The Voice of Reason Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Gladys said: True, but also because calling something a crisis justifies some illogical measures, measures that no one in their right mind would pursue if there wasn't 'a crisis'. Forget crises they are two a penny, we are in a climate change emergency ( apparently). Emergency, I tell thee 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Max Power said: I have never known a time when we in the Isle of Man were living through so many crises? The housing crisis, the climate crisis, the bus crisis, the airport crisis, the Covid crisis, the health service crisis, the schools crisis, the inflation crisis, the Brexit crisis, the government pensions crisis, I'm sure I could come up with several more, such as the Douglas $hithole crisis, the DoI idiot crisis and the government stupidity crisis! Why can't we just go back to having issues, why is everything in crisis? If you went to having issues, there would be more issues than a Big Issue seller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Was the energy crisis mentioned. Get some renewables in the mix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxfisherman Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 6 hours ago, manxfisherman said: Not far away from a true image! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 14 hours ago, Gladys said: I would describe that more as a skirmish. More of an unfortunate situation than a skirmish IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 16 hours ago, Max Power said: I have never known a time when we in the Isle of Man were living through so many crises? The housing crisis, the climate crisis, the bus crisis, the airport crisis, the Covid crisis, the health service crisis, the schools crisis, the inflation crisis, the Brexit crisis, the government pensions crisis, I'm sure I could come up with several more, such as the Douglas $hithole crisis, the DoI idiot crisis and the government stupidity crisis! Why can't we just go back to having issues, why is everything in crisis? You forgot the water crisis and the KFC crisises. Or is it crises? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 16 hours ago, english zloty said: Because there are so many non-Manx here who take no notice of our motto. You mean like.... whichever way you throw us.... we're screwed? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 9 minutes ago, Happier diner said: You forgot the water crisis and the KFC crisises. Or is it crises? Or crisii? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOR Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Crisis is just another word that has become meaningless from over use. As with the the word 'incredible'. People use these words to big themself, and the subject, up. The vast majority of people are taken in by the hot air. It boils down to the sound of crisp consanants rather than the actual meaning of the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestboy Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, AOR said: Crisis is just another word that has become meaningless from over use. As with the the word 'incredible'. People use these words to big themself, and the subject, up. The vast majority of people are taken in by the hot air. It boils down to the sound of crisp consanants rather than the actual meaning of the word. Another is ‘absolutely’. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 29 minutes ago, forestboy said: Another is ‘absolutely’. Absolutely! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 6 hours ago, Andy Onchan said: Or crisii? Reminds me of the mongoose joke A zookeeper lost a pair of mongoose to a storm and needed to replace them. He began writing an email to his supplier... Dear sir, please send me two mongooses at once.” That didn’t sound right, so he tried again. “Dear sir, please send me two mongeese at once.” That still didn’t sound right, so he gave it one last attempt: “Dear sir, please send me one mongoose. ps send me another 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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