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#26 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:51 am

Because of an idiotic brain fart in which I initially wrote "high jump" instead of "long jump," I will accept the first three answers as correct, even though "Secretariat" is not just the wrong answer but the wrong species.
You can't possibly give me points for Secretariat. I knew you meant long jump, but I couldn't come up with the name. I meant it be funny, so humor points might be appropriate.
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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#27 Post by LookingForHumorPoints » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:06 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Because of an idiotic brain fart in which I initially wrote "high jump" instead of "long jump," I will accept the first three answers as correct, even though "Secretariat" is not just the wrong answer but the wrong species.
You can't possibly give me points for Secretariat. I knew you meant long jump, but I couldn't come up with the name. I meant it be funny, so humor points might be appropriate.
You're barking up the wrong tree there, suitdude!

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#28 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:16 am

LookingForHumorPoints wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Because of an idiotic brain fart in which I initially wrote "high jump" instead of "long jump," I will accept the first three answers as correct, even though "Secretariat" is not just the wrong answer but the wrong species.
You can't possibly give me points for Secretariat. I knew you meant long jump, but I couldn't come up with the name. I meant it be funny, so humor points might be appropriate.
You're barking up the wrong tree there, suitdude!
Yeah, quit horsing around.
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#29 Post by JBillyGirl » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:54 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Because of an idiotic brain fart in which I initially wrote "high jump" instead of "long jump," I will accept the first three answers as correct, even though "Secretariat" is not just the wrong answer but the wrong species.
You can't possibly give me points for Secretariat. I knew you meant long jump, but I couldn't come up with the name. I meant it be funny, so humor points might be appropriate.
I can and I have. I appreciate your honesty, but I meant what I said (it's a makeup for my boneheaded mistake), and I mean to keep my word. Plus Marley has already added in your score. So unless Marley objects, you will take your REAL points and you will like them. :P

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#30 Post by MarleysGh0st » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:58 pm

JBillyGirl wrote:
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Because of an idiotic brain fart in which I initially wrote "high jump" instead of "long jump," I will accept the first three answers as correct, even though "Secretariat" is not just the wrong answer but the wrong species.
You can't possibly give me points for Secretariat. I knew you meant long jump, but I couldn't come up with the name. I meant it be funny, so humor points might be appropriate.
I can and I have. I appreciate your honesty, but I meant what I said (it's a makeup for my boneheaded mistake), and I mean to keep my word. Plus Marley has already added in your score. So unless Marley objects, you will take your REAL points and you will like them. :P
No objection.

He's stuck with those points! :P

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