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Researcher 185550 Posted Jun 2, 2003
I'm not sure what the Nagasaki scissors are either.
I like the Wittgenstein thing though. My philosophy class did a presentation on Wittgentsein, it was rather chaotic.
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Recumbentman Posted Jun 2, 2003
Well if Chaiwallah won't tell it I'll have to myself.
Big wrestling match, Dessie the Barreller against the Ninja Nightmare. Dessie's coach has told him that the Ninja Nightmare has a deadly hold called the Nagasaki Scissors, avoid it at all costs, if he gets you in that you're done for.
Fifth round and Dessie feels himself being trussed up like a chicken. Oh-oh, it's the Nagasaki Scissors! His head is hidden in a tangle of legs and bellies, he knows the ref can't see, so feeing a set of squashy genitals pushing against his mouth he decides to clamp his jaw round them and gives an almighty chew . . .
The crowd erupts as the Ninja Nightmare flies from the ring, describes a perfect parabola and alights in the balcony very much the worse for wear. Dessie is looking dazed and confused, but he's the clear winner!
Later his coach says, You know Dessie, when I saw him put the Nagasaki Scissors on you I thought you were a goner. How in the world did you get out of that?
Well says Dessie, my head was hidden in a tangle of legs and bellies, I knew the ref couldn't see, so feeing a set of squashy genitals pushing against my mouth I decided to clamp my jaw round them and give an almighty chew . . . and I'm telling you, it gives a man a terrible burst of energy when he bites his own b*llix.
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Recumbentman Posted Jun 2, 2003
In reply to Dr Deckchair on Wittgenstein's persona --
Yes, I guess he was a little . . . serious. I'm being unnecessarily protective. There aren't many jokes in his biography, though he enjoyed writing silly postcards to his friends.
Looking at the stars one night with Norman Malcolm, he pointed out the constellation Cassiopeia and said that the W shape stood for Wittgenstein. Malcolm said he saw it as an M for Malcolm. Wittgenstein gravely informed him he was mistaken.
Bundle of laughs, eh, our Luddy!
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chaiwallah Posted Jun 2, 2003
On the subject of Knock Knock jokes, here's a little French gem;
Frappe, frappe
Qui est la?
Lors t'ya
Lorstya qui?
o
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Dr Deckchair Funderlik Posted Jun 3, 2003
Ah, the Nagasaki Scissors, also known as the 'Full Pretzel' - twice as bad as the 'Half Pretzel'...
from the same source as:
'An elephant has s*** on Sauchiehall Street. Treat it as a roundabout'
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Dr Deckchair Funderlik Posted Jun 3, 2003
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Understandable - but its just water of a duck's back isn't it? - I equally satirise those I admire and those I don't for just the same reason: they have their own strengths. In Wittgenstein's case, I couldn't even begin to quantify the intelligence of the man who wrote both the Tractatus and the Investigations.
Wittgenstein was never comfortable with those that followed him as admirers. He was constantly trying to release them from it. Ironic, then. that he has such a charismatic presence.
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Patron Saint of Kittens... aka Pantherlady THE Werepanther of h2g2 and Queen of BBNs Posted Jun 3, 2003
I would like to join if thats ok... my philosophical phrase would be....
If everything is equally boring then everything is equally interesting.
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Patron Saint of Kittens... aka Pantherlady THE Werepanther of h2g2 and Queen of BBNs Posted Jun 3, 2003
Thank you! I shall inundate you with some bizarre ones... interested in why everything is a goat?
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chaiwallah Posted Jun 3, 2003
Hi PSK aka Catwoman,
You may have noticed that this deeply philosophical phorum phlirts with jokes, understandably given that any philosopher devoid of a sense of humour isn't worth the paper he publishes on!
So, given that two identical entries on a mere two threads hardly constitutes "spamming" under the House Rules, I offer the following, which will also shortly appear over on the Rimickle thread, because it is a rimickle.
Immanuel Kant's
Occasional rants
On his soap-box made folks think him mental
For insisting he'd two transcendental
Legs on his pants.
o
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Patron Saint of Kittens... aka Pantherlady THE Werepanther of h2g2 and Queen of BBNs Posted Jun 3, 2003
did I spam? oops. Sorry.... i figured id explain goats...
logical proof that everything is a goat
1. Clearly the opposite of everything is nothing
2. nothing is a goat is clearly wrong
3. therefore everything must be a goat
enjoy
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Recumbentman Posted Jun 3, 2003
No, it was Chaiwallah who thought *he* was possibly guilty of cross-posting. Visit "Each Post a Rimickle" at F120626?thread=265158
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Patron Saint of Kittens... aka Pantherlady THE Werepanther of h2g2 and Queen of BBNs Posted Jun 3, 2003
Oh... thats ok then. Thank you. Well, if you'd like another little thought before I go... stressed spelled backwards is desserts!
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chaiwallah Posted Jun 3, 2003
Nice one! Does this imply that karma is inbuilt, so that stressed people, in reaping the fruits of their negative actions, are getting their just desserts?
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Patron Saint of Kittens... aka Pantherlady THE Werepanther of h2g2 and Queen of BBNs Posted Jun 3, 2003
Id say it means what it wants to mean to you... how did you take it
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Dr Deckchair Funderlik Posted Jun 3, 2003
I reckon it means, when you're stressed, eat a nice big dessert, like steamed pudding and custard. That then 'reverses' the stress. Works for me, anyway.
Few philosophers in history have tackled the subject of pudding. Aristotle might have mentioned sticky buns in a footnote somewhere. But that's all, I think.
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Patron Saint of Kittens... aka Pantherlady THE Werepanther of h2g2 and Queen of BBNs Posted Jun 3, 2003
I like that thought. Think thats how id like it to be.
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chaiwallah Posted Jun 3, 2003
On another philosophical note, if the pursuit of happiness is the philospher's quest, then we must now look forward to neuro-philosophy, much as we have had neuro-theology over on the "god" thread.
Neuroscientist Professor Richard Davidson of the Uni.of Wisconsin-Madison has shown that some people have brain activity "set" more to the left, some more to the right frontal cortex. Those "set" left tend to be happy, flexible, compassionate etc., those "set" right tend to be unhappy, angry, aggressive. Interestingly, he has found that this brain "set" can be changed, you've guessed it, through meditation. He has found that Tibetan Buddhist monks he's been studying have the highest left-set frontal cortices he's studied.( Big article Sunday Times May 25th.)
So there we are, philosophers. Take time out, sit in stillness, and happiness will come your way. After thirty-five years of meditation, I have to agree with him. After a couple of thousand years experience, most Buddhists would agree with him. After many thousands of years of experience, most yogis would agree with him. Be interested to be measured.
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Dr Anthea - ah who needs to learn things... just google it! Posted Jun 3, 2003
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