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CPA

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Originally posted by: soonerproud
What is it with all these very successful and rich celebrities that are totally depressed and seem to be drawn to Buddhism, Hinduism, Kaballa, Scientology, Communism/Socialism and both prescription and street drugs. It is almost a daily news story of some celebrity who is going off the deep end on one of these things and they seem totally unsatisfied with their lives. It is almost like a prerequisite to being a celebrity is you have to be more dysfunctional than the average American.

Maybe the secret to happiness and balance in life is to be a total looser.

as opposed to being a "total tighter"?
 

soonerproud

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Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: soonerproud
What is it with all these very successful and rich celebrities that are totally depressed and seem to be drawn to Buddhism, Hinduism, Kaballa, Scientology, Communism/Socialism and both prescription and street drugs. It is almost a daily news story of some celebrity who is going off the deep end on one of these things and they seem totally unsatisfied with their lives. It is almost like a prerequisite to being a celebrity is you have to be more dysfunctional than the average American.

Maybe the secret to happiness and balance in life is to be a total looser.

as opposed to being a "total tighter"?

Ahh yes, my spelling is off damnit.

Hukkt un fonix rillee werkt fer mie.
 

TheTony

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Originally posted by: soonerproud
Originally posted by: TheTony
Originally posted by: soonerproud
It is almost like a prerequisite to being a celebrity is you have to be more dysfunctional than the average American.

Mike Myers is Canadian, eh.

And Canada is located where? As far as I am concerned Mike Meyers is just as American as any US citizen.

Just a hint, it is on the same continent as this country.

Wow. Can't take a little ribbing? :roll:

 

FoBoT

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fobot.com
Originally posted by: soonerproud
Originally posted by: TheTony
Originally posted by: soonerproud
It is almost like a prerequisite to being a celebrity is you have to be more dysfunctional than the average American.

Mike Myers is Canadian, eh.

And Canada is located where? As far as I am concerned Mike Meyers is just as American as any US citizen.

Just a hint, it is on the same continent as this country.

http://www.pics.bbzzdd.com/bet...lfloss/canadapants.jpg
 

MotionMan

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Believe or not, some of these actors do other things other than act in movies and TV. Many of them do live theater (and not just Broadway). Many also write or produce.

Also, not all of them are Michael Caine who seems to take any roll offered to him. Maybe they are just picky (and have the money to be that way.

Then again, I think that most actors are completely interchangeable with other actors and their popularity is based mostly on luck.

MotionMan
 

Turin39789

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This will sound convoluted. But this is how Mike Myers jumped into my head this week.

I was listening to a local Ky public radio program the other day, and I cought about 2 minutes of it on the way to the grocery. They had a guy on who apparently is a bigtime garden expert, and he was talking about different gardens he has helped celebrities with. Apparently he was setting upa garden for Mike Myers and Mike wasn't really into his garden ideas, then the Ky garden kung fu master recalled that Myers was a canadian and threw in a bunch of shity juniper bushes and rhubarb and Mike Myers got elated and sappy.

Please thank Miller High Life Lite for this post.

 

spittledip

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Originally posted by: BillGates
The less we see of Mike Myers, the better. If only we could convince Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn to hang out along with him.

AMEN

Originally posted by: soonerproud
What is it with all these very successful and rich celebrities that are totally depressed and seem to be drawn to Buddhism, Hinduism, Kaballa, Scientology, Communism/Socialism and both prescription and street drugs. It is almost a daily news story of some celebrity who is going off the deep end on one of these things and they seem totally unsatisfied with their lives. It is almost like a prerequisite to being a celebrity is you have to be more dysfunctional than the average American.

Maybe the secret to happiness and balance in life is to be a total loser.

People who pretty much get everything they want find that they are unfulfilled even though they have what they want. W\Most of us would be the same way if we were in the same position.
 

Turin39789

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Originally posted by: soonerproud
What is it with all these very successful and rich celebrities that are totally depressed and seem to be drawn to Buddhism, Hinduism, Kaballa, Scientology, Communism/Socialism and both prescription and street drugs. It is almost a daily news story of some celebrity who is going off the deep end on one of these things and they seem totally unsatisfied with their lives. It is almost like a prerequisite to being a celebrity is you have to be more dysfunctional than the average American.

Maybe the secret to happiness and balance in life is to be a total loser.


Because two well established religions, two politicial philosophies and Scientology have a lot in common. Freakin Okies.
 

soonerproud

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Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: soonerproud
What is it with all these very successful and rich celebrities that are totally depressed and seem to be drawn to Buddhism, Hinduism, Kaballa, Scientology, Communism/Socialism and both prescription and street drugs. It is almost a daily news story of some celebrity who is going off the deep end on one of these things and they seem totally unsatisfied with their lives. It is almost like a prerequisite to being a celebrity is you have to be more dysfunctional than the average American.

Maybe the secret to happiness and balance in life is to be a total loser.


Because two well established religions, two politicial philosophies and Scientology have a lot in common. Freakin Okies.

Yes they do in fact. They all are magnets for fanatics and they think they are smarter than anyone else.

BTW, either you meant three well established religions and Scientology or you think Kabala is more like Scientology or a political philosophy.
 

Xylitol

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Originally posted by: ForumMaster
well they're working on Shrek 4 as far as i know. But to be honest, only the first two were good. You can only stretch a series so far.

i thought shrek 2 sucked and that shrek 3 and 1 were good