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Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 4:21pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Nothing epitomizes the single person's challenge quite like Valentine's Day -- the one day each year that seems defined solely by gestures of romance: the delivery of red roses, thoughtful cards and phone calls, candlelight dinners, et cetera, ad nauseum. So this year, here's a suggestion: You can simply choose to hate love. I mean, really despise the sucker. Wear black. Spit on flowers. Fill your ears not with the sweet nothings of others but with the wails, moans and cries of musicians who have the decency to remind us of love's disastrous qualities. Here are the beginnings of a soundtrack: The J. Geils Band: "Love Stinks" It's the obvious choice and a cornball classic, but the brevity -- oh, the brevity. If you can get more clear-cut than "This thing they call love/It's gonna make you cry," followed by several thousand impassioned rounds of the phrase "Love Stinks," I don't know how. Def Leppard: "Love Bites" Maintaining one's patience with this song's laundry list of inane questions is a challenge. ("When you make love, do you look in the mirror?"; "Do you tell lies and say that it's forever?"; "Are you wild 'n' willin' or is it just for show?" And on and on. Add the occasional "Ooh babe" or "Ooh c'mon" and it really will be bringing you to your knees. But against all odds, the song saves itself: "If you've got love in your sights/Watch out, love bites/Yes it does/It will be hell." Not wrong. Nazareth: "Love Hurts" Though its empty analogies and linear word play spit into the faces of creative writing teachers everywhere, it's hard to argue with "Love is like a flame/It burns you when it's hot." Touché. Kelly Clarkson: "The Trouble With Love Is" This song gets straight to the blow-by-blow. Clarkson belts that love will "make you hear a symphony" and that it's "like a drug that will make you blind," then adds that it "can tear you up inside," "make your heart believe a lie," is "stronger than your pride" and "doesn't care how fast you fall." Ouch. Alanis Morissette: "You Oughta Know" This enraged ditty introduced her to U.S. fans and made her alt-rock's angriest girl. Bitter, screamo vocals ("Every time I scratch my nails down someone else's back/I hope you feel it" and "I'm here to remind you/Of the mess you left when you went away" are enough to sober up even the most lovesick lassie. Maria McKee: "If Love Is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags)" This one goes in for the kill not once, not twice, but three times. "If love is shelter/I'm gonna walk in the rain." "If love is a red dress/Well, hang me in rags." And the final blow: "If love is Aces/Give me the Jack." Michael Bublé With Holly Palmer: "Down With Love" This song, which served as the lead track for the movie, defines love as "the root of all midnight blues" and then exclaims "Down with love/Yes take it away, away." Indeed. www.msn.com |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Nobody: 4:24pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Weren't you also against birthdays? |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Busta(f): 4:25pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
michelin89: lol |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by NaJaHaJe(f): 4:29pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
michelin89: lmfao. . . . . gamine na tru? |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by rume(m): 4:29pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
love hmm These lyrics - more like some emotion not LOVE!!!! aNYwaY i AM haviNG A niCe vaLENtiNE's DAy |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 4:50pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Me Against Birthdays!!! Sister why I love love |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Nobody: 4:56pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
I don't know ooo. Na question me i ask. Anyways I remember you being against a particular festivity. ohhhhhh! Christmas!!! You said it was a pagan feast, right? |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Chacal: 5:02pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
@ Gamine, Are u high? If u spit on ma flowers, i am gonna shoot ur knee-caps. Now, bring ur ass back here and quit this anti-valentine schitzo. |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 5:06pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Han han im just checking! Chacal why now! Michelin, i wasn't against Christmas i was against the way its being celebrated Same for this Valentine thingy Teddy bear Chocolate plastic flower cheap perfume Heart shaped cake Tell me if all these signifies love yet year in year out people recieve this same things! assssh! |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Nobody: 5:09pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Ok, I get your point. I wouldn't mind recieving these gifts. They would make a difference! |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 5:12pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
LOL I wont mind the choppables As for Teddy bear, it will just be a deco Perfume, Cant go out smelling like Vinegar Flower, i am not a goat, Trashcan! |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Chacal: 5:14pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
@ Gamine, Dont cry, dry your eyes. I didn't understand what u meant at first. . . . Meanwhile, do u really think women can get enough of gifts? I dont think so . . . . . . . . . Its in y'all DNA. Have u received ma PARCEL? It contains 6 rose flowers( are u gonna trash em?). |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 5:18pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
6 Roses Paltry If you had made it like 4dozen, i may have kept them! Please match the gift to the receiver , next time |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Chacal: 5:23pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
@ Gamine, Just pulling ur legs. . . . It actually contained 32k white gold bracelet from tiffany. The problem is u might have to pay N100,000 custom duty on it. A good conundrum, innit? |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 5:35pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
100,000 thank you o i will use my money to buy stocks you have put urself in that pit You have spent your money on the customs people eh Thank u sir, 32K indeed |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Chacal: 5:40pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Stock bonds? Spend N100K to retrieve N1,000,000 worth of ICE. Do the math. |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 5:46pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
the N1,000,000 worth will remain N1,000,000 in th next 5years My N100,000 will become N5,000,000 or more in 5years Do the math! |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Chacal: 5:51pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
@ Gamine, . . . .and if the company collapses? National Bank? Savannah Bank? Northern Rock? U have a chance to turn your N100k investment to N900k today and you are dawdling!!!!!!!!! What did ur mum tell u about a bird in the hand . . . . ? |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 5:59pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
If? What if I'm robbed on Ikeja-Maryland road after collecting the 32k Something? What did your Dad tell you about Life and the risks it brings? |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Chacal: 6:02pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
@ Gamine, Well then. . . . . Return back to the sender. I will instruct Mr. Biggs or Tantalizers to send u em cheap cakes. It seems u prefer the choppables. |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 6:07pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Dont bother I will rather buy myself a nice cake from Bakers world or Cakes n Creams I'm not cheap, i can spend on me |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Chacal: 6:20pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
@ Gamine, C'mon. . . . . i was just yanking ya chain. I know u are not CHEAP!!!!!!!!!!!! Matter of fact, i don't roll with cheapskates. Where is ma gift? |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 6:25pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
LOL Your gift Well erhmm What if i told you it was stolen |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Chacal: 6:33pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Me gift stolen? If it's a joke, please stop it. |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 6:56pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Seriously o i was gona send it last week, checked my box, it was gone i didnt know how to tell ya |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by buzzgonz(m): 8:01pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Sorry! |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 9:25pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Sorry for ya self |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Nobody: 9:32pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
LOL and here i was, thinking you were going to maintain ur stance thruout the thread gamine. it's turned into another regular val thread yuck |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 9:42pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
Yuck? haba, make your own contribution Dont mind me and my Darling Chacal Your sig says dont use a cannon to kill a mosquito but your here using a Missile to kill a virus |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by dapsins69(m): 9:48pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
love DEFINiTELY sucks! |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by saucekid(m): 9:50pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
and here i was thinking i was the only one |
Re: Anti-valentine? Anyone by Gamine(f): 9:56pm On Feb 14, 2008 |
You are not alone! |
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