I completely agree and I 'Greg Hupe' have not posted to this thread that has nothing to do with meteorites.
I make comment here since someone earlier today mentioned 'Hupe brothers' and asked which is which... I do not post about discolored kettles and whatnot. Best regards, Greg Hupe Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 20, 2016, at 11:47 PM, John Lutzon via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > List, > My apologies first.... > > What the Hell am I missing here?? Someone set me straight > --or better yet Don't respond. 3 days--Enough already ! > > This thread is bordering on stupidity and/or insulting to > this List. > > Move On...... > > John > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Raremeteorites via Meteorite-list > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 2:54 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pot Coloring The Kettle Black > > > Mondegreens > > Here is a perfect example: > > http://www.amiright.com/misheard/song/orangecrush.shtml > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis Miller via Meteorite-list > To: Dark Matter > Cc: Meteorite List ; Bigjohn Shea > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 7:41 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pot Coloring The Kettle Black > > > I want what you guys are taking! "Pots with paint brushes calling kettles > names! > With reference to the Hupe brothers, if one was a different color, it might > ease > some of the confusion as to who is who! You so funny! > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 19, 2016, at 7:57 PM, Dark Matter via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > > Looks like we got the band back together on this one. > > > Cheers, > > > Martin > > > > > On Sunday, June 19, 2016, Bigjohn Shea via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: > > This has strayed waaaaaaaay off the topic of meteorites... > > > > Sent using the mail.com mail app > >> On 6/19/16 at 6:38 PM, MexicoDoug via Meteorite-list wrote: >> >> Captain Blood wrote: >> >> "Hi all, Teaching Anthropology, which includes linguistics, I began over >> 30 years ago to collect the origins of phrases. >> The original phrase in this instance is >> "Pot calling the kettle black." >> >> ===================================== >> You are a cunning anthropologist Michael, but I disagree. The context is not >> at all my affair, so I only comment on the use of >> Adam's original aphorism or proverb he intended. Though there are even older >> proverbs capturing his thought, I think he might >> have preferred to use the Sufi proverb from the middle ages, hundreds of >> years before the pot/kettle abomination existed: >> >> "Many of the faults you see in others, dear reader, >> are your own nature reflected in them." (Rumi ca. AD 1250) >> >> The pot and kettle saying is so butchered from its origin and barely >> resembles it, and yours is not the original. It is fair game >> to use as he did, since there is no authority on such idioms and the >> interpretation is supported, whether it sounds good to >> everyone's ear or only to some. I have traced the origin of the pot/kettle >> proverb undisputedly to the ancient Greek, "Snake and >> the Crab" and it intended hypocrisy, whereas the reflection/coloring >> suggests that the accused reserves the right to be pure and >> without fault, a different concept. Pot calling the kettle black is a >> late-comer, and already a poor corruption of a 3000 year >> old proverb that diminishes the original, so that is why I feel the writer >> can appropriate it as they feel convenient and not be >> beholden to any higher authority on its use due to the selection of an >> arbitrary point in time, and Adam has referenced his with >> a less common modern variant. English is always evolving, and this is a >> living example of how it ha > pp >> ens. >> >> Kindest wishes >> Doug >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael Blood via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> To: Paul Gessler <cetu...@shaw.ca>; Met. Adam Hupe >> <raremeteori...@centurylink.net>; Meteorite List >> <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Sat, Jun 18, 2016 7:56 pm >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Pot Coloring The Kettle Black >> >> Hi all, >> Teaching Anthropology, which includes linguistics, I began over >> 30 years ago to collect the origins of phrases. >> The original phrase in this instance is >> "Pot calling the kettle black." >> Michael Blood >> >> >> On 6/16/16 8:11 PM, "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Pot Coloring The Kettle Black >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list