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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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Eddie Teach

#1680
March 05, 2010, 08:13:46 AM
You probably should have hidden the address of your link.  :P

I got nuttin.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Viking

#1681
March 05, 2010, 08:14:55 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 05, 2010, 08:13:46 AM
You probably should have hidden the address of your link.  :P

I got nuttin.

:blush:
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Viking

#1682
March 05, 2010, 08:17:11 AM
I'll keep the floor


Where does the phrase "Red Herring" come from?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Syt

#1683
March 05, 2010, 09:16:39 AM
Quote from: Viking on March 05, 2010, 08:17:11 AM
I'll keep the floor


Where does the phrase "Red Herring" come from?

Didn't bandits in the olden days drag an old herring over their trail to lose sniffing dogs?
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Viking

#1684
March 05, 2010, 09:19:33 AM
Quote from: Syt on March 05, 2010, 09:16:39 AM
Quote from: Viking on March 05, 2010, 08:17:11 AM
I'll keep the floor


Where does the phrase "Red Herring" come from?

Didn't bandits in the olden days drag an old herring over their trail to lose sniffing dogs?


Very very close, but what bandit can arrange for a herring before a job? Dogs?, yes, chasing?, yes, bandits?, no.

Different activity.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Eddie Teach

#1685
March 05, 2010, 11:07:07 AM
Pirates?
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Viking

#1686
March 05, 2010, 03:17:24 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 05, 2010, 11:07:07 AM
Pirates?

No.

Who might, with the certainty that dogs will be chasing something, have the time, resources and inclination to procure a herring to distract them?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Drakken

#1687
March 05, 2010, 03:20:55 PM
Quote from: Viking on March 05, 2010, 03:17:24 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 05, 2010, 11:07:07 AM
Pirates?

No.

Who might, with the certainty that dogs will be chasing something, have the time, resources and inclination to procure a herring to distract them?

Burglars?

Admiral Yi

#1688
March 05, 2010, 03:25:10 PM
Let's see.  :hmm:

Irish slaves in Iceland would have access to herring, but no where to run to.  Viking raiders would have access to herring, but would they be scared of some dogs?  Conan the Barbarian and Cool Hand Luke had somewhere to run to but no access to herring.

I give up.

Lucidor

#1689
March 05, 2010, 04:15:35 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 05, 2010, 03:25:10 PM
Let's see.  :hmm:

Irish slaves in Iceland would have access to herring, but no where to run to.  Viking raiders would have access to herring, but would they be scared of some dogs?  Conan the Barbarian and Cool Hand Luke had somewhere to run to but no access to herring.

I give up.
:lmfao:

Not a bad guess, I think.

Viking

#1690
March 05, 2010, 09:06:06 PM
Fox Hunting. The red herring is used to distract the dogs to make the hunt last longer.

I cede the floor.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Admiral Yi

#1691
March 05, 2010, 09:33:48 PM
What is the origin of the expression "hocus pocus?"

PDH

#1692
March 05, 2010, 09:37:48 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 05, 2010, 09:33:48 PM
What is the origin of the expression "hocus pocus?"
The origin of that phrase is hard to transubstantiate.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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Admiral Yi

#1693
March 05, 2010, 09:40:19 PM
he he

I believe there's an entire body of evidence.

The Brain

#1694
March 06, 2010, 02:16:59 AM
Get a room.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.
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