Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Self
SELF, n. The most important person in the universe. (See Us.)
"I yam what I yam and I yam what I yam that I yam... Top to me bottom and me bottom to me top, That's the way it is 'til the day that I drop, what am I? I yam what I yam." ~ Popeye
Self... your worst enemy, your best friend, depending on which way the wind blows... but then you might be dabbling with sadism or narcissism, take your pick. *sigh* What do I know other than this is turning out to be quite kinky! WOOH!
Moi?
ReplyDeleteI want a self too!
ReplyDeleteSelf: Me. The Time Person of the Year!
ReplyDeleteself -
ReplyDelete1. The center of the universe for one, the tiny ice-shrouded planet at the end of the solar system for others.
2. A person able to exist in more than one dimension simultaneously.
SELF, n. The center of that universe whose name is "I". (Tip of the propeller beanie to the Poobah.) SELFLESS: suffering from amnesia.
ReplyDeleteHow does one define something that has no beginning and no end?
ReplyDeleteSee me after class.
I don't think the self gets more absorbed than this.
ReplyDeleteFault, felon, sanity, symbol, humility, self....great theme.
ReplyDeleteSelf: In my humble opinion one must add politicians to your list...what do you think.
Self: However, we all know who the most important person in the universe is.... ;^)....yes, self.
Sar, maybe.
ReplyDeleteElbot, that's funny but you have one if any of us do.
Congratulations on that, Joel, if I hadn't said so.
Poobah, when did you get omniscient?
Haha, Amoeba, or undercover.
Sure, TLP. On the roof?
I remember that one, Quilly. I wonder if he still feels that way.
Personally, Mo'a, I give him a B. Maybe B+. Is it true an artist makes herself with every cut and brush?
Self: The hardest to see clearly of all the parts of one's body.
ReplyDeleteself: illusory construct that gets you to/through life. xoxo
ReplyDeleteOnly if others could see me as I see myself.
ReplyDeleteI have a rep for having the most self absorbed blog in the universe
ReplyDeleteIt's true. I am
Self: My, Myself & I because, really, it's all about me.
ReplyDeleteSelf: who you are when you are who you are.
ReplyDelete"I yam what I yam and I yam what I yam that I yam...
Top to me bottom and me bottom to me top,
That's the way it is 'til the day that I drop, what am I?
I yam what I yam." ~ Popeye
How much is that puppy on the self up their?
ReplyDeleteSelf: Is this an exercise in self-actualization? Because I'm hard pressed to come up with a definition.
ReplyDeleteSelf... your worst enemy, your best friend, depending on which way the wind blows... but then you might be dabbling with sadism or narcissism, take your pick. *sigh* What do I know other than this is turning out to be quite kinky! WOOH!
ReplyDeleteMaybe...by which you mean porquois pas, right Doug?
ReplyDeleteIt is all in the eye of the beholder... (self)
ReplyDeleteal and puppy are too good for me. Me and my self are outta here.
ReplyDeleteself: something extraordinary hidden by so many masks of daily survival, that at the end of the day it takes a while to recover it.
ReplyDeleteAl, that's because it's behind you.
ReplyDeleteMireille, that's why I'm gettin' mine a GPS.
Icy, I guess you prefer bows to pats, huh?
Pia, I hate to break it to you, but not even close.
Jenna, Pia and I were just talking about you! We all were.
Puppy, strong to the finach.
Boy, if you have to ask, its you.
G, have you heard of Dianetics?
Hermana, I should have known this was the word to try and bring you out. Great definition, too.
Sar, why not?
Terry, I think you just called me beautiful.
Mutha, can't one stay?
Minka, I think that's generally a fine definition but I somehow doubt it applies to your highness.
Self-sufficient is good. Self-important is not. Is anyone self-aware?
ReplyDeleteSelf spelled backwards is Fles.
ReplyDeleteEverything is beeeauuuuutiful... in it's own way... (sung in my best Ray Stevens voice)
ReplyDeleteIsh.
ReplyDelete"Here!"
ReplyDelete"Here!"
"And me too! I'm here!"
Well, I guess some of ourselves are accounted for today.
TLP, who, me?
ReplyDeleteJamie Dawn, no wonder the word makes me scratch.
Terry, now let's hear you do Mississippi Squirrel Revival.
Not you, Mistress.
Square, that's a start.
especially audience.
ReplyDeleteSelf: The number reader of one's blog.
ReplyDeleteThe point of view of most drivers that requires me to be ever vigilant so their self does not end up in my front seat.
ReplyDeleteArrgh - I left a word out:
ReplyDeleteSelf is the number _one_ reader of one's blog. (It's good to read one's own comments too)
You too, huh, ALice?
ReplyDeleteAnd the only follower of it's readership, Indie?
Actonbell, may you be promptly taken down and passed around. Wait, that sounds wrong.
Goldennib, those are pedestrians.
Indie, I supplied the "one" subconsciously.