Guilty Pleasures

[Pah]

Bastet, your post made me think of something.

Is Methos a guilty pleasure?

I don't know - but Menthos is one of mine

 

[Circle_One]

I have no guilty pleasures, as I never feel guilty about any of the multiple pleasures I afford myself on a daily basis

 

[michel]

I answered this thread yesterday, but the 'guilty' bit did'nt register.
Why feel guilty about chocolate? - for example.

 

[KateTacular]

Good beer....I love trying all sorts of microbrews and imports. I'm ridiculously broke at the moment though, so I've only been drinking PBR. Last good beer I had was a Bell's Winter White. Yum!!

 

[Yerda]

I like a beer to celebrate. I celebrate such things as sobriety with beer.

 

[Circle_One]

I like a beer to celebrate. I celebrate such things as sobriety with beer.

ROFL!! Sounds like me. I used to celebrate waking up with a beer. :jam:

 

[groovydancer88]

Oh, no! "Lost" is a guilty pleasure?

(And I bet, as a peanut- butter fan, you enjoyed Charlie's helping Claire get over her cravings for said taste treat?)

I was just disappointed that he didn't have any real peanut butter to share!

 

[Yerda]

I used to celebrate waking up with a beer.

Another fine reason to rejoice.

 

[No*s]

For me, I can say pickles, this site, and an expensive book.

Now the pickles, those bring on rather squishy problems, so I'm accutely aware that they are a guilty pleasure .

 

[Bastet]

Oooops, I keep forgetting there are many people who've only seen either the TV show or the movie series. I grew up with the movie series, then turned to the show later in life.

I grew up on the movies too, and refused to watch the series because Christopher Lambert wasn't in it. "It's not Highlander without Connor"...although, having seen Endgame, I probably could have handled watching Duncan (and at last I understand how there managed to be two 'Highlanders' from the MacLeod clan). That boy certainly knows his way around a sword!

Methos is the oldest immortal in the series at about 5000 years old. Pretty much everyone in the "Highlander" verse thinks that he's a myth, especially the Watchers who study the immortals. Lately, he's managed to stay in hiding by becoming a Watcher, under the guise of the mortal Adam Pierson. One thing I love about him is that the job he undertook as a Watcher was to do research on that mythical immortal Methos.

I also love his interesting combination of catlike arrogance and self- depreciating humor. (He frequently wanders into Duncan MacCloud's flat and pirates his stuff.) Oddly enough for being so old, he seems to take life much less seriously than so many others in the "Highlander" verse, so he usually winds up with the best lines. (While searching through MacCloud's CD collection, full of classical composers, he whines "Why don't you have any Queen?")

See, now I'm going to have to see if I can find any of the series to rent to see such moments. Ooh...I think there was one tape at the video store I was at last week. :jiggy:

He also possesses one of the most interesting noses yet seen among mankind.

I just had to go find a pic to check that out. It is rather...large. :areyoucra

Back on topic, is having a fascination with interesting noses a guilty pleasure?

:biglaugh:

 

[Lookingformeaning]

I would have to say that my guilty pleasures are: surfing the net, talking on RF, talking on msn, just talking. I love to meet new people.

 

[Majikthise]

I love to spend hours playing PS2 Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath with my wife after the kids have gone to bed.We have played all the games many times with almost all the available charachters.There is a new Champs of Norrath game out now and I can't wait to get it.:woohoo:

 

[michel]

'Lookingformeaning' made me realize that R.F is one of my 'Guilty pleasures'. Yes, it is a pleasure (An addictive one at that), the guilt? - knowing that my family are fearful that I am getting mixed up in a 'cult', and spending time here instead of with them.
However, I make sure I give everyone 'time', and I realize that I ought to be grateful to them for being over-protective of me!

 

[Green Gaia]

...knowing that my family are fearful that I am getting mixed up in a 'cult'...

Tell them not to worry about us being a cult, we couldn't agree on what to believe if we wanted to. :biglaugh:

 

[michel]

Tell them not to worry about us being a cult, we couldn't agree on what to believe if we wanted to. :biglaugh:

Hi Maize,

I've tried to let my family see some of the threads, I have tried hard to prove that R.F is not 'a cult; it is just that they worry about me which is their way of expressing love. Hitherto, I might well have ceased my involvement in R.F to please them. I suppose that I realize that they need to know that I can take care of myself!!!

 

[rivet]

What makes something a "guilty pleasure"?

Is it something that you feel bad after doing? Or is it just something that would be embarrased if people found out about?

 

[Majikthise]

What makes something a "guilty pleasure"?

Is it something that you feel bad after doing? Or is it just something that would be embarrased if people found out about?

I think it could really be either depending on th person.

Hey rivet! Is George behaving himself? He can be a handful.

 

[Sunstone]

Hanging out on RF is my guilty pleasure. I should be conscientiously studying now, but I'm hanging out here.

 

[Bastet]

Hanging out on RF is my guilty pleasure. I should be conscientiously studying now, but I'm hanging out here.

You and me both, Sunstone. Just can't find the energy to go do anything else though. :help:

 

[Feathers in Hair]

I concur that we would pretty much suck as a cult. "Okay, we are all agreed that-" "No, we're not!" If the cult revolved around eating doughnuts, on the other hand...

And see my helpful post about dressing up salad as RF members to take away your family's worries, Michel! I'm sure that'll allieve any concerns. *nods confidently to self*