| William D Clinger 2005-08-02, 9:12 am |
| > Anyway, for the sake of the other readers of this otherwise rather quiet
> newsgroup, I will endeavor to restrain myself. I will just have to
> contain my disappointment that I haven't yet had the opportunity to
> introduce quantum mechanics into the discussion, perhaps linking it to
> the probabilistic nature of the foundations of our knowledge.
>
> Anton
I do think this discussion has shed some light on
the question of Intelligent Design, even though it
has not yet provided us with an ironclad proof for
the existence of God.
Speaking of Dave Barry, I'd like to put in a plug
for his novel "Big Trouble". Something about this
thread has reminded me of the extended scene in
which a couple of the bad guys are waiting in a
car while another couple of bad guys do something
bad to another couple of bad guys. While they were
waiting, they listened to a sports talk show on the
radio:
Where are the Gator fans now? All you Gators
call when you WIN, but now that you LOSE, you
don't have the guts.
The radio host took a call.
I'm a Gator fan. And I'm calling.
And what do you have to say?
You said we didn't have the guts to call, so
I'm calling.
Yeah, OK, and so what do you have to say?
I'm saying, here I am. I'm calling.
That's it? You're calling to say you're
calling?
You said we didn't have the guts.
Because you DON'T have the guts. All w
I had all these Gator fans on here, talking
trash, and now they run and hide.
Well, I'm calling.
OK, so what's your point?
My point is, you said we didn't have the guts
to call, so I'm...
Henry, shaking his head, turned off the radio.
[Three chapters later, following a great deal of
mayhem, Henry turns the radio back on.]
...point is that all these Gators ever do is
talk trash, and then when they lose, you don't
hear a peep out of 'em.
Well, I'M a Gator, OK? I'm a Gator, and I'm
talkin' to you right now, so what's your problem?
My problem is that you weren't calling until
I SAID no Gators were calling. THEN all of
a sudden there's all these Gators calling.
I would of called before. I'm not afraid to
call.
But you DIDN'T call. You're calling now, but
before I SAID there were no Gators calling,
there no Gators calling, including you.
OK, but I'm calling, OK? You hear me on the
phone now, right? I'm a Gator, and I'm...
Henry turned the radio back off.
"Those guys need a hobby," he said.
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