tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post2692564966048439301..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: The Great DivorceAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-12948195848205814592018-12-20T02:24:12.695-05:002018-12-20T02:24:12.695-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Nabila Widiantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006504685639591962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-40003705770364036312018-12-19T07:57:03.422-05:002018-12-19T07:57:03.422-05:00...they cannot relent and simply admit they were w......they cannot relent and simply admit they were wrong, enter in and be happy...<br /><br />Very much apropos to a spat my wife and I had just yesterday. I thought she was saying 'X' but quite possibly she wasn't. Mutually choosing to misunderstand the other...Tom Bridgelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13098048586042365606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-73163673006527224322018-12-18T19:33:43.648-05:002018-12-18T19:33:43.648-05:00People really can be incredibly literal. It's...People really can be incredibly literal. It's surprisingly difficult to use a concept like "divorce" to mean anything but a legal dissolution of a traditional human marriage and be understood at all.<br /><br />I feel I spend so much time muttering "it's a PLAY ON WORDS."<br /><br />Someone was telling me the other day that if Republicans could just be flexible and nice (i.e. capitulate) we could fiddle with Obamacare to improve it without changing anything substantial that would help "ALL Americans." I mentioned the problem with changing from driving on the right side of the road to driving on the left, by a gradual transition. Her answer: but you really can drive on the left side, it just takes practice. Sigh.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com