 20thmaine  | 18 May 2017 6:14 a.m. PST |
This discussion TMP link threw up the proposal that "Silly Is Good". How, in this world of endless sorrows, hardship and grief, do you rate being silly ? 1) Silly is good.
2) Silly is good, sometimes.
3) Silly is not good.
4) Not a wargamer.
5) A wargamer. |
| Winston Smith | 18 May 2017 6:24 a.m. PST |
|
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 18 May 2017 6:29 a.m. PST |
I think I have made my position clear. Again and again. |
 Flashman14 | 18 May 2017 6:29 a.m. PST |
Look, many of us are only interested in a few periods – that means much of the other explicitly wargaming content is dull as rocks. If I can't get immersed in my horse and musket periods here, I'd much rather talk about rock and roll than WW1 naval, or 6mm ancients, or 1/285th sci-fi, or whatever else that is without interest. |
| 20thmaine | 18 May 2017 6:33 a.m. PST |
WW 1 naval is an interesting one – I enjoy reading about it, I never game it. Don't know why really, but there it is. |
| Gunfreak | 18 May 2017 6:38 a.m. PST |
I'm silly 90% of the time, if my silliness drops below 77%, I need to watch blazing saddles/airplane to fill up the silliness. |
| badwargamer | 18 May 2017 6:38 a.m. PST |
If it's putty then it's great. |
| 21eRegt | 18 May 2017 6:46 a.m. PST |
|
| Joes Shop | 18 May 2017 7:06 a.m. PST |
|
| zoneofcontrol | 18 May 2017 7:22 a.m. PST |
1) "How, in this world of endless sorrows, hardship and grief, do you rate being silly ?" Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 18 May 2017 7:22 a.m. PST |
Terrement--now you're just being,well. . . |
| Norman D Landings | 18 May 2017 7:26 a.m. PST |
Silliness is a useful tool for deflating pomposity, dogmatism, hectoring, high dudgeon, and mean-spiritedness, in a good-humoured fashion and without falling into those same pitfalls. The worst that can be said is that one is being a bit… silly. |
| ZULUPAUL | 18 May 2017 7:39 a.m. PST |
|
| wrgmr1 | 18 May 2017 7:46 a.m. PST |
Laughing is one of the best emotions, and silliness leads to laughing.
1. |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 18 May 2017 8:04 a.m. PST |
|
 Parzival | 18 May 2017 8:11 a.m. PST |
|
 StoneMtnMinis | 18 May 2017 8:28 a.m. PST |
Isn't this a silly question? |
| Zyphyr | 18 May 2017 8:41 a.m. PST |
Nearly every good memory I have involves at least a little silliness. I welcome the silly. |
| Jamesonsafari | 18 May 2017 8:41 a.m. PST |
|
| Cerdic | 18 May 2017 10:41 a.m. PST |
Of course silly is good! People who are sensible all the time are right boring twunts… |
| MajorB | 18 May 2017 11:17 a.m. PST |
|
| Glengarry5 | 18 May 2017 11:39 a.m. PST |
|
| Old Wolfman | 19 May 2017 7:00 a.m. PST |
Nice poster of Graham Chapman. |
| Cacique Caribe | 19 May 2017 9:30 a.m. PST |
|
| The Tin Dictator | 19 May 2017 10:21 a.m. PST |
6. I don't know, don't ask me, I'm an idiot! |
 piper909 | 19 May 2017 12:39 p.m. PST |
"Silly? Me?" -- The Colonel |
| HMS Exeter | 19 May 2017 4:04 p.m. PST |
A little nonsense now and then,
is cherished by the wisest men. W. Wonka |
| COL Scott ret | 22 May 2017 10:54 p.m. PST |
Of course silly is good, and anyone who thinks it isn't is just plain silly. My mom has repeatedly asked me to ensure that I teach my children how to be silly. It relieves stress and takes the sting out of much bitterness in life. Me I LOVE silly songs, silly jokes, silly puns, silly food, silly movies, etc etc. |
