The Republic of Heaven

Ask Darren

Discuss (almost) absolutely anything here

Re: ask darren

Postby jessia » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:48 pm

What does this mean? :?

"fille, on nous supprime; femme, on nous opprime."
I think it means,

"Girls, we suppress; women, we oppress."
it looks reflexive. someone with greater fluency in french should confirm, but i think it has the air of suppressing and oppressing ourselves if that "on" is the "we" and the "nous" is the reflexive bit.
"o stars, isn't it from you that the lover's desire for the face
of his beloved arises? doesn't his secret insight
into her pure features come from the pure constellations?"
- from rainer maria rilke's third elegy


sign up and help edit+create his dark materials wiki articles for bridgetothestars!
http://www.bridgetothestars.net/wiki/index.php

Image Image
User avatar
jessia
Sraffie Queen
 
Posts: 10999
Joined: Sat Feb 08, 2003 5:07 am
Website: http://cuaroninspired.wordpress.com/
Location: the colonies

Re: ask darren

Postby Blossom » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:47 pm

What does this mean? :?

"fille, on nous supprime; femme, on nous opprime."
I think it means,

"Girls, we suppress; women, we oppress."
Thanks, that sounds about right. Now I just have to figure out exactly what the English means :P
User avatar
Blossom
Brigade Leader
 
Posts: 2830
Joined: Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:47 pm
Location: Mercia

Re: Ask Darren

Postby Jaya » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:09 am

Reinstated in honour of Darren's return. Temporarily stickied.

ASK AWAY.
"To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning."
-Henry David Thoreau

Image
Image
ImageImageImageImageImage
User avatar
Jaya
Je ne suis pas une sraffie.
 
Posts: 2357
Joined: Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:41 pm
Location: London

Re: Ask Darren

Postby bethanwy » Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:21 am

Darren, how do I sit and listen to someone snoring horrendously less than ten feet away from me? I've been on a short break with my parents for the last couple of days and we're sharing a room to save money and I've gotten about eight hours sleep since Friday. *cries*
User avatar
bethanwy
COVERED IN BEES
 
Posts: 2991
Joined: Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:20 pm
Website: http://thelxiepia.tumblr.com
Location: Old South Wales

Re: Ask Darren

Postby darren » Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:12 pm

Reinstated in honour of Darren's return. Temporarily stickied.
goodness. i do feel honoured!
Darren, how do I sit and listen to someone snoring horrendously less than ten feet away from me?
you know that urban myth, about how a person eats about six or seven spiders in their sleep during their lifetime? it doesn't have to be an urban myth... they will soon learn, trust me.

and on the subject of urban myths, kind of: until a few months ago, i sat on a block of desks at work with donna and andy and vikki, and together we decided we would be known as the rural legends, just because we liked the sound of it. we all thought it would be a damn shiny name for a rock band. unfortunately, since the most complex musical instrument any of us can perform is the comb and paper, this idea didn't go much further.

and only-slightly-related to this topic by way of my having mentioned my desk at work in the previous paragraph: around april or may this year, our office had a massive move-around. everyone moved. even the desks moved. (even the small table with the boiled sweets on it moved.) anyway, now i'm sat next to little nicky (not named so because she looks like adam sandler from the movie, but because her name is nicky and she is really thin). she looks like a young diana rigg. she won't let me take a photo of her and post it here, so you'll just have to take my word for it. when we're on the rota together to see customers at the counter, and there's a queue, i say "mrs peel, we're needed!"

but she's never seen the avengers so she just smiles at me like i'm a bit daft.

--darren
Image

a tear, sarah jane?

but it did happen.
User avatar
darren
alcoholic frog *hic*
 
Posts: 491
Joined: Sun Apr 20, 2003 11:26 am
Location: andover, south england

Re: Ask Darren

Postby Soapy » Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:28 pm

when we're on the rota together to see customers at the counter, and there's a queue, i say "mrs peel, we're needed!"

but she's never seen the avengers so she just smiles at me like i'm a bit daft.
Love it. :lol:

Darren, why isn't my dishwasher working?
The Sraffie Formerly Known As hermit
User avatar
Soapy
President Lesbian
 
Posts: 3618
Joined: Fri Apr 16, 2004 8:03 pm
Location: Your Mum.

