estimated an extremely low number, there would have been a good case for someone to say I was fudging figures to prove my point. So I played it safe, and guessed a larger number than I believe is actually true. As the cautious over-estimate still proved my point conclusively, any lower actual figure would even strengthen my analogy.

'Liberal', though, would probably have been a better, less ambiguous word choice. Thanks.


Cheers,
Craig

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