ILX's Oblique Strategy for the Day

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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 (twelve years ago) link

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 (twelve years ago) link

hahaha

11 February 2012:
Take a break

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link

13 February 2012:
Be extravagant

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link

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 (twelve years ago) link

'Twist the spine'

geeta, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link

17 February 2012:

Don't be helpful; be available.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link

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

iatee, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:25 (twelve years ago) link

haha, that would be the Frippicisms Expansion Pack

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 17 February 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link

'the Frippicisms Expansion Pack' = genius!!

geeta, Friday, 17 February 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link

: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 (twelve years ago) link

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 (twelve years ago) link

21 February 2012:

What is the reality of the situation?

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link

22 February 2012:

Emphasize the flaws

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link

I love these btw

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link

22 February 2012:

Emphasize the flaws

that was the pants i was wearing yesterday.

popcorn (get bent), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link

I think I am achieving this sans makeup today

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link

23 February 2012:

Overtly resist change

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link

Can do

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link

24 February 2012:

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

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 24 February 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link

25 February 2012:

Good habit is necessary, bad habit is inevitable.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link

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

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link

26 February 2012:

State the problem as clearly as possible

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 26 February 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link

27 February 2012:

Think of the radio

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 27 February 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link

mexican radio?

little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link

oh wee oh?

little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link

29 February 2012:

Use 'unqualified' people

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link

1 March 2012:

Get your neck massaged

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 2 March 2012 04:57 (twelve years ago) link

2 March 2012:

Distrust anyone who wants to teach you something.

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 2 March 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link

Calif. teacher resigns after leaving family for student

brownie, Friday, 2 March 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link

lol/;_;

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Friday, 2 March 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link

3 March 2012:

Is the tuning appropriate?

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Saturday, 3 March 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link

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

the feeling is surreal (snoball), Saturday, 3 March 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link

4 March 2012:

Bridges
- build
- burn

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Sunday, 4 March 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link

5 March 2012:

Courage!

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 5 March 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link

i love these

toandos, Monday, 5 March 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link

7 March 2012:

The inconsistency principle

Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link

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 (twelve years ago) link

that sounds like a good idea!

Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 8 March 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link

9 March 2012:

Nothing worthwhile is achieved suddenly.

Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Friday, 9 March 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link

...orgasm?

God: Huummm (forksclovetofu), Friday, 9 March 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link

Pop Tarts, Instant Noodles

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 9 March 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link

don't let it cook all the way through

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 9 March 2012 23:29 (twelve years ago) link

10 March 2012:

Let us find clean and cheerful friends.

Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link

good call. let's!

how clean? do I have to inspect them somehow?

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 11 March 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link

Good question. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't pass a clean-friends test, unless it just meant "not on smack."

Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Sunday, 11 March 2012 04:08 (twelve years ago) link

*crosses WmC off friend list*

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 11 March 2012 04:11 (twelve years ago) link

*cries tears of mud*

Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Sunday, 11 March 2012 04:28 (twelve years ago) link

*moves WmC to secret "unclean friends" list*

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 11 March 2012 05:13 (twelve years ago) link

11 March 2012:

Repetition is a form of change

Carlos Pollomar (WmC), Sunday, 11 March 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link


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