Re: Ask Darren

Postby darren » Tue Sep 06, 2011 2:30 pm

Darren, why isn't my dishwasher working?
hmmm. not sure. maybe you should give her a back-rub and offer to take it in turns to wash up from now on? :p
Image

a tear, sarah jane?

but it did happen.
User avatar
darren
alcoholic frog *hic*
 
Posts: 491
Joined: Sun Apr 20, 2003 11:26 am
Location: andover, south england

Re: Ask Darren

Postby Peter » Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:05 am

Darren, should I give Serenity (2005) two hours of my life (bearing in mind that I haven't seen a single episode of Firefly)?
User avatar
Peter
Not an endangered species
 
Posts: 5212
Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2003 11:36 am
Website: http://www.cereswunderkind.net
Location: Oakingham

Re: Ask Darren

Postby darren » Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:32 pm

Darren, should I give Serenity (2005) two hours of my life (bearing in mind that I haven't seen a single episode of Firefly)?
i love serenity. it's up there with kubrick's 2001, the first couple of alien movies, forbidden planet, even zowie bowie's recent moon movie, at the top end of my all-time-favourite-sci-fi-films-list.

however, i'm a huge fan of firefly -- and serenity builds upon the characters and concepts from the series. lots of reviews go out of their way to say that you don't need to watch the series to appreciate the movie, but i'm not sure how true this is... certainly, the movie explains everything you need to know to understand it in its own right, but i think you'll enjoy it more having come to it via the series.

so, um. it's a really good movie, made even gooder by the series. what the hell, give it a go. and if you do watch it, let me know what you think of it!
Image

a tear, sarah jane?

but it did happen.
User avatar
darren
alcoholic frog *hic*
 
Posts: 491
Joined: Sun Apr 20, 2003 11:26 am
Location: andover, south england

Re: Ask Darren

Postby Darragh » Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:17 am

Moon was really enjoyable. If for nothing else watch it for Sam Rockwell's performance.

You really need to watch the stand out episodes of Firefly though. After watching the film after series I really felt like it was a film made for the fans not for the first timers. At least watch Out of Gas, Jaynestown and Objects in Space.

This is just a suggestion though not an answer as that is Darren's duty.
User avatar
Darragh
Entirely Adequate
 
Posts: 5515
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:41 pm
Location: Dublin

Re: Ask Darren

Postby tellthemstories » Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:34 pm

When will the book of dust come out? (hehe)

on a more serious note,

have you read 'A song of ice and fire' by George R. R. Martin and if not, why not?
What does it take to make us real?
tellthemstories
Grazer
 
Posts: 21
Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:29 pm

Re: Ask Darren

Postby darren » Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:07 pm

When will the book of dust come out? (hehe)
aargh! owww! uurrgle! noooo... the one question i cannot answer... *keels over*

let's face it, even pullman doesn't know. he's been planning it for a decade. it might never appear. it's almost reached that mythical princess bride sequel status, where we can't actually be sure whether there will be a sequel, or whether the author's just teasing us...
have you read 'A song of ice and fire' by George R. R. Martin and if not, why not?
i've got it on my kindle, but it's in a queue behind almost a dozen other ebooks. you never know, i might get round to reading it about the time the book of dust is published...
Image

a tear, sarah jane?

but it did happen.
User avatar
darren
alcoholic frog *hic*
 
Posts: 491
Joined: Sun Apr 20, 2003 11:26 am
Location: andover, south england

Re: Ask Darren

Postby tellthemstories » Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:57 pm

well its your choice, but thats the best fantasy I've ever read (and I've read a lot of fantasy) and the cruel plot twists will tear you apart time and time again, the last book it going to be torment, I can tell already. The brilliance of these books is typified by this: game of thrones was the first book I've got my brother to read in 3 years and he's now at the end of book 3 :)
What does it take to make us real?
tellthemstories
Grazer
 
Posts: 21
Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:29 pm

Re: Ask Darren

Postby Melancholy Man » Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:47 pm

Darren, what is the Greek for political and economic chaos?
==========================================

That accent o' yers, are ye frae Holland like me?

Visit an almost daily photo-diary of the Hyperborean North.

View the Hyperborean North from a Rabbit's Eye View

CURRENTLY READING ==> The Economist
User avatar
Melancholy Man
Yoruba Warlock
 
Posts: 5589
Joined: Fri Dec 26, 2003 11:08 pm
Location: Lon.: -3.52. Lat. : 58.59

Re: Ask Darren

Postby Peter » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:22 pm

Darren, is it Retsina?
User avatar
Peter
Not an endangered species
 
Posts: 5212
Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2003 11:36 am
Website: http://www.cereswunderkind.net
Location: Oakingham


Return to “%s” Anything Goes Forum - General

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 14 guests

Content © 2001-2011 BridgeToTheStars.Net.
Images from The Golden Compass movie are © New Line Cinema.
cron