Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
(“…hail mary, full of grace…)
I have a photo. I have a Feature*. Now I need a Post. Lets break this down to make it more manageable, define our Problem: write 734 words on a topic of interest and do so in a manner that will engage, entertain, educate and elicit (a response) from you, the Reader.
you want an example of a scott in a single phrase?! ‘hey, Doug I don’t what I’m doing but I’m willing to give it a try’ (this is a true and actual event: I was on a trip offshore and though the boat was fairly large there were only three of us on board, Doug (the captain, myself and this guy… lets call him Scott.** In any event, Scott had never fished before but had met Doug at the Kingdom Hall that Doug attended. So the weather got bad and one night around 1 am Doug decided that it was time to ‘put the birds in the water’. ( Note: on larger modern fishing boats there are (often) two large outriggers, which are moveable booms that are hinged to allow them to be lowered to either side… (wait a minute… here’s a photo)
see those triangular shape things hanging from the end of the outriggers? birds
where the hell was I? … so, we’re bouncing up and down with waves washing over the deck and Doug yelled to Scott to ‘man the winch’ and his response was, ‘ok, I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’ll give it try’
Now, our scottian friends will be maintaining (loudly to themselves or (at) random passerbys) “HEY!! what the hell is wrong with that!?!? At least he’s not thinking or dreaming!! He’s ready to do something!” (And, our scottian friends are not incorrect). But the point (if there is one) is to demonstrate through contrast the three worldviews. clarks live in the world of the Outsider and our initial behavioral paradigm is to think. this seen in that fact that most clarks will identify with being rational (even though we often don’t make sense), most of us will have a store of knowledge (even though practicality is totally irrelevant to our acquisition of information) that is constantly replenished because our curiosity is insatiable ( knowing things is to clarks as sex is to scotts). A scott, living in the reality of the Predator, acts because in their world if you don’t act, you will be acted upon. scotts are impulsive and energetic (and most people view that as a positive quality because most people are not overly big on keeping track of causes and effects), action/living/moving/ is the ‘personality type’ of the person who relates themselves to the world around them, when that world is the reality of the Predator.
(we need to take a short break to earn some money…will be back)
Friends and alphabets:
Lizzi: damn! read dis thing
zoe hey zoe… I am not finished writing this Post (yeah, put that in your metaphysical pipe and smoke it!) but I will try to answer your Commentquestion or, if not remind me and I will do my best) z says:
Jean (god! I’m really getting scairt about the letters ‘S’ and ‘V’ for today a little warmup on the Letta N
* the Feature is the blockquote section above….Friends of the Doctrine do the Alphabet (sounds like a 70’s adult film title, but that’s what it is)
** not his real name, but definitely his predominant worldview, I can’t remember his name, which is odd, seeing how he was a scott.
About clarkscottroger
frist!!!
yes, frist it is! ( I got Frist on zoe’s Post today… no on gets FRIST on Lizzi…at least not more than once in a row)
lol
Ah but Real Life called today.
I did once! Felt right proud:)
You think I am scairt of S and V. it is “to laugh” hahaaha! jeh
it is nice that you like to fish. we are skindivers. bwahahahaha. My dad was a snorkeler who caught sharks as a young man. This is not easy, Then he quit killing fish but he would still dive.
I was registered NAUI in my 30’s , Ask me why I never was interested in PADI. !!! FAH!
I think I like the last line best. Chuckles.
“knowing things is to clarks as sex is to scotts”
So as a clark/scott, what I REALLY want is to know things DURING sex…?
Lizzi, I suppose it depends on what you put (ahem) between “things”and “sex.”
-during
-about
-with
-surrounding
-considered
-regarding
-concerning
-respecting
I think you get the idea….
See, now, you’ve got me thinking (oh YAY!)
I think the ‘during’ would depend on WHAT the think was. If it was something scrumptious, then hells yeah, but if it was like…penguins or femtoseconds or what’s for dinner, then something’s gone wrong.
about – YES!
with – how? How precisely does one think WITH sex?
surrounding/regarding/considering/concerning/with respect to – okay.
synonyms for “with”: “accompanying, in addition to, in the thick of, In the midst of…” again I guess it matters what your thinking about and lets hope it’s not the laundry or dinner…then you should probably be thinking about getting outta there…
Fortunately not usually either of those things ;)
“Hey Ladies” (what the hell song is that from?) Thinking? Nobody talks during sex anymore:) ? LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gg8-ehDUo0
I Know!!! I KNow!!!!
HA!
(even though) there are times when I truly despair for clarks, sometimes I even get ‘Ed Sullivaned’ by a well meaning clark…. or worse by far, the time I passed a Boy Scout troop hiking along the road for some charity event, single file line of (rogerian) Scoutmaster… followed by the scott and the rogers all smiling and joking and having fun and then a gap of maybe half the length of the single file of scouts and I saw the rogerian asst Scoutmaster stamping his well-shod feet, looking like a 14 year old boy after being scolded by a parent, resentfully glaring at the cars passing-by and my stomach fell, as I knew what I would see next…. and there he was maybe 30 feet behind the roger, wearing too much fuckin junk on his belt (that he believed everyone was supposed to wear) so he was walking in a lopsided gait, the strain on his face at the effort (except that he was staring with a look of determination at the enemy-ground as he tried to make his body behave and keep up, not a scintilla of enjoyment or hope left, just the look of wanting to not be in the center of the spotlight that he somehow felt, even knowing that all he could see (when he looked up in hope of being near the end) were the backs of the people that he convinced himself that he could be a part of, friends with, and all he had for encouragement was the pained-overly-loud sighs of the guy assigned to connect him to the group…
yet, yet!! when I read threads like this, I really love our people.
Poor clarked out kid….tortured by an effed up roger adult and himself….
I love us too!
:)
A Scott in a single phrase… That made me laugh. I can’t tell you the number of times I have said, “no, I’ve never done it, but I can do it!” I’ve gotten several jobs that way. :)
Christine
lol