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#208740 - 01/05/13 12:59 PM - -- "grooks"
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5266 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Distilled Spirits When Germany occupied Denmark in 1940, physicist Piet Hein published an innocent-seeming poem: Losing one glove is certainly painful, but nothing compared to the pain of losing one, throwing away the other, and finding the first one again. The German censors let it go, not understanding its meaning -- that while enduring occupation was bad, ceasing to resist would be worse. "It said that what happens to you from outside is less important than how you take it," he explained later. "The Danes knew what I meant." In later years Hein cultivated a talent for such tiny aphoristic poems, which he called "grooks": Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. There is one art, no more, no less: to do all things with art- lessness. The road to wisdom? -- Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again but less and less and less. Put up in a place where it's easy to see the cryptic admonishment T.T.T. When you feel how depressingly slowly you climb, it's well to remember that Things Take Time. In all he wrote more 7,000 grooks, which have become a part of Scandinavian culture. "I cannot really say where my activity as a scientist ends and where my activity as a man of letters begins," he said. "Whether I am writing a poem or solving some technical problem, I think the same." _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#208750 - 01/06/13 12:28 AM Re: - -- "grooks" [Re: LukeJavan8]
Avy old hand Registered: 06/23/00 Posts: 724	Really, really, really wonderful and much needed post Luke. Thank you for sharing.
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#208751 - 01/06/13 02:24 AM Counter Grooks. A new thread? [Re: LukeJavan8]
jenny jenny addict Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 608 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	Put up in a place where it's easy to see the cryptic admonishment T.T.T. When you feel how depressingly slowly you climb, it's well to remember that Things Take Time. __________________________________ Put up in a place You donna wanna be The dynamite explosive T.N.T. And if you feel explosive As you climb, Be sure to remember that Time Negates Time.
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#208758 - 01/06/13 12:16 PM Re: - -- "grooks" [Re: Avy]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5266 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Originally Posted By: Avy Really, really, really wonderful and much needed post Luke. Thank you for sharing. Just ran across it and was intrigued myself, thought others might appreciate it. You're welcome. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#208759 - 01/06/13 12:18 PM Re: Counter Grooks. A new thread? [Re: jenny jenny]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5266 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Put up in a place You donna wanna be The dynamite explosive T.N.T. And if you feel explosive As you climb, Be sure to remember that Time Negates Time. Very nice addition. Edited by LukeJavan8 (01/06/13 12:18 PM) _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#208925 - 01/11/13 12:25 AM Re: Counter Grooks. A new thread? [Re: LukeJavan8]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11577 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	These are cool, Luke.
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#208934 - 01/11/13 12:48 PM Re: Counter Grooks. A new thread? [Re: Jackie]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5266 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	_________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#208935 - 01/11/13 12:55 PM Re: Counter Grooks. A new thread? [Re: Jackie]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	Originally Posted By: Jackie These are cool, Luke. Give him a Hand. :¬ ) _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#208936 - 01/11/13 12:57 PM Re: Counter Grooks. A new thread? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5266 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Thanks, but they're not from my head. Found them and just thought I'd share. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#208937 - 01/11/13 01:03 PM Re: Counter Grooks. A new thread? [Re: LukeJavan8]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	I know, I was just playing with Cool Hand Luke. :¬ ) _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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