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Thursday, January 29. 2009

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"People want to think there is some huge conspiracy run by evil geniuses.  The reality is actually much more horrifying.  The people running the show aren't evil geniuses.  They are just as stupid as the rest of us."
     


Vaksel, via Overcoming Bias

Posted by Bird Dog in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 18:02 | Comments (21) | Trackbacks (0)

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Take away their God(s), they still gotta believe in something. The concept of "nothing" is impossible for the human mind to grasp.
#1 KRW on 2009-01-29 19:58 (Reply)
Please, exception here. Though not without a certain amount of angst.
#2 Luther McLeod on 2009-01-29 21:18 (Reply)
What? Hunh?

KRW, What are you saying? Same with you, Luther.
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#2.1 Meta on 2009-01-29 21:31 (Reply)
There has to be an explanation for why things are. There has to be a there there, otherwise it's turtles all the way down, my dear.
#2.1.1 KRW on 2009-01-29 21:38 (Reply)
And you have a problem with turtles?
#2.1.1.1 Luther McLeod on 2009-01-29 22:29 (Reply)
Turtles, I don't want no stinking turtles. I want a baby elephant that plays with a blue ball.

Stupid, no way. Crazy, yes, just like us. We're all crazy, every damn last one of us.

The Lord of the castle that I defend is not ugly. As long as you don't look like Henry Waxman, I'll keep watching the sheep.

Crazy Son of Dago.
#2.1.1.1.1 jappy on 2009-01-29 22:44 (Reply)
It's okay.

I'm fine, thank you.

Every now and then, MF has to go off its rocker.

I want that elephant, Jappy. You get the ball. Blue balls.

Luther, answer the question.

Hello?
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#3 Meta on 2009-01-29 22:53 (Reply)
Muffin, there's no way I'm settling for blue balls.

I'll take a pair of blue suede shoes. I can use them for my runway work. Stay safe, you big BELLA !!
#3.1 jappy on 2009-01-29 23:10 (Reply)
I'm a girl. I get the elephant.

I'm fractious in my girlness sometimes.

And I'm allowed to be.
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#3.1.1 Meta on 2009-01-29 23:50 (Reply)
"I'm fractious in my girlness"


drive 'dem old men insane...Meta, is that yo' name?

ha-ha, a tacky talking, razor toting woman,

with a hearty splash of Tabasco, woops
#3.1.1.1 ron on 2009-01-30 01:29 (Reply)
That remines me. Where's the naked hussy of the weak?
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#3.1.1.1.1 Meta on 2009-01-30 11:36 (Reply)
Question, what question? Sorry, but I'm too busy juggling blue balls while standing on the back of an elephant to pay much attention to anything else. Besides, I'm crazy. Some good Shepard Dago told me so... they only speak truth, you know.
#3.2 Luther McLeod on 2009-01-29 23:26 (Reply)
Luther, you are Tabasco for my libido. You better not have blue balls.

The question KRW made out of his comment. It had something to do with turtles and gods.

Ground Control to Major McLeod: Heat those babies up for me, Jack.
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#3.2.1 Meta on 2009-01-29 23:53 (Reply)
Yes... turtles, elephants, blue balls and gods. It's all starting to make sense now. I can feel the Tabasco working on those babies...
#3.2.1.1 Luther McLeod on 2009-01-29 23:59 (Reply)
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down[url]
#4 KRW on 2009-01-30 06:04 (Reply)
Who's sitting on a damned elephant pouring tabasco on their blue balls while Meta whips that turtle--whip it good. We're summoning the naked hussy's while Jappy tries on his blue suede shoes and KRW waxes existentially blue while Luther defends the arduous stacking of turtles for meaning making in the valley of the shadow of death. All this while dear leader is humming whilst strumming his lips with a finger and signing away the monies of future generations with his free hand and congress scratches its ass as it ponders how one opens a new box of crayons.

I would step foot out of this office to eat an egg in that kitchen next door but the idea of some sense of reality penetrating the thick barrier of fantasy I've built around my fragile interior is frightening me. Besides, I'd be walking on turtles to get to the fridge and who can walk with the boys swollen and blue anyway. At least I've got whiskey.
#5 Jephnol (Link) on 2009-01-30 12:45 (Reply)
Well, John the Baptist after torturing a thief
Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief
Saying, "Tell me great hero, but please make it brief
Is there a hole for me to get sick in?"

The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly
Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"
And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky
Saving, "The sun's not yellow it's chicken"
#5.1 KRW on 2009-01-30 12:59 (Reply)
Dylan thought of everything.
#5.1.1 Jephnol (Link) on 2009-01-30 13:45 (Reply)
Did not. The Beatles did.

I read the news today oh, boy
Four thousand holes in blackburn, lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the albert hall
I'd love to turn you on
#5.1.1.1 Meta on 2009-01-30 20:18 (Reply)
Doesn't have a point view, knows not where he's going to .
#5.1.1.1.1 DucSup on 2009-01-31 01:23 (Reply)
Isn't he a bit like you and me....
#5.1.1.1.1.1 KRW on 2009-02-02 12:15 (Reply)

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