ILX's Oblique Strategy for the Day

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5 April 2010:

Do the words need changing?

my full government name (WmC), Monday, 5 April 2010 14:45 (3 years ago) Permalink

6 April 2010:

Go outside. Shut the door.

millions now zinging will never lol (WmC), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 14:44 (3 years ago) Permalink

^^^otm

uh is that miseplled? (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 14:45 (3 years ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

whatever happened to this?

one man meme-denier (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 18 July 2010 11:02 (2 years ago) Permalink

I got bored and/or achieved enlightenment.

Grisly Addams (WmC), Sunday, 18 July 2010 13:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

Those two are kind of similar IIRC

ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Sunday, 18 July 2010 13:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

7 April - 19 July 2010:
Get bored and/or achieve enlightenment.

i'm gonna need a +1 so me & a friend can kick you in the balls (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 July 2010 18:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

1 year passes...

7 February 2012:

You don't have to be ashamed of using your own ideas.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

BH Ideas are better

ELI OWNS YOUR HUSBAND (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 15:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

10 February 2012:

Expect nothing.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 11 February 2012 01:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

Wise words today

thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Saturday, 11 February 2012 21:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

I have a page that generates random ob strats bookmarked and I often click on it when I feel lost. It's a kind of tarot or I Ching.

thanks to denial, I'm immortal! (Trayce), Saturday, 11 February 2012 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

I've got a copy of 'The Book of Answers', which is not the same thing, but similar in some ways.
http://thebookofanswers.com/

White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

In answer to the question 'Should I continue posting to this thread?' the book answered 'Finish something else first'. \(-_-)/

White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

hahaha

11 February 2012:
Take a break

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

13 February 2012:
Be extravagant

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

In answer to the question 'Should I be extravagant?', The Book of Answers said 'Wait'.

White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Monday, 13 February 2012 18:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

'Twist the spine'

geeta, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

17 February 2012:

Don't be helpful; be available.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

did you buy the 'oblique strategies for mods' edition?

iatee, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

haha, that would be the Frippicisms Expansion Pack

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

'the Frippicisms Expansion Pack' = genius!!

geeta, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

:D

Don't be helpful; be available.

This is one of my favorite Fripp aphorisms of all time, btw, and nothing has ever made my wife madder at me than when I told her "helpful people are a nuisance."

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

I rolled up yesterday's and forgot to post it.

20 February 2012:

Do something boring.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

21 February 2012:

What is the reality of the situation?

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

22 February 2012:

Emphasize the flaws

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

I love these btw

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

22 February 2012:

Emphasize the flaws

that was the pants i was wearing yesterday.

popcorn (get bent), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

I think I am achieving this sans makeup today

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

23 February 2012:

Overtly resist change

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

Can do

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

24 February 2012:

Make a blank valuable by putting it in an exquisite frame.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 24 February 2012 19:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

25 February 2012:

Good habit is necessary, bad habit is inevitable.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

(Confidential to Bobby F: comma splices are a bad habit.)

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

26 February 2012:

State the problem as clearly as possible

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 26 February 2012 22:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

27 February 2012:

Think of the radio

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 27 February 2012 15:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

mexican radio?

little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh wee oh?

little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

29 February 2012:

Use 'unqualified' people

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 March 2012:

Get your neck massaged

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 March 2012:

Distrust anyone who wants to teach you something.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 2 March 2012 17:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

lol/;_;

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 2 March 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 March 2012:

Is the tuning appropriate?

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 3 March 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

In response, The Book of Answers sez: "Related issues may surface."

the feeling is surreal (snoball), Saturday, 3 March 2012 17:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

4 March 2012:

Bridges
- build
- burn

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 4 March 2012 23:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

5 March 2012:

Courage!

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 5 March 2012 16:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

i love these

toandos, Monday, 5 March 2012 17:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

7 March 2012:

The inconsistency principle

Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

8 March 2012:

Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do and do the last thing on the list.

Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:04 (1 year ago) Permalink


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