Schadenfreude

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[Right Wing It]

I was unaware up until this point that there was a German word meaning "happiness at the misfortune of others" The Word is "SCHADENFREUDE". What makes it ironic is that it is the only national language in the world to have a word for such a subject. Who else thinks there should be an American word for this?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Dang!

[OESY]

"Dang"? Wasn't it named "Schadenfreude"?

[Conspiracy Guy]

We're looney. But Louis is dull.

[Tax-chick]

Heavy on description, I'll admit.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Farfignewton

[Conspiracy Guy]

He was like Tom Clancy, "Just shut up and tell the story!" , is what I feel like yelling.

[OESY]

Sheesh, it doesn't seem dull to me, but who's Phil?:

"When he went to buy tickets, though, he found out it was a World Premiere and even the governor was having trouble getting tickets. He was disappointed, but there was nothing he could do. Then one day a miracle happened. A few days before he'd been assigned to pick up the famous Dorothy L'mour at the airport because she was going to entertain the troops for a few weeks. Then she got a phone call and had to leave right away, although she was really sorry the troops would have to be disappointed. When he had loaded up all her luggage for the second time, she reached in her bag.

"Would you have any use for two tickets to the World Premiere?" she asked. He told her the whole story about Helen, and when he finished, she gladly gave him the tickets. Helen would have been impressed enough that he'd gotten tickets, but Dorothy L'mour had secretly engaged a limousine to pick them up and drive them to the theatre. Phil can't remember what the movie was about. The whole time, he was watching Helen.

"A little after that, Phil was told he'd be going to the Pacific. But he ended up in Australia instead. Phil was extremely scared during the battles, until one day another soldier gave him a "lucky penny". He was still scared, but it helped.

"After that the soldiers went to the Pacific and Korea where they captured a Naval Base. At the Naval Base, Phil had been the one to go negotiate a surrender. His knees were knocking together as the barricaded doors swung open in front of him. The Japanese commander turned out to speak English quite well because he had gone to a college in California that Phil was familiar with...." (to be continued?)

[Conspiracy Guy]

Head on keyboard snoring

[OESY]

And here I thought it was remarkably fast paced......zzzzzz.....

[Conspiracy Guy]

LOL

[Conspiracy Guy]

Come on back and play. You survived a pretty severe hijacking. You've proven to be tough. We are still dancing like drunken fools on this thread.

[Hi Heels]

Oh yesssirree! And afterwards I can peel my toenails off jest to keep the goodtimes rollin'!

[Hi Heels]

Good lord! What the hell is that? Sea penis? I swear everyone on this forum runs searchs all day on the world's most bizarre animal life certain to make hi heels hurl.

[Conspiracy Guy]

It's a conspiracy.

[Hi Heels]

*snort* You're a very sick man.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Yes I am.

[Hi Heels]

yet despite that, Laura still feeds you. Mostly pancakes...

[Hi Heels]

Then what happened?

[Lady Jag]

Many consider the Geoduck good luck

[Conspiracy Guy]

I just wear pancakes.