Threads in saa

It seems to me that threads in saa develop only in a small number
of ways. I dreamt up one example to one of the gerenic types ---
one that does not develop into a flame war. I found it somewhat
amusing and hope no one takes offense that I venture to post it.

Cheers -- Harald
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OP:
Someone told me about some holy script in which a guy called
Jesus walked on some kind of liquid. Now I can't remember which
scrip it was, nor what the liquid was. Idea, anyone?
----

1R:
The scipt was the Bible, and the liquid water.
----

2R:
No I don't think it was water -- you can't walk on water. Ever
tried it? You have to swim in water, otherwise you sink and are
suffocated to death. The density of water is about the same as
that of a human body.
----

3R:
The density of mercury (the substance, not the planet) is much
higher than that of a human body. I think you can walk on
mercury. I think that's what Jesus actually walked on.
----

4R:
I would definitely advise against walking on murcury. It would be
extermely hazardous. You will lose balance, fall over and never
come up. You can't swim in murcury. Ever tried to swim in
mayonnaise? Well, I have! It doesn't work -- and mercury is of
similar consistency.
----

5R:
You wrote
You will lose balance, fall over and never come up.

Would you come up if it was whisky?

"If the ocean was whisky
and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom
and never come up"

----
6R:
I think it should be expressed in contrapositive. "A implies B"
is logically equivalent to "not-B implies not-A":

"If I never reach bottom
or sometimes come up
then the ocean isn't whisky
or I'm not a duck"

----
7R:
I can walk on water. We do that all the time in winter here in
Sweden. The water is frozen, so it's hard. I mean -- it is *easy*
beacuse it is hard. We can do that because of the "allemansraett"
("all-mens-right".)
----

8R:
Oh, oh. THAT IS COMMUNISM. Here in the US. of A. all rivers and
lakes are privately owned. It is called capitalism, and is what
made this country so great. So you can't go canoeing, much less
walk, anywhere in or on any water unless you first buy the lake
or river. That is freedom --- we are the only country in the
world where there is real freedom. God bless us Americans.

----
9R:
PLEASE don't answer the previous TROLL!
Btw., I haven't eaten mayonnaise, or bearnaise for that matter,
since the French veto.

----
10R:
It's a good thing that Italy supported the war, otherise we would
have had to give up pizza!! Thank's, Berlusconi!

----
11R:
I don't think mercury is a liquid. It is a floating solid. And
Berlusconi isn't the prime minister of Italy, it is another
guy with the same name.

----
12R:
Shouldn't we get back on topic? Is bearnaise really French? isn't
it Swiss?

----
12R again:
Make that mayonnaise (not bearnaise).

----
13R:
Vot you talking?? All very konfusingk. Berlusconi valk on mercury?
Or bearnaise? I sink neiser!! Swiss make kuckoo-klocks.

----
OP:
Hi there. Thank you all, guys. What a wealth of valuable
information. I have saved all responses and will read them
through in one context to really get the whole picture. Thanks
again -- wonderful ng.

Harald Lang wrote in message:

It seems to me that threads in saa develop only in a small number
of ways. I dreamt up one example to one of the gerenic types ---
one that does not develop into a flame war. I found it somewhat
amusing and hope no one takes offense that I venture to post it.


Harald,

This is deadly accurate and, at the same time, hilarious. I can now save a
great deal of time by just doing a bit of judicious EDIT/REPLACE and pretty
much predict the outcome of most SAA threads!

Thanks for the post!

Dave Jessie

"Harald Lang" wrote in message
...
[snip]
5R:
You wrote
You will lose balance, fall over and never come up.

Would you come up if it was whisky?

"If the ocean was whisky
and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom
and never come up"

----
6R:
I think it should be expressed in contrapositive. "A implies B"
is logically equivalent to "not-B implies not-A":

"If I never reach bottom
or sometimes come up
then the ocean isn't whisky
or I'm not a duck"
[snip]

I really appreciated this part ... ;-))

"Harald Lang" wrote in message
...

It seems to me that threads in saa develop only in a small number
of ways. I dreamt up one example to one of the gerenic types ---
one that does not develop into a flame war. I found it somewhat
amusing and hope no one takes offense that I venture to post it.
snip

Well done.

BV.

