What If??

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:37 am

all the weapons in the world were destroyed?

feel free to discuss, laugh, call me a silly narna:wah:

add your own what ifs;)

sorry if this is in the wrong area, didnt really know where to put it:o

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed May 14, 2008 11:57 am

kazalala;865682 wrote: all the weapons in the world were destroyed?

feel free to discuss, laugh, call me a silly narna:wah:

add your own what ifs;)

sorry if this is in the wrong area, dint relly know where to put it:o

Then, I think, you'd end up with anarchy in the short term.

The maintenance of law and order is backed up by the possibility of bringing in superior force if necessary. If a group of heavies can outpower the local law enforcement then law breaks down and becomes might makes right.

Eventually, society might evolve beyond this but it would take time.

If, however, a reserve of weapons was held back for use in exceptional circumstances by the law enforcement body then good things could happen but quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:04 pm

[QUOTE=Bryn Mawr;865701]Then, I think, you'd end up with anarchy in the short term.

The maintenance of law and order is backed up by the possibility of bringing in superior force if necessary. If a group of heavies can outpower the local law enforcement then law breaks down and becomes might makes right.

Eventually, society might evolve beyond this but it would take time.

If, however, a reserve of weapons was held back for use in exceptional circumstances by the law enforcement body then good things could happen but quis custodiet ipsos custodes?[QUOTE]

sorry i dont know what that bit means:o to be honest i didnt really know or decide in my own mind what would happen if....... it was sort of a random thought and i thought it might be interesting to find out what people thought:-2 also if any one else has what if thoughts:)

oops quite a few thoughts there:wah:

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:13 pm

Bryn Mawr;865701 wrote: Then, I think, you'd end up with anarchy in the short term.

The maintenance of law and order is backed up by the possibility of bringing in superior force if necessary. If a group of heavies can outpower the local law enforcement then law breaks down and becomes might makes right.

Eventually, society might evolve beyond this but it would take time.

If, however, a reserve of weapons was held back for use in exceptional circumstances by the law enforcement body then good things could happen but quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
kazalala;865709 wrote:

sorry i dont know what that bit means:o to be honest i didnt really know or decide in my own mind what would happen if....... it was sort of a random thought and i thought it might be interesting to find out what people thought:-2 also if any one else has what if thoughts:)

oops quite a few thoughts there:wah:

Sorry - it's "who will watch the watchers". If you give total power to a select few to watch over you and enforce the law then who will watch over them and ensure that they do not abuse their position.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:20 pm

Bryn Mawr;865712 wrote: Sorry - it's "who will watch the watchers". If you give total power to a select few to watch over you and enforce the law then who will watch over them and ensure that they do not abuse their position.

ahh i got ya now:sneaky: good point

there's never an easy answer of course:rolleyes:

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:49 pm

Define what you mean by ’weapons’?

The weapons that we have today evolved over hundreds and thousands of years starting from the beginning when Cain clubed his brother Abel to death.

Sure, get rid of the missels, rockets, guns, gernades and we will return to bow and arrows.

Get rid of those and we will use swords and spears, then clubs and stones, why? Because we are fecken animals and we will always find some reason to hate someone, and some method of killing them. History proves it.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:51 pm

mikeinie;865730 wrote: Define what you mean by ’weapons’?

The weapons that we have today evolved over hundreds and thousands of years starting from the beginning when Cain clubed his brother Abel to death.

Sure, get rid of the missels, rockets, guns, gernades and we will return to bow and arrows.

Get rid of those and we will use swords and spears, then clubs and stones, why? Because we are fecken animals and we will always find some reason to hate someone, and some method of killing them. History proves it.

yes i think you have a good point Mike

if we destroyed all weapons, we would resort back to making our own weapons:rolleyes: sad but true

mikeinie · Post by **mikeinie** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:56 pm

kazalala;865731 wrote: yes i think you have a good point Mike

if we destroyed all weapons, we would resort back to making our own weapons:rolleyes: sad but true

That is unless we step aside and let women rule the world, I think they would do a better job at it.

