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Racing a Fireball while riding a trapeze

#1 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:39 pm

D'oh, Why didn't I think of putting this on my WWTBAM application years ago. Its something I used (35 years ago) to do a lot.
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The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#2 Post by silvercamaro » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:53 pm

Be sure to mention that, in a professional capacity, you aid and abet squirrels.

That's almost as dangerous.









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#3 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:11 pm

silvercamaro wrote:Be sure to mention that, in a professional capacity, you aid and abet squirrels.

That's almost as dangerous.









:D
I'm thinking about forming the ASLU, The American Squirrel Liberties Union, but only if I can get Mr. E. Squirrel to pay his dues with something other than acorns and tinfoil.
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#4 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:10 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:Be sure to mention that, in a professional capacity, you aid and abet squirrels.

That's almost as dangerous.









:D



I'm thinking about forming the ASLU, The American Squirrel Liberties Union, but only if I can get Mr. E. Squirrel to pay his dues with something other than acorns and tinfoil.

Can I join? I can pay in gratuitous insemination.
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#5 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:43 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:Be sure to mention that, in a professional capacity, you aid and abet squirrels.

That's almost as dangerous.









:D



I'm thinking about forming the ASLU, The American Squirrel Liberties Union, but only if I can get Mr. E. Squirrel to pay his dues with something other than acorns and tinfoil.

Can I join? I can pay in gratuitous insemination.

no no no no no noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#6 Post by Beebs52 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:52 pm

I could do ads for your organization. Midgets like me.
Well, then
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#7 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:55 pm

Beebs52 wrote:I could do ads for your organization. Midgets like me.
I think I'm gonna have to report that to DSS, the Department of Squirrel Services. That sure looks like Squirrel Abuse to me.
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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#8 Post by Beebs52 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:01 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:I could do ads for your organization. Midgets like me.
I think I'm gonna have to report that to DSS, the Department of Squirrel Services. That sure looks like Squirrel Abuse to me.
But, they really, really like me! At least seven of'em do. I didn't ask them to remodel my house. They offered. Sorta.
Well, then
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#9 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:01 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:I could do ads for your organization. Midgets like me.
I think I'm gonna have to report that to DSS, the Department of Squirrel Services. That sure looks like Squirrel Abuse to me.
The only squirrel abuse is what I'll do to you if you touch her.
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#10 Post by Beebs52 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:02 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:I could do ads for your organization. Midgets like me.
I think I'm gonna have to report that to DSS, the Department of Squirrel Services. That sure looks like Squirrel Abuse to me.
The only squirrel abuse is what I'll do to you if you touch her.
Ooh! Ooh! My heero squeero! Pookums!
Well, then
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#11 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:03 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote: I think I'm gonna have to report that to DSS, the Department of Squirrel Services. That sure looks like Squirrel Abuse to me.
The only squirrel abuse is what I'll do to you if you touch her.
Ooh! Ooh! My heero squeero! Pookums!
Yes m'am. No neuticles here.
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#12 Post by Beebs52 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:06 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote: The only squirrel abuse is what I'll do to you if you touch her.
Ooh! Ooh! My heero squeero! Pookums!
Yes m'am. No neuticles here.
Um, so is your friend still around?
Well, then
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#13 Post by ulysses5019 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:10 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
Beebs52 wrote: Ooh! Ooh! My heero squeero! Pookums!
Yes m'am. No neuticles here.
Um, so is your friend still around?
Don't think so m'am. I think he's out back reading Neuticle Quarterly.
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#14 Post by Beebs52 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:18 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote: Yes m'am. No neuticles here.
Um, so is your friend still around?
Don't think so m'am. I think he's out back reading Neuticle Quarterly.
Well, now that you're here I have the real thing, speaking of nuts.

Disclaimer: I tried hard to find a squirrel ho picture but was afraid of drilling too far down into Google, fearing what I might find that would be inappropriate.
Well, then
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#15 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:20 pm

I don't think that non-human animals should wear clothes. It just looks odd.
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#16 Post by Beebs52 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:22 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I don't think that non-human animals should wear clothes. It just looks odd.
No kidding. How the heck did they get the squirrel stay still for the mouse ears?
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#17 Post by AnnieCamaro » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:25 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I don't think that non-human animals should wear clothes. It just looks odd.
I hope you don't feel that way about my birthday suit.

/:P\
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#18 Post by Beebs52 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:37 pm

AnnieCamaro wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I don't think that non-human animals should wear clothes. It just looks odd.
I hope you don't feel that way about my birthday suit.

/:P\
But, you're human. WTF?
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#19 Post by AnnieCamaro » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:40 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
AnnieCamaro wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I don't think that non-human animals should wear clothes. It just looks odd.
I hope you don't feel that way about my birthday suit.

/:P\
But, you're human. WTF?
You are one of the Enlightened Ones, Miss Beebs. Far too many two-footers think of all four-footers as "animals," as if that were a label of derision.
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