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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
 Posted - 09/29/2003 : 14:58:01
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please solve an argument i'm currently having with my co-worker..
is the expression "i hope you can see the forest for the trees" supposed to mean, don't get hung up on small details but see the "larger picture"? or the opposite? ie. don't just see the big picture, but recognize the smaller details involved?
this is a mystery.. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2003 : 15:08:57
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I always understood it to mean "don't be myopic", so yeah, what you said...don't get hung up on the small details.
Did this argument come from talking about the song "headache", by any chance?
"That's not what I ordered. I ordered an opera. This is a potato print." --Laurie Anderson |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2003 : 16:26:22
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
please solve an argument i'm currently having with my co-worker..
is the expression "i hope you can see the forest for the trees" supposed to mean, don't get hung up on small details but see the "larger picture"? or the opposite? ie. don't just see the big picture, but recognize the smaller details involved?
this is a mystery..
I had always heard it as "can't see the forest for the trees", which amounts to the same as what you said but definitely points to a meaning of seeing the particulars while failing to discern the general. |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2003 : 17:00:39
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I'd agree with Hairy Bus.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2003 : 07:26:51
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We use that expression in engineering all the time, basically it means don't get caught up in the small details as you said, floop.
 "Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2003 : 07:28:56
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I know the expression to not be able to see "the wood for the trees" |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2003 : 09:48:33
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I heard it 'the leaves from the trees.'
Well..at least it rhymes.. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2003 : 10:02:28
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| i think the opposite is just as important though: you shouldn't be blinded by the vague, big picture of things.. it's important to appreciate the smaller details too.. know what i mean? |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2003 : 15:57:19
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Maybe we should have a
TREES FROM THE LEAVES
S U R V I V O R ! ! !
And vote off one point of view! The smaller details, or the big picture.
WHO WILL SURVIVE??
The choice is yours...... |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2003 : 16:02:19
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I vote off floop. He cheats at Rock Paper Scissors.
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2003 : 16:40:00
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| i did not fucking cheat! you just suck. don't take it out on me. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2003 : 16:40:31
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| i vote off cult of frank because he's a sore loser, AND makes fun of people for spelling mistakes. |
Edited by - floop on 09/30/2003 16:40:54 |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2003 : 19:36:14
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| Um..the vote is for the 'big picture' or 'details'. Crikey. |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2003 : 23:05:30
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I vote off myself becuase I suck.
I am eating dry Wheaties and drinking beer in the middle of the night.
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2003 : 01:07:02
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Has anyone heard of the band called "Forest for the Trees?" Dave, you seem to like Beck, he did some music with them a few years back.
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
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Blackolyte
- FB Fan -
USA
109 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2003 : 01:21:42
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave Noisy
Maybe we should have a
TREES FROM THE LEAVES
S U R V I V O R ! ! !
And vote off one point of view! The smaller details, or the big picture.
WHO WILL SURVIVE??
The choice is yours......
Will it take as long as FB.net Members Survivor?
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2003 : 16:46:31
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Glac - nope..not familiar..
Blaco - undoubtedly. |
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