Harald,
Charming! We need more humor on SAA. Sometimes we get so wrought up we
lose perspective. The current thread on the Ranger and the Pronto is an
example.
By the way, I recently spent 10 days in Sweden. A wonderful country and
a delightful, warm and helpful people.
Bill Meyers

Harald Lang wrote:

It seems to me that threads in saa develop only in a small number
of ways. I dreamt up one example to one of the gerenic types ---
one that does not develop into a flame war. I found it somewhat
amusing and hope no one takes offense that I venture to post it.

Cheers -- Harald
----
OP:
Someone told me about some holy script in which a guy called
Jesus walked on some kind of liquid. Now I can't remember which
scrip it was, nor what the liquid was. Idea, anyone?
----

1R:
The scipt was the Bible, and the liquid water.
----

2R:
No I don't think it was water -- you can't walk on water. Ever
tried it? You have to swim in water, otherwise you sink and are
suffocated to death. The density of water is about the same as
that of a human body.
----

3R:
The density of mercury (the substance, not the planet) is much
higher than that of a human body. I think you can walk on
mercury. I think that's what Jesus actually walked on.
----

4R:
I would definitely advise against walking on murcury. It would be
extermely hazardous. You will lose balance, fall over and never
come up. You can't swim in murcury. Ever tried to swim in
mayonnaise? Well, I have! It doesn't work -- and mercury is of
similar consistency.
----

5R:
You wrote

You will lose balance, fall over and never come up.


Would you come up if it was whisky?

"If the ocean was whisky
and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom
and never come up"

----
6R:
I think it should be expressed in contrapositive. "A implies B"
is logically equivalent to "not-B implies not-A":

"If I never reach bottom
or sometimes come up
then the ocean isn't whisky
or I'm not a duck"

----
7R:
I can walk on water. We do that all the time in winter here in
Sweden. The water is frozen, so it's hard. I mean -- it is *easy*
beacuse it is hard. We can do that because of the "allemansraett"
("all-mens-right".)
----

8R:
Oh, oh. THAT IS COMMUNISM. Here in the US. of A. all rivers and
lakes are privately owned. It is called capitalism, and is what
made this country so great. So you can't go canoeing, much less
walk, anywhere in or on any water unless you first buy the lake
or river. That is freedom --- we are the only country in the
world where there is real freedom. God bless us Americans.

----
9R:
PLEASE don't answer the previous TROLL!
Btw., I haven't eaten mayonnaise, or bearnaise for that matter,
since the French veto.

----
10R:
It's a good thing that Italy supported the war, otherise we would
have had to give up pizza!! Thank's, Berlusconi!

----
11R:
I don't think mercury is a liquid. It is a floating solid. And
Berlusconi isn't the prime minister of Italy, it is another
guy with the same name.

----
12R:
Shouldn't we get back on topic? Is bearnaise really French? isn't
it Swiss?

----
12R again:
Make that mayonnaise (not bearnaise).

----
13R:
Vot you talking?? All very konfusingk. Berlusconi valk on mercury?
Or bearnaise? I sink neiser!! Swiss make kuckoo-klocks.

----
OP:
Hi there. Thank you all, guys. What a wealth of valuable
information. I have saved all responses and will read them
through in one context to really get the whole picture. Thanks
again -- wonderful ng.

Beautiful!
A "me too", quoting the entire post, and a top posting to enrage the "no top
posting ever" gestapo.

"Bill Meyers" wrote in message
...
Harald,
Charming! We need more humor on SAA. Sometimes we get so wrought up we
lose perspective. The current thread on the Ranger and the Pronto is an
example.
By the way, I recently spent 10 days in Sweden. A wonderful country and
a delightful, warm and helpful people.
Bill Meyers

Harald Lang wrote:

It seems to me that threads in saa develop only in a small number
of ways. I dreamt up one example to one of the gerenic types ---
one that does not develop into a flame war. I found it somewhat
amusing and hope no one takes offense that I venture to post it.

