Nick, that was Little Black Sambo, who chased the tigers around a tree until they turned into butter.
I think children aren't allowed to read that any more, but having a childhood during colonial times, I was allowed. Pamela On Sep 24, 2012, at 10:45 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Steve, > > Do you remember in what childhood story, things run round and round a tree > until they turn into butter? > > Those things weren't monkeys, weasels, OR MULBERRY BUSHES. > > Nick > > Hint: No teacher would read this story to a child, nowadays. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Steve Smith > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 5:23 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] faith > > Doug - > > Congratulations on avoiding another opportunity to become someone's hood > ornament! >> Apropo of nothing, of course, except that I retain my faith that they >> are out to get me when I'm on the motorcycle. > However, for the sake of the Monkey, the Weasel and the Mulberry bush, I > contend that your use of the world "faith" here aligns with my use of the > word "Faith" in general and roughly matches what those who I believe you > revile (or at least chide) do. You (as they) choose a *working > statement* which has no basis in fact (has been refuted or at least can't be > verified), but which *works well for you* and the *rhetoric* of the > statement plays well within your community (of other riders who subscribe to > the same Faith). > > I think I'm turning to butter. > > - Steve > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, > unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show." Charles Dickens, opening lines of David Copperfield
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