Is there anything less esoteric we can talk about?

no

unless you want to about the weather

its TOO DAMN HOT and i need a COOL DRINK but DONALD RUMSFIELD has CLOSED DOWN THE CITY

It's not the Pink Floyd, Zen, it's all the obligatory coincidental bong hits.

Compel

tr.v.

To force, drive, or constrain: Duty compelled the soldiers to volunteer for the mission.
To necessitate or pressure by force; exact: An energy crisis compels fuel conservation. See Synonyms at force.
To exert a strong, irresistible force on; sway.

Impel

tr.v.

To urge to action through moral pressure; drive: I was impelled by events to take a stand.
To drive forward; propel.

Nice. Now what about some definitions for "thred"?

Let's talk about the weather.

Yes. let's talk about the weather.
Mr. White has impounded my confusion.
I was transitive once. I got arrested for verbalizing in public.
I deserved it...I was improper.

I find it imperative to mention that he was also cited for being irregular and imperfect.

It was fortunate for me that my verbalisation was so imperfect that the authorities didn't notice that I wasn't wearing pants.

it was cooler today with a nice breeze

i went for a drive and the breeze was very nice as i drove past vineyards

I have sent Mr.BUTTEZ a private email.
His reference to grapes reminded me of my youth.
When I was young, I was forced to pick the damned things.
Today, over 50 years later, I suffer from an adversion to wine.

but u dont have my e-mail address

ONLY THE EDITORS OF STYLUS HAVE MY E-MAIL ADDRESS!!!

OK...Well...Fuck it...

WHY AREN'T YOU ASLEEP AT THIS HOUR, LIKE "NORMAL PEOPLE"?

what hour is it

I have a question.

It's 6 AM here.

How many of you other crazy motherfuckers have been up all night?

BUTTEZ, obviously, only uses his eyelids on special occasions.

(Does he close them when he thinks about Sarah's tits?)

Hell...I don't know.

it is not 6am here

SPOOOOOOOKY

We could discuss exoskeletons.

One could simply say "chitin", which, to most bugs, covers everything.

(How about Lobster, Zen? You like lobster don't you?)

No! No I don't. When I was in the navy they fed us so much lobster that if I would have saved the shells, I could have fashioned a breastplate for Goliath. Lobster is expensive and labour intensive.

(How about crabs?)

Fuck them too. I had crabs once but the oinkment took care of them before they could migrate to my eyebrows.

maybe skirting board is less esoteric.

I am impartial to skirting boards myself, but I'm sure they are quite functional on some level.

Here in the States, skirting board is referred to as "baseboard". An archaic reference is "mop board".

(Oh, Jesus, I am trapped in an esoteric maelstrom.)

HEY! HOW 'BOUT THOSE MANDRILLS? EH?

I have had many a splendid view of skirting boards, usually due to the close proximity of my eyes to the floor!

I can relate to that, Sir.
I am an authority on sidewalks and curbs.

splendid.

Now there's a word I hadn't previously associated with skirting board.

Along with stratagem. Or octagonal. This could be due to my limited skirting board experience, however.

"Splendid" is a word applicable to skirting board when one observes how the corners meet. An average carpenter miters them with total disregard to how they look.
A craftsman, on the other hand, carefully uses a coping saw so that the transition is perfectly seamless.

Perhaps, Linda, you will someday spill your last beer and find yourself trying to suck it from the carpet before the dog finds it. Skirting board is very important to those of us who find ourselves spending a significant amount of time on the floor. If we follow it, we may eventually find the door to the loo. This explains why dedicated drunks keep their furniture away from the walls in order to provide crawling space.

Geoffrey, obviously, has "been there, done that".

(Hey, Zen? You're being esoteric again.)

*sigh*

okay, now WTF