Love... Ban it !!!

There's these two Lesbians in the bath, and the first one say's.....
Oh OK then, I'll do a sensible post... [It's a good joke though... you don't know what your missing!]

Right then... 'Love' - Tough subject 'Love', it's a mighty BIG thing, like 'Life' [Umm.. I recon all big things have four letter and begin with 'L' ], and that's why I'm not going to even try and tackle it, well not just yet. Instead I'm going to try and get my head around the WORD 'Love'... NOT how to define it... [Hey it's a start!]

'One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.' - Sophocles - Ancient Greek Bloke who wrote a lot of depressing drama...

But WTF is he talking about..? I mean 'Love'... What does he mean...? [I know silly question, but bare with me a bit here]. If we consult a leading online dictionary to find the meaning of 'Love' we get ten possible answers...

• 1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship
• 2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; romance.
• 3. Sexual passion, Sexual intercourse, A love affair.
• 4. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
• 5. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
• 6. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.
• 7. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language / object
• 8. Love Mythology. Eros or Cupid.
• 9. Often Love Christianity. Charity.
• 10. Sports. A zero score in tennis.

Ten Definitions then, Umm, lets play a little. So old Sophocles could be saying [becuase Blogging lets my imagination run riot], 'Bonking frees us from the pains of life'; or 'The fact I 'Love' my new digital watch releases me from all the woes in life'. OK, maybe a bit extreme, but it's a basic example of the word 'Love' not being a very good at its job... A Job that's meant to describe some of our most important emotions...

Not convinced? OK, just imagine you're my favourite Latvian breakfast waitress in a swanky hotel, trying desperately hard to improve your pigeon English whilst being exploited as slave labour. Some American guy says to you 'I'd love mine over easy'... ordinary enough phrase at breakfast you might think. But without a good understanding of our language, you could translate that into 'I like to shag in vats of scrambled eggs!!!'... See, told you, 'Love' its not really a very good word now is it?

But wait... What's that... Number eight in the dictionary definitions: 'Love Mythology'... Further research required... [well not really because I already knew, I thought I'd just add 'Further research required' to sound a bit intelligent...]

It's a pointer to the solution [you getting excited ;-) ]. Now, not only do the Greeks do a fabulous line in Yogurt and Honey for Breakfast [therefore removing any problems with the egg translation scenario], but they've thought about their language also. They don't have the word 'Love' that could mean a million different things. Instead they have four words used to describe the specific feelings of 'Love'... Encyclopaedia... Greek Love.

• 1. Eros: Romantic love.
• 2. Philia: Friendship, Love [platonic].
• 3. Agape: Divine, unconditioned love.
• 4. Storge: Natural affection.

Now isn't that just such a sensible idea... :-)

So here goes then: I 'Eros' Lynne; the Robo-Babe, I 'Storge' my family, 'Philia' Trixi [AKA Edna] and I 'Agape' my chosen deity; the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster and his Noodly Appendages. Sorted :-)

So what do you reckon, ban the word 'Love' and bring in a bright new age of understanding...? All future Blog entries of mine will not contain the word 'Love' unless it refers to, how much Tim is losing by, or I'm quoting some un-enlightened individual [Umm.. additional: or unless I can't be bothered to look up the alternate Greek word].

Just a thought though... What was the Sophocles Quote about then..? I mean, who translated his quote from Greek to English..? For all we know, he might well of been talking about the 'Love' of his own Digital Watch!

Right then, as I'm doing quotes about 'Love' I thought I'd share with you my Favourite... [This was a tough call, so I'm indulging myself and choosing two :-) ]

'Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.' - H. Menckenor
and
'Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.' - J. Barrymore

Sexist.. Moi... Never !!!

Ciao Ciao
Confused from Chichester

I BLOG There4 I am

[...'Where's the soap', second replies, 'Yes doesn't it!]