wherefore art thou miantiao?

啤酒是神奇讲话的汁。(totally hacked direct translation of ”magic talking juice?“)  但白酒是神奇睡觉的汁或神奇打架的汁。

hey henning

就是嘛， 你有没有发现喝酒有助于记忆。不过喝醉后连一个词都说不出来。所以说，喝醉的时候就必须靠另外一个bruce替你说话

我刚刚和十位"老王"一起喝酒了。 有一位真正的被叫老王, 不知道谁是谁。现在喝醉了。 一个"老王"是个骗子。 在他的杯子里只有水。。。喝酒真是个好学习中文的办法。。。

hey bruce

nah we're not all bruce, but i think we're on the verge of a breakthrough, it appears that our oneness is beginning to fragment into factions in a determined effort to self-destruct into all creatures great and small

I'm Brian, and so is my wife

Brilliant line!

Had forgotten that one - thanks

miantiao, Bruce

I thought we're all bruce here,or is that just the Aussie part of this oneness?:

we've come to release brian, now which one of you poorbuggersw hanging up there is brian

I'm brian

no, i'm brian

no you're not, i'm brian

no, i'm brian, and so is my wife

hey mickeytoon

no mate, i heard you, but i'm you. you see we are all really schizoid particles of the same brain. now having said that, you should be able to pick this up subconsciously before i post. let me know if you get a sense of dejavu whilst reading and we'll knock this on the head once and for all

If we are all the same single entity (the one combined CPod user) shouldn't we know the answers to these fundamental questions? RY? RG? RA? RO? AY?....

The fact that we don't (or have we just subconciously convinced ourselves we don't?) suggests we are not one entity - maybe....

So can I please go back to being mickeytoon and forget all this headhurting mindbending stuff please? Hmmmm or am I just talking to myself here.....

So what do they call your wife? ;)

People actually call me " Mister Jess".

tvan, I'll have you know that 2 of the letters in my 'screen ID' actually occur in my real name! ;)

Anyway if it weren't for the fact that it would thoroughly confuse everyone I'd change my name (a popular trick for CPod sock puppets personas anyway) to Tal which is how I'm usually known, (a nickname based on my real name by school pals.)

RJ, wow... how gauche you and I must seem... using screen ID's based on our actual names!

Now I am worried!

哇哇，如果你叫我"whiner"就我不是快乐。我应该抱怨。

哦，顺风。。一路平安

Henning you are so right, as you so often are. Why not share with us your list of all the pattern/pet names you have no doubt already been using; I for one will be more than happy to address everyone accordingly hereafter (and if by any chance you even had one for me--even if it were indubitably unflattering--not only would I accept, 
I would strive to live up to the role).
Bon voyage and 度假快了！

像虫类爬在地球上面似的，搁在时间中迷路了，飘在空间中失去了方向，和意义！

I am sitting here bored at the gate waiting for my flight to BeiJing

And now I read through this creepy thread and realized that we are all nothing but ever recurring patterns continuesly blending into each others

The names are misleading, hiding the bitter truth. We should use pattern/role names instead - e.g. the liinker, the vocab-hunter, the addon-resspurce producer,

the greeter, the whiner, etc...

And maybe it is not different in the physical realm. Identity as an illusion.

I better continue with goulnik's news...

Mickey

check your profile, there are some hints in there.

Actually you are God, you created this video game (life) for your own amusment. You alone are real, everyone else - just figments of your imagination. Its kind of like that movie where the kid thinks he has a life, but its just a tv show or the star trek episode where they put a guy in a small box downloaded with enough space adventures and experiences to last him a lifetime. Im sure Raygo remembers better than I.

Good to see you again Minatiao.

Thank you Changye - Helpful as ever!

Although I'm still not sure who/if I am!!!

cogito ergo sum 我思，故我在。

mickeytoon,

"我 觉得 所以 我 是?"

太好了.为什么我不想那个？

我不想所以我不是？？哎哟！！

This has made my head hurt!

Are you saying that I am not who I think I am? That I may be someone else or worse, I am everyone or the only one or some sort of quark type thing? What happened to:

我 觉得 所以 我 是? (is 觉得 correct here?)

Can we have a separate group for heavy weight drivel please? I'll stick to the froth until my head clears.

@rockmanss

放心！我也不知道 ‘sub-atomic particles'用中文怎么说。上面上下文连理语带特有科学词语都有咯！

才知道，我英语很差  ，  完全看不懂  汗 - -

Hey miantiao,

Btw,the whole PM'ing system has changed while you've been gone.You need to go to your profile in the me section and enter your email address and preferences if you want to receive PM's..they have to go to your email mate.You should find one there from me.

Just shows that even for sub-atomic particles, Chinese is hard! lol

ps RJ,

hehe,don't be silly mate.The discrepancy in Chinese if nothing else,should certainly show I'm not miantiao. :)

Actually,I much enjoyed this discussion,but after RJ's last comment said it all,what could I add? Well said guys,hehe.But what I would like to know,is why that one sub-atomic particle slows down appreciably when it gets in this neck of the universe?

I knew you'd understand, dude!

Raygo

yep I get it, and there is only one sub-atomic particle in the enitre universe - it just travels really fast!

That concept of a shadow self is a fascinating one JR... sorry, I mean RJ. Let's take it for a spin. How do you know I'm not miantiao, or baba, or mynash?

How do you know I'm not pete? How do you know I'm not you?

Maybe Cpod has just a single user, who is also the creator, and maybe this learning Chinese business is some kind of dream anyway. Err... there was a good point trying to be made there somewhere!

I can't tell you where he is (because I don't know).  But last I heard he was laying bricks near the Tropic of Capricorn.  I think he might be taking a break because he got sick of the low standard of 胡说! That would be ironic. 

I lokk forward to his return - his return can only lift our batting average..

<drivelmode = true> "You guys crack me up :-)"

</drivelmode>

Hmmm, perhaps miantiao is really an alter ego of baba? With all these schizoids running around who knows?

Mynash, I think you owe us a list of your split personalities. How many times did I discuss you with one of your other "yous", I want to know :-). It seems you are trapped in undecisiveness as you can not even pick a permanent name for your latest- "sock puppet" - "fear puppet" - "mynash has a little one" or whatever it is now. You must be a tortured soul.  Perhaps I should start another - JR whom with I could argue endlessly. My shadow self. Dr. Jung would be proud.