by Bocca » Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:29 am
liamshorty,
1 - recommended reading: the 3 little pigs...i recommend this even though the lesson is a bit imprecise for the symptons you're displaying...but just to be safe i would pick up a copy...it is very light reading and there are a few PG-13 moments...
2 - for a real life lesson you may want to consider purchasing (or leasing) a glass house...once you've moved in and placed all of your belongings just so, then begin throwing rocks at passers-by and, then, simply wait...(disclaimer: throwing rocks at others may provoke them to take action(s) against you - you throw rocks at others at your own risk)...
3 - finally, we have this from wiktionary.org regarding pots and kettles...i understand pots and kettles are (both) inanimate objects (giggle), but i believe there is a lesson in here somewhere for you:
pot calling the kettle black
There are two interpretations of this phrase,[1][2] though other sources give only the first interpretation.[3]
In the first interpretation, it refers to the fact that both cast-iron pot's and kettle's bottoms turn equally black when hung over a fire, and thus the pot is accusing the kettle of a fault it shares.
In the second, subtler interpretation, the pot is sooty (being placed on a fire), while the kettle is clean and shiny (being placed on coals only), and hence when the pot accuses the kettle of being black, it is the pot’s own sooty reflection that it sees: the pot accuses the kettle of a fault that only the pot has.
References
1.^ Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, by William Morris, Mary Morris
2.^ Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1870, revised by Adrian Room (Millennium Edition)
3.^ Pot, in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, by E. Cobham Brewer, 1898 edition
at first i was dismayed by all the wasted server space your post created...i spent the entire day writing and re-writing my reply knowing that it would only "pile-on" to it's pupose-less-ness...but, when i finished, i was simply overwhelmed by the thought that, hopefully...one day....others might benefit from all of the keystrokes put into this thread...and i thank you for that.
Did anyone see which way that guy went?