"Howard" wrote in message
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On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 21:41:49 -0000, Soliloquy
wrote:

"Caveat Lector" wrote in news:zItNd.29339$xt.7087
@fed1read07:

Stooopid. I am looking for an Amish family to adopt me. America is being
flushed down the **** tubes, elections are rigged, jobs flow overseas
faster than the water from Lake Erie over the Niagara Falls, moronic
"reality" shows dominate the television, and we continue with the asinine
skits such as this one. I would have thought that it was funny at one
time, but endless laughter is indicative of a deranged mind.

Actually the water rushing over Niagara Falls is from the Niagara
River, fed by Lake Ontario, and flowing into Lake Erie.

So actually, he's right. Jobs -are- flowing overseas faster than water from
Lake Erie is going over the Niagara Falls.

"Honus" wrote in
news:mswNd.10160$uc.10127@trnddc05:

I see that you are truly as stupid as Howard. Thanks for proving my point,
asshole ;-)

http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module...tLakesFlow.htm

So actually, he's right. Jobs -are- flowing overseas faster than water
from Lake Erie is going over the Niagara Falls.

"Soliloquy" wrote in message
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"Honus" wrote in
news:mswNd.10160$uc.10127@trnddc05:

I see that you are truly as stupid as Howard. Thanks for proving my point,
asshole ;-)

For all you know I was agreeing with you. No matter how you look at what you
said, it could be argued that your statement was correct. If the water flows
as you said, then your point stands although it can be debated. But if the
water flows as Howard said, you're absolutely in the right. And -I'm- the
stupid one?

http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module...tLakesFlow.htm

So actually, he's right. Jobs -are- flowing overseas faster than water
from Lake Erie is going over the Niagara Falls.

"Honus" wrote in
news:C7xNd.10164$uc.6702@trnddc05:

I noticed that you simply left your reply as a premise, offering you a
way out either way. Take a side, don't leave it dangle. If you feel that
it could be debated, it sways the issue to indicate that you actually
didn't agree with my post anyway, leaving it open to the distinct
possibility that you were unaware of the flow direction. At least DXAce
replied (Huh?) under Howard's assertion that the flow was reversed. DXAce
goes on to counsel me on a move to Canada.

Major apologies if your post was in agreement with mine. I suspect that
it wasn't though, and that you are fishing for a way out of your
ignorance.

Did you see "The Princess Bride"?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes

Look at this quote from the movie, depicting a dizzying series of logic
reversals.

You would have to see the movie to appreciate the following. It concerned
a sequence with a supposedly intellectual man. The gist was that one
goblet of wine was to be poisoned, the other not. The intelligent man
would be offered his choice of goblet, not knowing which one contained
the poison.

"Vizzini: Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet,
because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was
given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in
front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would
have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.


Vizzini: You only think I guessed wrong - that's what's so funny. I
switched glasses when your back was turned. Ha-ha, you fool. You fell
victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "Never
get involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly less well known is
this: "Never go in against a Sicilian, when *death* is on the line.".
Hahahahahah.

[Vizzini falls over dead] "

And look, we are back to laughing again. How ironic.

Soliloquy


For all you know I was agreeing with you. No matter how you look at
what you said, it could be argued that your statement was correct. If
the water flows as you said, then your point stands although it can be
debated. But if the water flows as Howard said, you're absolutely in
the right. And -I'm- the stupid one?

"Soliloquy" wrote in message
. 3.44...
"Honus" wrote in
news:C7xNd.10164$uc.6702@trnddc05:

I noticed that you simply left your reply as a premise, offering you a
way out either way. Take a side, don't leave it dangle.

Firstly, I happen to know the meaning of the word you use for a handle; I
didn't want to intrude. Of course, your speech -was- made in public, so
I'll fall back on "secondly", which is this:

I very rarely take sides, especially in such off-topic political ****ing
matches. Anyone who's been paying attention, however, would note that I -do-
make "attaboy" posts whenever I see someone (most recently Brenda) pointing
out that there are idiots and well-meaning people on both sides of the
aisle. However, if it'll make you feel better, I'll take a position on all
of the topics in your first paragraph. Time doesn't allow for further
comment. Here we go:

Stooopid.

Yes, it was. But it made me laugh, at least a little. Pies in the face are
stupid, but they sometimes make me laugh as well. Lighten up. You'll live
longer.

I am looking for an Amish family to adopt me.

Now -that- is stupid. That, by the way, is how it's spelled. Spelling it as
you did makes you look like an idjit. Get it?

America is being
flushed down the **** tubes,

I disagree. We're flushing ourselves down the **** tubes. I believe that's
an important distinction. We're responsible.

elections are rigged,

I agree. I live in Seattle, and I'm living through it as we speak.

jobs flow overseas
faster than the water from Lake Erie over the Niagara Falls,

That depends. How do you quantify the two in comparable terms? One gallon
per minute of flow equals one job lost? Or one gallon per hour? Or am I at
liberty to take this as a figure of speech? In that case, I would tend to
agree although I really don't know for sure. I do hear quite a bit on the
news about it, but you know how that goes.

moronic
"reality" shows dominate the television,

That's one of the reasons that I very rarely watch TV. So, I agree.

and we continue with the asinine
skits such as this one.

It was a prank call from a radio station that got you overly wound up. It
did lean towards asinine, but so what? I'm about to watch an old silent
Keyston Kops movie with my little girl. Bite me if you disapprove.

I would have thought that it was funny at one
time, but endless laughter is indicative of a deranged mind.

I'm pretty sure that the recipient of that call isn't laughing anymore, and
so I'm not worried about his state of mental health. Sometimes things strike
me as funny, and I laugh harder on those days than I would on others. BFD.