Then people would only be nagged to death, which is not so bad.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:00 pm

mikeinie;865736 wrote: That is unless we step aside and let women rule the world, I think they would do a better job at it.

Then people would only be nagged to death, which is not so bad.

:wah::wah: well we did once have a woman prime minister:sneaky:

:wah:

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:34 pm

lots of bruised knuckles and sore throats...Increased sales in Frying pans and Rolling Pins:wah:

Seriously its a question I couldnt answer till I was faced with handing over my M65recoilless rifle:sneaky:

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 5:39 am

Chezzie;865759 wrote: lots of bruised knuckles and sore throats...Increased sales in Frying pans and Rolling Pins:wah:

Seriously its a question I couldnt answer till I was faced with handing over my M65recoilless rifle:sneaky:

:wah:well i thought there might be more interest

probably cos its a dumb statement:wah: anyway do you have any what ifs?:-3

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:40 am

There are well over 600,000,000 motor vehicles in the world..

How many more bugs would there be if we had never invented the automobile?

Would the mosquitoes have taken over by now if there weren't billions killed on the windshield of our motor vehicles? Hmm, makes ya think eh?

Thats a big ole What If...

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:48 am

What if: what do you think the English language would be like without swear words and slang words...innit a crap question?:sneaky:

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:48 am

YZGI;866196 wrote: There are well over 600,000,000 motor vehicles in the world..

How many more bugs would there be if we had never invented the automobile?

Would the mosquitoes have taken over by now if there weren't billions killed on the windshield of our motor vehicles? Hmm, makes ya think eh?

Thats a big ole What If...

good one wisey:Dgood job we did or bugs might rule the world:-3:wah:

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:49 am

Chezzie;866208 wrote: What if: what do you think the English language would be like without swear words and slang words...innit a crap question?:sneaky:

Its hard to think of a what if innit:wah: i dunno, i think we would always invent some sort of insult:rolleyes: wonder where swear words came from originally:-3

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:58 am

kazalala;866209 wrote: good one wisey:Dgood job we did or bugs might rule the world:-3:wah:
We would be doing this...

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:05 am

Well I think crap came from Thomas Crapper the guy who invented the toilet. Hence Im using the crapper which eventually was shortened to having a crap and crap being defined as meaning sh*t

But I may be talking utter crap and if I am, Im 100% positive someone will come along and correct me, with full grammer, no spelling mistakes and links to back em up.......

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:12 am

YZGI;866227 wrote: We would be doing this...

scary:eek: good job we didnt get rid of weapons then:sneaky:

Chezzie;866240 wrote: Well I think crap came from Thomas Crapper the guy who invented the toilet. Hence Im using the crapper which eventually was shortened to having a crap and crap being defined as meaning sh*t

But I may be talking utter crap and if I am, Im 100% positive someone will come along and correct me, with full grammer, no spelling mistakes and links to back em up.......

yea

but where did the word sh*t come from:-2

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:16 am

**** or shat, shit·ting, interjection Vulgar.

–noun

1. excrement; feces.

2. an act of defecating; evacuation.

3. the shits. diarrhea.

4. Slang. pretense, lies, exaggeration, or nonsense.

5. Slang. something inferior or worthless.

6. Slang. a selfish, mean, or otherwise contemptible person.

7. Slang. narcotic drugs, esp. heroin or marijuana.

8. Slang. possessions, equipment, mementos, etc.; stuff.

–verb (used without object)

9. to defecate.

–verb (used with object)

10. Slang. to exaggerate or lie to.

–interjection

11. Slang. (used to express disgust, disappointment, frustration, contempt, or the like).

—Idioms

12. give a ****, Slang. to care; be concerned.

13. no ****, (used to express amazement, incredulity, or derision).

14. up **** creek, Slang. in a desperate or hopeless situation; in serious trouble. Also, up shits creek, up **** creek without a paddle.