Cheers -- Harald
----
OP:
Someone told me about some holy script in which a guy called
Jesus walked on some kind of liquid. Now I can't remember which
scrip it was, nor what the liquid was. Idea, anyone?
----

1R:
The scipt was the Bible, and the liquid water.
----

2R:
No I don't think it was water -- you can't walk on water. Ever
tried it? You have to swim in water, otherwise you sink and are
suffocated to death. The density of water is about the same as
that of a human body.
----

3R:
The density of mercury (the substance, not the planet) is much
higher than that of a human body. I think you can walk on
mercury. I think that's what Jesus actually walked on.
----

4R:
I would definitely advise against walking on murcury. It would be
extermely hazardous. You will lose balance, fall over and never
come up. You can't swim in murcury. Ever tried to swim in
mayonnaise? Well, I have! It doesn't work -- and mercury is of
similar consistency.
----

5R:
You wrote

You will lose balance, fall over and never come up.


Would you come up if it was whisky?

"If the ocean was whisky
and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom
and never come up"

----
6R:
I think it should be expressed in contrapositive. "A implies B"
is logically equivalent to "not-B implies not-A":

"If I never reach bottom
or sometimes come up
then the ocean isn't whisky
or I'm not a duck"

----
7R:
I can walk on water. We do that all the time in winter here in
Sweden. The water is frozen, so it's hard. I mean -- it is *easy*
beacuse it is hard. We can do that because of the "allemansraett"
("all-mens-right".)
----

8R:
Oh, oh. THAT IS COMMUNISM. Here in the US. of A. all rivers and
lakes are privately owned. It is called capitalism, and is what
made this country so great. So you can't go canoeing, much less
walk, anywhere in or on any water unless you first buy the lake
or river. That is freedom --- we are the only country in the
world where there is real freedom. God bless us Americans.

----
9R:
PLEASE don't answer the previous TROLL!
Btw., I haven't eaten mayonnaise, or bearnaise for that matter,
since the French veto.

----
10R:
It's a good thing that Italy supported the war, otherise we would
have had to give up pizza!! Thank's, Berlusconi!

----
11R:
I don't think mercury is a liquid. It is a floating solid. And
Berlusconi isn't the prime minister of Italy, it is another
guy with the same name.

----
12R:
Shouldn't we get back on topic? Is bearnaise really French? isn't
it Swiss?

----
12R again:
Make that mayonnaise (not bearnaise).

----
13R:
Vot you talking?? All very konfusingk. Berlusconi valk on mercury?
Or bearnaise? I sink neiser!! Swiss make kuckoo-klocks.

----
OP:
Hi there. Thank you all, guys. What a wealth of valuable
information. I have saved all responses and will read them
through in one context to really get the whole picture. Thanks
again -- wonderful ng.

In article , Anthony
Garcia wrote:

"Harald Lang" wrote in message
...
[snip]
5R:
You wrote
You will lose balance, fall over and never come up.

Would you come up if it was whisky?

"If the ocean was whisky
and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom
and never come up"

----
6R:
I think it should be expressed in contrapositive. "A implies B"
is logically equivalent to "not-B implies not-A":

"If I never reach bottom
or sometimes come up
then the ocean isn't whisky
or I'm not a duck"
[snip]

I really appreciated this part ... ;-))



That's 'cause it was brilliant! :-)

Rocky, with tears of laughter in his eyes

In article id, Rocky
wrote:

In article , Anthony
Garcia wrote:

"Harald Lang" wrote in message
...
[snip]
5R:
You wrote
You will lose balance, fall over and never come up.

Would you come up if it was whisky?

"If the ocean was whisky
and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom
and never come up"

----
6R:
I think it should be expressed in contrapositive. "A implies B"
is logically equivalent to "not-B implies not-A":

"If I never reach bottom
or sometimes come up
then the ocean isn't whisky
or I'm not a duck"
[snip]

I really appreciated this part ... ;-))



That's 'cause it was brilliant! :-)

Rocky, with tears of laughter in his eyes

Actually, this was my second good laugh of the day, and since the other
one was sort of related to astronomy I'll try to relate it here.

I had to have my septic tank checked and the guys that came to do it
didn't fit the stereotype of septic tank guys (assuming there is one).
When I happened to mention I was an amateur astronomer, one of the guys
perked up. He knew about the threat to the Hubble and the Mercury
launch, too. He said he had a Hubble calendar that someone had given
him when he was handing out his company's calendars. I asked with a
big smile: "Oh, does yours have pictures of attractive septic tanks?"

Rocky, who say maybe you had to be there but is still chuckling