The Wicked Witch Of Western Literature

you are lucky,huh at least you didn’t get beaten up by her. I remembered when I was in high school in Pakistan. Teacher beat you up for really small mistakes. We use to get beaten up by the principal of school if we had missed the school. And I remember I was in 8th grad in Pakistan and I missed one day. and the second day I was standing outside of class with rest of the students from the class to answer the principal why we didn’t come to school yesterday. So I was standing outside with bunch of other girls from the class. Principal came with his stick and started hitting on each and every single girl head no matter what the reason was for missing school. There was only one girl who didn’t get beaten up because her dad was friends with the principal. Anyhow its funny, right here in US when I went to high school here, I never wanted to miss any day of my school. Its strange you can skip days here and no one will hit you but you don’t. no wonder why students run away from schools in Pakistan. But I guess things are now changing back home, at least that’s what I have heard.

[I was walking through the park when a pigeon accosted me,
Dismembering me with its eyes it asked me for a donut,
I said I have only bread can’t you see
Leaving me with bread in hand and a hole in my soul
Cursed pigeon.]

I am currently laughing my head off. grin. I mean consider... Hole in my soul vs a donut with a hole in it... Tis funny. And the word ``dismembering`` seems to completely throw the whole piece of joint which just adds to the whole finale. Cursed. The oddest things can send one into gales of laughter.

Re: # 52

Hypocrisy and self-delusion in action!

Defines ``hogwash`` very well and puts ``fourth rate`` in perspective, not to mention clueless...well, given the esl crowd and open admissions...!

Re: # 52

...and counting...

Re: # 51

Godot Sahib,

1. You came on this board with nothing tangible to say about the construction of the story and used it as a launch pad for your thinly disguised sneer at interactors you have publically sneered at before. Self Delusion.

2. You scolded other interactors for being able to respond to the actual construction of the story saying that you do no such thing. (Hypocrisy)

3. You comment that people who teach at ``fourth rate`` schools should not be taken seriously. (delusion) When called on that, you descended into some confused muddle about god knows what. (delusion)

4. When shown a passage by a noted Ivy League scholar, you commented that the scholar`s work wasn`t good enough for you, or was ``fourth rate`` because you didnt understand it. (delusion)

5. You then post your own definitions of hypocrisy, delusion and whatever tangent you are off on and then get angry when someone posts more precise and correct definitions. (delusion)

6. You then take posts that werent addressed to you and respond as if they were. (delusion)

I am compelled not to continue discussing anything with you into Ramzan is over. Thats the only explanation I can charitably offer for this behavior.

There was #35: “In the future, I will desist from commenting...looking forward to reading (and not responding)``

And then there were #37, #38, #47...and now #49, #50...and counting!!!

Hypocrisy and self-delusion...oh, yeah!

Re: # 48

hy·poc·ri·sy (h-pkr-s) KEY

NOUN:
pl. hy·poc·ri·sies
The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
An act or instance of such falseness.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English ipocrisie, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, play-acting, pretense, from Greek hupokrisis, from hupokrnesthai, to play a part, pretend : hupo-, hypo- + krnesthai, to explain, middle voice of krnein, to decide, judge; see krei- in Indo-European roots

Re: # 48

de·lu·sion (d-lzhn) KEY

NOUN:


The act or process of deluding.
The state of being deluded.
A false belief or opinion: labored under the delusion that success was at hand.
Psychiatry A false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness: delusions of persecution

On hypocrisy and self-delusion…

There was #35: “In the future, I will desist from commenting...looking forward to reading (and not responding)``

And then there were #37, #38, #47

And then there was #17: “about hypocrisy and self delusion...you might learn something.”

Hypocrisy: a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not

Self-delusion: something that is falsely believed or propagated by oneself

I just learned something about hypocrisy and self-delusion!

Ali,

Perhaps you should comply with Miss Zehra`s request.

Author:

Looks like you have a thing for Ms. Matika! What did she do to you, whip your behind or something – boy, you still seem to smart so!

The name sounds like “Mati-ka” or “of the wisdom” – perhaps a concept some around here may have difficulty coming to grips with – especially you!

[Call me crazy but I try to write things with a little substance to them.]
Let’s call you crazy, and stop right there!

[…My stories came out sounding like they were written by Mr. Rogers. What a b*tch.]
The late Mr. Rogers was a man!

[I was walking through the park when a pigeon accosted me,
Dismembering me with its eyes it asked me for a donut,
I said I have only bread can’t you see
Leaving me with bread in hand and a hole in my soul
Cursed pigeon.]

Those pigeons – they pee
With pure, pure glee
And leave this crap
This rum bum rap

How got it freed
Editor-wise
When more was need
Janitor wise!

Your hole in soul
Indeed was “goal”
And head was bread
With taste of lead

Makes all see red
Your very own bread
And while you brag
WE hold your bag!

Re: # 44

Dude, you don`t have a clue. Relax.

# 43, you missed the mark very wide on that one, though ``they thought`` may well stick. but how do you explain the evolution from # 10 ``a good read`` to #42 ``fourth-rate``? Either you liked the piece or you didn`t (not that I care). does it really matter what saminasha, I or anyone else says about this work? no, we`re just after-the-fact hangers-on type critics, and all that should not detract from having some genuine feelings about it.

Re: # 41


``in my experience, the only people who bear grudges against what they term ``fourth rate colleges`` are those who couldn`t get into them.``

And in my experience, those who went to a college, or are in one, they thought was fourth-rate get offended very quickly by mere mention of it. Their insecurity shows through and through!

Re: # 40

Zia

“what`s a fourth-rate college anyway? What do you think is the distribution of chowk people by the ``rates`` of the colleges they graduated from?”

The point wasn`t ``the distribution of chowk people by the ``rates`` of the colleges they graduated from.`` But since you have clearly indicated your standard and preference, it is not surprising that you asked that question. And a fourth-rate question it is.

Apparently you don`t know, or differentiate, what ``fourth-rate`` college, or in fact anything, is. No point in me elaborating on the concept of ``fourth-rate.`` You have to figure it out yourself. Wish you lots of luck.

Btw, can you present as evidence the writings from your master as proof that those writings are in fact ``better than the rest of us``? And remember, talk is cheap. Without providing evidence, you are, to put it in perspective, ``fourth-rate.``

in my experience, the only people who bear grudges against what they term ``fourth rate colleges`` are those who couldn`t get into them.