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UTUSN

(77,795 posts) Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:05 PM Jun 2021

Assignment, Lounge: Let's define "love".

* "sex", uh no.

* old, young, no.

* Am talking, starting point for discussion - mature, not infatuation, not necessarily physical lust.

* Am talking, not generic, very specific, very personal, not substitutional

Looks like I can't define it, despite setting barriers/limits, is why I'm assigning it out, Lounge

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Assignment, Lounge: Let's define "love". (Original Post) UTUSN Jun 2021 OP

Will this dweller Jun 2021 #1

Hah! - how'd I get the teacher job?!1 - don't get too close!1 - UTUSN Jun 2021 #2

Oy! Will have to get back to ya dweller Jun 2021 #6

What in the *world* - you posted the *ENTIRE* text?!1 - what's next, Don Quixote Vols I & II?!1 UTUSN Jun 2021 #7

Same day, different Don dweller Jun 2021 #9

I'm '70s barely fringe post-Hippie. CASTANEDA was a hoax. G'nite, say nite to Sprinkle UTUSN Jun 2021 #10

It Covers A Bit Of Ground, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2021 #3

So, too, can "assignments" especially in Lounge: Can be overly serious, literal, or superfluous?!1 UTUSN Jun 2021 #5

Helpful hints from the "Royals" : UTUSN Jun 2021 #4

This topic will not be compleat if some Sprinkle/French/seagoing doesn't chime in!1 UTUSN Jun 2021 #8

doin me best, Cap dweller Jul 2021 #12

Now that you asked sprinkleeninow Jul 2021 #13

love is that state of being in which the other person's happiness is essential to your own. niyad Jul 2021 #11

that has always been my take on it n/t dingosatemyusername Jul 2021 #18

Whut brot dis on? Steamy temps? Y'all rack too early for a sailor. 🚢⚓ sprinkleeninow Jul 2021 #14

Loud, but desirable. sprinkleeninow Jul 2021 #15

Aw, man. This be the lounge? sprinkleeninow Jul 2021 #16

I made 6 firefighters happy last evening. sprinkleeninow Jul 2021 #17

dweller

(28,929 posts)

1. Will this

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:09 PM

Jun 2021

be on the final, Professor ?
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UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

2. Hah! - how'd I get the teacher job?!1 - don't get too close!1 -

Reply to dweller (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:17 PM

Jun 2021

Extra assignment: STENDAL's "On Love"

It's all been written before.

dweller

(28,929 posts)

6. Oy! Will have to get back to ya

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:38 PM

Jun 2021

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/53720/53720-h/53720-h.htm

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UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

7. What in the *world* - you posted the *ENTIRE* text?!1 - what's next, Don Quixote Vols I & II?!1

Reply to dweller (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:41 PM

Jun 2021

dweller

(28,929 posts)

9. Same day, different Don

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:54 PM

Jun 2021

https://archive.org/stream/CarlosCastanedaTheWordsOfDonJuanMatus/Carlos%20Castaneda-The%20Words%20Of%20Don%20Juan%20Matus_djvu.txt

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UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

10. I'm '70s barely fringe post-Hippie. CASTANEDA was a hoax. G'nite, say nite to Sprinkle

Reply to dweller (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:59 PM

Jun 2021

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)

3. It Covers A Bit Of Ground, Sir

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:24 PM

Jun 2021

"When a man says he loves his wife, loves his daughter, and loves a good hamburger, he'd better mean something else each time."

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

5. So, too, can "assignments" especially in Lounge: Can be overly serious, literal, or superfluous?!1

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:37 PM

Jun 2021

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

4. Helpful hints from the "Royals" :

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Wed Jun 30, 2021, 11:31 PM

Jun 2021

From "Prince" Charles: "Whatever 'love' is." -- apparently Camilla knew the answer!1

From Queen Victoria: "I'll take that one (from India?) over there."

From Madelyn KAHN, "History of the World, Part I" -