Which cliche/phrase fits you best?

[Memento Mori]

So when your kids bring home an F on their math paper and you ask, "why would you put that 3 + 3 = 7 and 4 + 1 = 8 and 1 + 1 = 4,768?" and he/she says, "Because I was thinking outside the box", I guess you'll be just fine with that.

Or if you say to them, "You should go and clean your room" and he/she says, "No, I'm going to think outside the box. I don't think I should clean it", no doubt you'll have no problem with that response.

I hadn't realized that the 'box' in question stood for the law.

I generally think near a box.:chuckle:

 

[DoogieTalons]

So when your kids bring home an F on their math paper and you ask, "why would you put that 3 + 3 = 7 and 4 + 1 = 8 and 1 + 1 = 4,768?" and he/she says, "Because I was thinking outside the box", I guess you'll be just fine with that.

Or if you say to them, "You should go and clean your room" and he/she says, "No, I'm going to think outside the box. I don't think I should clean it", no doubt you'll have no problem with that response.

As I said inside the box for some things, like maths ect, and out side for others, like metaphysical superstitions. I like absract thought and the way you can learn from it. Completly logical is somewhat boring.

I think it would be wrong for me to tell my child there is no God when I don't know myself.

The thing is I won't be indoctrinating him in a particular religion nor will I allow him to be. So he'll proabably be an Atheist.

 

[Delmar]

I used to use far too many clinches, but I took a creative writing class, and now I wouldn't touch one, with a ten foot pole!

 

[Town Heretic]

I chose no strings attached and meant it as a statement of independence, being philosophically moderate and calmly of my own mind for the most part... So I'm not inviting a useless guitar analogy.

As for the whole box question, I think that thinking out side of it is a good idea provided you first understand what's in it--of course, if you don't you'll never be absolutely certain you're outside of it to begin with. :think:

 

[Poly]

I think it would be wrong for me to tell my child there is no God when I don't know myself.

Don't you think you owe it to him to find out?

 

[Stripe]

Hey, doogie. Will you let your kid post on TOL once he comes of age?

 

[Stripe]

I'm "More than meets the eye", of course. Along with a few others like:

A few fries short of a Happy Meal
A day late and a dollar short
Think outside the box
All thumbs
Glutton for punishment
Slow as molasses in January

 

[Ktoyou]

Thinking outside the box is what one does when one wishes to turn the direction of policy, as policy moves according to the laws of motion. I am glad I do not have to think outside the box these days, as it is hard for me to think inside the box well enough to get my point across. I forget thinks, for example, I cannot remember what I chose here, so much for consistent thought.:chew:

 

[Poly]

I used to use far too many clinches, but I took a creative writing class, and now I wouldn't touch one, with a ten foot pole!

:chuckle: