Note to Self.....

But what about all the unlovely ones Elegran ? ?

But, what if Ann only thinks she invented GN? I think I did!

Maw We could always just leave the fridge door shut - but then we'd never know.

Don't panic, annsixty, if you invented Gransnet with all these lovely people to chat to, you will never be alone!

Just as, Elegran, we may THINK someone is who they say they are.....but who knows if the light is on when the fridge is shut.

I'm really scared now.?

It has probably been done already, with Patrick Stewart in the lead. (Lead not led - but maybe . . .)

I think that I am about to get the bus into town to look for a new jacket, but in reality I may still be in bed, or indeed, not be at all ( so maybe I shouldn't be wasting my money on buying clothes.)

?make a great film wouldn't it? Along the lines of The Matrix, but even weirder.
I type words on Gransnet, therefore I am.
Are you in my dream, or am I in yours?

Lemongrove Philosophy alert. Do any of us REALLY exist at all? Does ANYBODY OR ANYTHING really exist outside our minds? Is the universe just something constructed in the imagination?

It has to be the imagination of YOU, the person reading this in front of your screen. There is no-one else, nothing else, no earth, no sun, no stars, just a solitary consciousness creating everything and everyone else.

Can you PROVE any different? Your senses tell you that you are sitting in a chair, seeing a room, smelling the flowers, hearing the radio, tasting the coffee, but your senses all operate through your brain. You hear what people say, watch TV, read the papers, learn about the outside world, but what if the same brain is inventing the words and pictures?

Best not to think too hard about it!

Oh we all GOT it but I also know how meticulous Elegran is in her use of language.
How about this as an illustration of illtellhim's post of 07.45

Does this have to be self help or can I post anything??
Because I have been thinking: if I don't post on Gransnet, do I actually exist?

Yes Elegran - funny!

I got it Elegran

illtellhim, I have cme to admire your persistence!

C'mon then Maw ... your turn ...

Note to Self .....

Be yourself.
People don't have to like you, but you don't have to care.

It wasn't wasted, then!

Well, I got it all right Elegran

It would have worked if I had left out the A and told everyone to read it out loud - but I am a compulsively correct speller.

You do need to get the reference to lead in pencils, too. All in all, not a very successful saying.

(Only works if you say it Elegran)
"Led" not "lead"

You can take a horse to the water but a pencil must be lead. (metaphor for "matchmaking for others is not always successful")

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it throw stones.

Has to be Illtellhim's prerogative
None Cornier, , none more platitudinous

Note to self :-

It may be hard but hard is not IMPOSSIBLE

illtellhim. Will you start it?