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The Meaning of Life

Aaria Ahmed November 13, 2002

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#65 Posted by absar on November 23, 2002 11:45:51 am
I think that many of my young friends might not agree to what I am going to say...but with time and some experience I have come to have have a firm believe in this...kay marriage isnt just about finding some right person...like ``now u have everything in your life...you have a job...and bla blaa blaa`` ,it doesnt end just there...rather its the begining...to an 11 yr old... ya it might seem rosey but as an adult you must know what your priorities are. Even if u are lucky enough to find the right person...many a things still remain to be weighed and counted for...specially for us asians!
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#64 Posted by Studebaker on November 19, 2002 6:14:04 pm
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#62 Posted by temporal on November 18, 2002 7:36:12 pm
fisherwoman:

aap mahi-bey-aab haiN

khush rahaiN
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#61 Posted by snow on November 18, 2002 1:29:52 pm
Saminasha, Fisherwoman,
OOh, I gets it. As in sushi lover. But you know what ? `fishman` is an authentic, for real, last name too, I happen to know of a Jenn Fishman from class. A couple of other last names I`ve heard that made me do a double take: hyman (Jewish last name), Swinehart, and Lulla (Indian).

I like Fisherwoman`s name because symbolically the internet is a great ocean ;), perhaps the greatest and she`s a fisherwoman fishing for something. But maybe AnglerLady is more PC...
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#60 Posted by Saminasha on November 18, 2002 1:04:59 pm
Fishingwoman, Snowing,

Right, a ``fishwoman`` is not very complimentary right? Its got that connotation of being coarse-which is prolly a pretty classist stereotyping of people who fish. But to get back to smell, yes a ``fishwoman`` does ``stink`` of fish, which of course is the code for the feminine as seen from the hysterical male point of view....but more power to you, girl....I wasnt sure if you were a male interactor having us on...
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#59 Posted by snow on November 18, 2002 11:47:39 am
fisherwoman,
That was meant to be a joke, since I thought and thought and coud`nt think of anything else negative for your name. I though pusherman, pusherwoman but thats really different from fisherwoman.

I`m curious too to see what negative connotation your nick has.

Regards and apologies if I sounded rude.. its the NYer in me :)
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#58 Posted by snow on November 18, 2002 11:32:36 am
fisherwoman,
The negative connotations for the word fisherwoman is that you may reek of fish. Like the suzuki trucks that drive with machi in the back near Keamari.

Can you live with that ?
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#57 Posted by fisherwoman on November 17, 2002 11:14:38 pm
Saminasha

I certaintly am not. Will you tell me please?

Thank You
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#56 Posted by nasah on November 17, 2002 8:39:48 pm
just kidding -- aaria:-)
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#55 Posted by Saminasha on November 17, 2002 5:36:20 pm
Rsax,
Yeah...its all that....but it sure beats listening to some wonk drone on and on about his car and how sensitive he really is...

Fisherwoman,
I respect your family`s legacy...mine were landlocked farmers....and my nick is authentic...but tell me, you are aware of the negative connotations of the word ``fisherwoman``?
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#54 Posted by khamkhwa. on November 17, 2002 5:36:20 pm
aaria#53

Don`t resent him and his remarks,poor chap is seventy and retarding...oops regressing.
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#53 Posted by aaria on November 17, 2002 3:47:01 pm
Nasah,
The social studies which he learns at 11 is basically history, not literally social studies, I resent the remark about him being a social retard- he is only 11.
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#52 Posted by nasah on November 17, 2002 1:49:41 pm
Dear aaria:

no wonder your cousin Izam got a C in social study -- he may be a math wizard but he sounds like a social retard -- ``get`` a desi wife -- u have to work on that nerd -- not him on you.
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#51 Posted by fisherwoman on November 17, 2002 12:31:44 pm
Saminasha
Why thank you :) Yours is too, why did you choose it?
My ancestors were fishermen and women, I am told. The imagery and idea of coming from a land where people lived off the river and the ocean appeals very much.
But I, cannot catch fish to save my life.
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#50 Posted by rsaxena on November 17, 2002 10:15:15 am
re: saminashah

{If The Meaning of Life did include marital bliss, could you live with it? }


...rsaxena`s convinced that all the bliss to be had exists in one`s 20s (single)...and it`s scary that rsaxena is more than half way done with his...after that you choose the lesser of two evils...a lonely life where everyone else is married, or marriage and children which are a pain in the ass in their own right (dealing with another person`s moods and issues every single day, waking up all night with a crying baby, worrying that the baby will grow up to be like urstruly, etc. etc. etc.)...
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