character
- Thread starter jason
- Start date
Do you have examples of either?
Windrider
Plus-sized tuxedo model
I have brown eyes, Inherited.
I am overweight, Environmental.
Duncan1574
Lodge Chaplain & arms dealer
I watched a show about brain function yesterday, that confirmed that there is both nurture and nature involved in the outcome of our lives. One of the scientists discovered that he has the same brain scan as many serial killers, but he was raised by good, supportive parents, where as in most cases of serial killers there is a history abuse.
Would not eye color, hair color and things of that sort fall under genes?
H
Hank
Guest
I can't believe that he was raided by his good supportive parents and still turned out alright.
Throws the whole nurture thing on its head!
Duncan1574
Lodge Chaplain & arms dealer
DOH!
H
Hank
Guest
We have a saying in Ireland like that too!
"He who lets fortune cookies control his destiny,
usually ends up in China!"
Windrider
Plus-sized tuxedo model
My family has two fortune cookie traditions... the first, a pretty common one, is appending "in bed" to the fortune as it is read aloud. The second one is reserved for people we have dined with in a Chinese restaurant for the first time. You wait until everyone else has read their fortune, open your cookie, look confused and say, "Mine says, 'Help! I'm trapped in a cookie factory!'"
H
Hank
Guest
Don't get the "in bed" part?
Fourtune cookies are an American thing. However, there is this;
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
~The Upanishads
Bob Franks
Past District Deputy Grand Lecturer
Bro. Hank-
Most sayings found on fortune cookies have a sexual innuendo when "in bed" is added at the end!
S&F
Ashlar2006
Masonic Mafia
HUH ! Last fortune cookie I opened said "Not a good day to play tug of war by yourself" .
H
Hank
Guest
Oh we have a bit of a joker here!
H
Hank
Guest
What does that German thing mean "Wie sind...........
Ashlar2006
Masonic Mafia
"Who are these Devil Dogs ?"
A devil dog is a member of the United States Marine Corps. It originates from a statement attributed to the German High Command, in remarking on the determinedness of the Marines, to the effect of "Wer sind diese Teufelshunde ?", which means "Who are these Devil Dogs?"
A term given to Marines by the Germans in WWI at the Battle of Beleau Wood in France. During the battle, the Marines charged into the German trenches through mustard gas (which made their eyes red), and faught with such ferocity that the dying Germans called them devil dogs. The term is still used today between Marines as a motivational nickname.