Bob: > > Maybe someday when I can spare more time from > > my busy schedule at partypoker.com, I'll start my own damn list, > > and Rick won't be on it unless he has some actual news.
Ingegerd: > If you feel some negative influence being a part of FFL, I think > it will be good for you to establish your own list. With all your > knowledge, I am sure it will become a great success. While this is a good suggestion, it is fraught with deep philosophical quandaries. You see, when you first start up a chat list such as this one, there is always a period of time during which no one knows about it other than the list owner. During this period, the list owner (in this case, Bob) really has no one to talk to except himself. So, if this happened: 1) Would the multiple Bobs agree with each other? If not, would they argue? And who would win? 2) Would the multiple Bobs have multiple Buddha-natures? If not, and one of them realized enlightenment, would the others be jealous? 3) Would the multiple Bobs actually *listen* to each other, or just try to achieve Truth Through Repetition and try to drown each other out? If the former, would any of the Bobs admit to learning anything new from any of the other Bobs? If the latter, how would the new list be any differ- ent for him than continuing to post to FFL? 4) If one of the Bobs told a joke, would any of the other Bobs get it? 5) Would Bob1 have to trade in his "Know Thyself" poster for one that said "Know Thyselves?" If so, would Bob2 and Bob3 allow him to hang it if it didn't mention and praise Maharishi somewhere in the text? 6) How long would it take for the number of Bobs contributing to the list to exceed the total number of Maharishi pundits in India? Would Bobs 1 through 3 do it? Philosophers have built whole careers on lesser questions... :-) Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
