The beautiful and the ugly

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 6:55 am

Now, we're talking esthaetics, not moral.

What is the most beautiful thing you know of, natural of man-made?

The most ugly?

My answers:

Most beautiful: Big ice bergs spinning and wobbling in the sunshine

Dangerous, but a marvellous sight

Most ugly: The Central railway stations and the old industrial areas in some European cities.

Waverly · Post by **Waverly** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 7:01 am

Interesting topic, CE. Let's see.

Beautiful: Swimming dolphins. They've adapted to be efficient, not beautiful... but as is often the case, an engineering marvel also carries a certain grace and asthetic charm.

Ugly: Litter. Cigarette butts, fast food wrappers, etc. carelessly tossed.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 7:45 am

Beautiful: Clouds.

Ugly: Super Center parking lots.

Stoner Cold · Post by **Stoner Cold** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 7:50 am

Beautiful: A sun-set at the beach

Ugly: the smoke you get from factory chimneys

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 7:50 am

Beautiful- large field of wild flowers

Ugly- Me, standing in the middle of it.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 7:56 am

@DP: ROFLMAO

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 8:38 am

beautiful: mountains, desert sunsets

ugly: shopping malls, suburbs

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 8:52 am

Beautiful: a huge bank balance

Ugly: what you had to let Ubik do to you to get that dosh

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 8:56 am

Originally posted by Gruntboy:
<STRONG>Beautiful: a huge bank balance

Ugly: what you had to let Ubik do to you to get that dosh </STRONG>

ROTFLMAO

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 9:24 am

Beautiful: The Colorado Rocky Mountains, sometimes the desert (Its 100 degrees [F] here in the desert. Nothing is beautiful in 100-degree-heat.)
Ugly: Big Cities, loud drunks, pollution.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 9:32 am

(Its 100 degrees [F] here in the desert. Nothing is beautiful in 100-degree-heat.)

It has to be better than the tropics though, 100 F heat, and 85% humidity. Thank god for rum punch and swimming!

[ 07-26-2001: Message edited by: dragon wench ]

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 10:22 am

A summertime full moon, when the moon is close to earth and therefor large and preferable redish from the sun setting further away

Most ugly - to many things to mention

(me??

)

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 10:26 am

Beautiful: Where i live (in the woods of New Jersey) in the fall.

Ugly: dull Colonial houses.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 12:41 pm

Beautiful-Sights of food

Ugly-Some of the places you'll have to go to eat them

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 2:36 pm

Beautiful: 9:00pm on Pen y Fan (Brecon Beacons local mountain range

)

Most ugly: The loss of innocence.

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 2:46 pm

CE, how ugly is ugly? Are we talking Sleep ugly or Waverly ugly? Either way, it's still damn ugly.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 2:51 pm

@DP my we are feisty tonight, in the mood for a flaming or something? i notice you only post it when you know Wav isn't around

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 2:53 pm

Sleep, Waverly don't scare me any more.

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 3:25 pm

The beautiful is all the ladies on the forum.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 3:30 pm

@Dp nice try but do you think any of them are going to fall for that?