**** (v.)

O.E. scitan, from P.Gmc. *skit-, from PIE *skheid- "split, divide, separate." Related to shed (v.) on the notion of "separation" from the body (cf. L. excrementum, from excernere "to separate"). It is thus a cousin to science and conscience. The noun is O.E. scitte "purging;" sense of "excrement" dates from 1585, from the verb. Despite what you read in an e-mail, "****" is not an acronym. The notion that it is a recent word may be because the word was taboo from c.1600 and rarely appeared in print (neither Shakespeare not the KJV has it), and even in "vulgar" publications of the late 18c. it is disguised by dashes. It drew the wrath of censors as late as 1922 ("Ulysses" and "The Enormous Room"), scandalized magazine subscribers in 1957 (a Hemingway story in "Atlantic Monthly") and was omitted from some dictionaries as recently as 1970 ("Webster's New World"). Extensive slang usage; verb meaning "to lie, to tease" is from 1934; that of "to disrespect" is from 1903. Noun use for "obnoxious person" is since at least 1508; meaning "misfortune, trouble" is attested from 1937. Shat is a humorous past tense form, not etymological, first recorded 18c. *****, now a jocular or slightly euphemistic variant, formerly a dialectal variant, reflects the vowel in the O.E. verb (cf. Ger. scheissen). ****-faced "drunk" is 1960s student slang; **** list is from 1942. To not give a **** "not care" is from 1922; up **** creek "in trouble" is from 1937. Scared shitless first recorded 1936.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:23 am

Oh..... right................what if,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Chez didnt know how to google:-3:wah::wah:

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:26 am

kazalala;866284 wrote: Oh..... right................what if,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Chez didnt know how to google:-3:wah::wah:

I would have lost my best friend, the only friend who does exactly as I ask for nothing in return lol

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:14 am

what if...............Big Brother really IS watching you:-3:sneaky:

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:00 pm

mikeinie;865736 wrote: That is unless we step aside and let women rule the world, I think they would do a better job at it.

Then people would only be nagged to death, which is not so bad.Oi!!!!I dont nag:sneaky:welllllll not all the time anyway:wah:;)

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:01 pm

Chezzie;866208 wrote: What if: what do you think the English language would be like without swear words and slang words...innit a crap question?:sneaky:Blimey what would I use for words

:-3

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:03 pm

Carolly;866640 wrote: Blimey what would I use for words

:-3

you would have to Really be posh then;):rolleyes:

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:03 pm

kazalala;866213 wrote: Its hard to think of a what if innit:wah: i dunno, i think we would always invent some sort of insult:rolleyes: wonder where swear words came from originally:-3Me:D

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:04 pm

Carolly;866642 wrote: Me:D

wow!!:-3 didnt realise you were THAT old:-3:wah::wah::wah:

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:05 pm

kazalala;866284 wrote: Oh..... right................what if,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Chez didnt know how to google:-3She would be bleedin lost:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:06 pm

kazalala;866643 wrote: wow!!:-3 didnt realise you were THAT old:-3IN A PREVIOUS LIFE I MEANT TO ADD TO THAT:-5:-5:sneaky:

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:41 pm

What if.................. i actually posted an interesting thread one day:-3:-5:wah::wah:

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:49 pm

kazalala;866700 wrote: What if.................. i actually posted an interesting thread one day:-3:-5:wah:Dont fink anyone likes us

-1:(

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:53 pm

Carolly;866705 wrote: Dont fink anyone likes us:-1(

:wah::wah: it dont come down to that Carol:D its just a pretty boring thread :rolleyes: even more boringer than the thread killer thread:rolleyes:

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:56 pm

kazalala;866708 wrote: it dont come down to that Carol:D its just a pretty boring thread :rolleyes: even more boringer than the thread killer thread:rolleyes:I know its boring

bloody boring finking about it......but people could still come on and talk about the price of petrol or somefing:-3:(

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:57 pm

Carolly;866712 wrote: I know its boring

bloody boring finking about it......but people could still come on and talk about the price of petrol or somefing:-3:(

OI!! you didnt have to agree with me:-3:-5:-5

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:28 pm

I'm being bullied by squirrels.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:36 pm

Clodhopper;866726 wrote: I'm being bullied by squirrels.

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl i think you're on the wrong thread clod:-3:wah:

Clodhopper · Post by **Clodhopper** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:14 pm

Ooops!

I thought I was being gentlemanly and responding to a request by Carolly.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:27 pm

Carolly;866705 wrote: Dont fink anyone likes us:-1

Hey Babes, you know we lubs ya:-4

What if Carol never met some of the Foc'ers and they never existed on FG?mad:

I for one would cry like a big baby:-1 Oh no, I wouldn't know that they existed, would I ? Yes, I would cause I'm psychic.....:p

What if.....pasta was never invented...ha,ha...I'd starve to death:-6

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Fri May 16, 2008 4:12 am

Clodhopper;866752 wrote:

Ooops!

I thought I was being gentlemanly and responding to a request by Carolly.

:o aww and what a gentleman you are:D

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Fri May 16, 2008 4:14 am

Kathy Ellen;866762 wrote: Hey Babes, you know we lubs ya:-4

What if Carol never met some of the Foc'ers and they never existed on FG?mad:

I for one would cry like a big baby:-1 Oh no, I wouldn't know that they existed, would I ? Yes, I would cause I'm psychic.....:p

What if.....pasta was never invented...ha,ha...I'd starve to death:-6

there would be more serious discussions on here instead of all the fluff we post

:wah:

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Fri May 16, 2008 4:15 am

what if.......... no one had ever heard of God:-2:-3

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun May 18, 2008 2:32 pm

kazalala;866610 wrote: what if...............Big Brother really IS watching you:-3:sneaky:

Of course he is - and tightening his noose day by day

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:06 am

Bryn Mawr;869084 wrote: Of course he is - and tightening his noose day by day

:eek: you're scaring me... i think i like it better being an ostrich

what if......... i just stop asking questions:-3:wah:

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon May 19, 2008 12:39 pm

kazalala;869592 wrote:

you're scaring me... i think i like it better being an ostrich

what if......... i just stop asking questions:-3:wah:

:wah: I'll go back to being a quiet little mouse then and stop scaring you.

Hmm - maybe a mouse is not the best thing to be in the circumstances

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:09 am

Bryn Mawr;869745 wrote: :wah: I'll go back to being a quiet little mouse then and stop scaring you.

Hmm - maybe a mouse is not the best thing to be in the circumstances

:wah:im not that scared of mice really

i think im more scared of moths cos they just flutter so much, yuk!

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:49 am

kazalala;869592 wrote:

you're scaring me... i think i like it better being an ostrich

what if......... i just stop asking questions:-3:wah:

No! we have to ask questions or else how are we gonna learn anything new?

What if nobody ever asked questions?

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:56 am

Hope6;870015 wrote: No! we have to ask questions or else how are we gonna learn anything new?

What if nobody ever asked questions?

:-3we would all be wandering around looking like this:-3

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:00 am

kazalala;870019 wrote: :-3we would all be wandering around looking like this:-3

:wah: you're exactly right! :wah::wah: i look like that sometimes anyway trying to figure out some of the jokes here on FG!:yh_rotfl

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:02 am

:rolleyes:i dont know... i try to start an interesting thread ,, and look what happens, it descends in to flippancy:wah::wah: ah well i could never stay serious very long anyway, and i am a Gemini so i change my mood quite regularly:sneaky::D

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:05 am

kazalala;870024 wrote: :rolleyes:i dont know... i try to start an interesting thread ,, and look what happens, it descends in to flippancy:wah: ah well i could never stay serious very long anyway, and i am a Gemini so i change my mood quite regularly:sneaky::D

i'm sorry i didn't mean to carry on junk on your serious thread!:o

let me make up for it, come over to the do you need a hug thread and let me hug you!:-4