There you go. Are you happy now, or are you that desperate for some more
"support" that you want me to go through your entire post? You'll have to
wait...I'm going out for dinner. Mexican food, too. Hmmmm.

If you feel that
it could be debated, it sways the issue to indicate that you actually
didn't agree with my post anyway, leaving it open to the distinct
possibility that you were unaware of the flow direction.

Oh, I absolutely had and still have no idea where the water that goes over
the falls comes from. It's part of the Great Lakes system; that's all I
know. My comment was a joke, and it was meant to be taken exactly as I
explained it to you. Either way you cut it, based on what the two of you
said, you could still be correct. Even though he was correcting you, he
wasn't necessarily correcting you. It was an excercise in irony. And for his
edification, I wasn't busting his chops. It was a joke.

At least DXAce
replied (Huh?) under Howard's assertion that the flow was reversed. DXAce
goes on to counsel me on a move to Canada.

Don't lump me in with him. You've already called me an asshole, which was
wholly unwarranted. Don't compound your offenses.

Major apologies if your post was in agreement with mine. I suspect that
it wasn't though, and that you are fishing for a way out of your
ignorance.

Well. I hope my position is clearer now. I gleefully admit my ignorance on
this point of geography; it's peripheral to my point.

Did you see "The Princess Bride"?

Watch it all the time. It's one of my wife's favorite movies.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes

Look at this quote from the movie, depicting a dizzying series of logic
reversals.

snip of one of my favorite parts

I really liked the part where Inigo finally meets up with the man who killed
his father. The Count Rugen's reaction to Inigo's challenge busts my family
up everytime. And of course, the repartee between Andre the Giant and Inigo
throughout the movie is priceless. It'd be an -awesome- movie if they had a
hotter chick in it playing Buttercup, and if they'd used some other actor
for the role of Wesley. Everytime I see that guy, I get this unreasonable
urge to just bitch slap him. I don't know why.

And look, we are back to laughing again. How ironic.

Which brings us right back to the skit...some people think it's funny, some
don't. I think that for all of your points, you read too much into the phone
call. If it was just an excuse to vent about some things, as I suspect, you
didn't need it. Just vent. Everyone else around here does.

Honus wrote:

"Soliloquy" wrote in message
. 3.44...
"Honus" wrote in
news:C7xNd.10164$uc.6702@trnddc05:

I noticed that you simply left your reply as a premise, offering you a
way out either way. Take a side, don't leave it dangle.

Firstly, I happen to know the meaning of the word you use for a handle; I
didn't want to intrude. Of course, your speech -was- made in public, so
I'll fall back on "secondly", which is this:

I very rarely take sides, especially in such off-topic political ****ing
matches. Anyone who's been paying attention, however, would note that I -do-
make "attaboy" posts whenever I see someone (most recently Brenda) pointing
out that there are idiots and well-meaning people on both sides of the
aisle. However, if it'll make you feel better, I'll take a position on all
of the topics in your first paragraph. Time doesn't allow for further
comment. Here we go:

Stooopid.

Yes, it was. But it made me laugh, at least a little. Pies in the face are
stupid, but they sometimes make me laugh as well. Lighten up. You'll live
longer.

I am looking for an Amish family to adopt me.

Now -that- is stupid. That, by the way, is how it's spelled. Spelling it as
you did makes you look like an idjit. Get it?

America is being
flushed down the **** tubes,

I disagree. We're flushing ourselves down the **** tubes. I believe that's
an important distinction. We're responsible.

elections are rigged,

I agree. I live in Seattle, and I'm living through it as we speak.

jobs flow overseas
faster than the water from Lake Erie over the Niagara Falls,

That depends. How do you quantify the two in comparable terms? One gallon
per minute of flow equals one job lost? Or one gallon per hour? Or am I at
liberty to take this as a figure of speech? In that case, I would tend to
agree although I really don't know for sure. I do hear quite a bit on the
news about it, but you know how that goes.

moronic
"reality" shows dominate the television,

That's one of the reasons that I very rarely watch TV. So, I agree.

and we continue with the asinine
skits such as this one.

It was a prank call from a radio station that got you overly wound up. It
did lean towards asinine, but so what? I'm about to watch an old silent
Keyston Kops movie with my little girl. Bite me if you disapprove.

I would have thought that it was funny at one
time, but endless laughter is indicative of a deranged mind.

I'm pretty sure that the recipient of that call isn't laughing anymore, and
so I'm not worried about his state of mental health. Sometimes things strike
me as funny, and I laugh harder on those days than I would on others. BFD.

There you go. Are you happy now, or are you that desperate for some more
"support" that you want me to go through your entire post? You'll have to
wait...I'm going out for dinner. Mexican food, too. Hmmmm.

If you feel that
it could be debated, it sways the issue to indicate that you actually
didn't agree with my post anyway, leaving it open to the distinct
possibility that you were unaware of the flow direction.

Oh, I absolutely had and still have no idea where the water that goes over
the falls comes from. It's part of the Great Lakes system; that's all I
know. My comment was a joke, and it was meant to be taken exactly as I
explained it to you. Either way you cut it, based on what the two of you
said, you could still be correct. Even though he was correcting you, he
wasn't necessarily correcting you. It was an excercise in irony. And for his
edification, I wasn't busting his chops. It was a joke.

At least DXAce
replied (Huh?) under Howard's assertion that the flow was reversed. DXAce
goes on to counsel me on a move to Canada.

Don't lump me in with him.

Oh come on... it would elevate your status.

dxAce
Michigan
USA