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Another thought: Are there any philosophical similarities between the shaggy dog story and the MacGuffin????

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Who will inherit the earth? The meek or the cockroaches?

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I bet either of them would have a big standoff with the termites..

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If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't be in the mess I'm in now, which resulted from my not knowing then what I needed to know then. I'm assuming that in a few years I'll know then what I need to now, but by then it will be too late to help me now. How do I find out now what I need to know now? I await your word oh revered sage of the town of beans.

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Thank you for bringing up the meek. I've always been suspicious of them. They represent a threat that philosophy alone will not resolve. It demands activism. We should stop them before they take control of the world.

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dagmaraka wrote:

Thank you for bringing up the meek. I've always been suspicious of them. They represent a threat that philosophy alone will not resolve. It demands activism. We should stop them before they take control of the world.

Oh, don't START me on the goddam meek!

The meek are BASTARDS!

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I have returned from a sojourn on the mountain top, oh truthseekers. As a bonus, I have showered.

Roberta wrote:

As long as you brung up the issue of tall buildings, I've got another question.

A person is working on a scaffold many stories above the street. Something falls from the scaffold. The person on the scaffold shouts, "Heads up!" People look up. This is not the desired reaction. He wants people to know that someing is falling. Why does he say, "Heads up" instead of saying something like, "Hey, get the hell out of the way down there"?

Tragically, there is a syllable shortage in this country and that prevents more accurate and extensive warnings in such circumstances. Many of our rare available syllables are doing yeoman service for doctors, lawyers and members of Congress. Rationing coupons will be distributed next month.

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Phoenix32890 wrote:

Hmmm.....tall buildings. A man jumps off a building in a suicide attempt. On one of the lower floors a thief attempts to shoot a man that he is trying to rob. The shot misses, goes out the window, hits the man who is jumping, and kills him.

Question: What was the name of the man who was being robbed?

Elmer Q. Pellknockle.

It's always Elmer; he's caught in a deja vu/Groundhog Day continual time loop, poor chap.

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Phoenix32890 wrote:

Alternate tall building story which will be understood by Noo Yawkers:

On 37th Street a man was distraught that his business was not doing well.
He decides to kill himself, and jumps off the top of the building where he has his business. On the way down, he passes his office, where his partner is looking out the window.

"Cut velvet", he shouts to his partner.

I confess I do not know that one. Enlightenment comes from many places, er, I'd love to hear it. Smile

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Phoenix32890 wrote:

Another thought: Are there any philosophical similarities between the shaggy dog story and the MacGuffin????

Not necessarily, unless the dog is a Scottie.

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What holds all the hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, etc ,molecules in our bodies together in one cohesive, thinking, moving, living being?

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Roberta wrote:

Who will inherit the earth? The meek or the cockroaches?

ossobuco wrote:

I bet either of them would have a big standoff with the termites..

dagmaraka wrote:

Thank you for bringing up the meek. I've always been suspicious of them. They represent a threat that philosophy alone will not resolve. It demands activism. We should stop them before they take control of the world.

dlowan wrote:

Oh, don't START me on the goddam meek!

The meek are BASTARDS!

The world will be inherited by Elmer Q. Pellknockle, but only after he finishes being robbed. Since he's caught in a continuous deja vu/Groundhog Day time loop, that will never happen.

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Roberta wrote:

If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't be in the mess I'm in now, which resulted from my not knowing then what I needed to know then. I'm assuming that in a few years I'll know then what I need to now, but by then it will be too late to help me now. How do I find out now what I need to know now? I await your word oh revered sage of the town of beans.

And here I thought Elmer was in a time loop.

Knowledge is like a cascading rivulet of, uh, something, but it's kinda nice to say cascading rivulet, it rolls off the tongue much like Ricardo Montalban discussing rich Corinthian leather. Essentially, though, you can't know everything you have to know unless you build a time machine and row out to meet yourself. This would cause chaos and, while you were becoming enlightened, there would be a huge matter-antimatter explosion so my advice is, stay out of the time machine biz unless you're a second HG Wells.

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littlek wrote:

What holds all the hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, etc ,molecules in our bodies together in one cohesive, thinking, moving, living being?

Aquanet.

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What's the best way to cool a sausage? I find they burn my mouth if they are too hot.

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