Thanks Ant, Always been a fan of high irony (as well as British humour - which might be a tautology but oh well, there it is ) and yours certainly tops all.
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Ant McWatt <[email protected]> wrote: > P.S. John, as you're so popular around here (no doubt because of your > edgy, high intellectual comments), I have just been informed by "Mr Square > of Great Britain 2012" that the birthday cake that appears at the end of > that perceptive documentary that was produced by BBC TV about my early > 1990s squareness was actually baked in 2014 by Dave Buchanan & Andre > Broesen for YOUR birthday this year and was amazingly transported back in > time - on their behalf - by that great theoretical physicist, cosmologist, > author and Director of Research > at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology (at Cambridge University), > Stephen Hawking!!! The wonders of modern science, hey? > > J: Of course, when exaggerated to the height of ridiculousness... well it does lose a bit of ... effect. But good try. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmsLVaxyMqU > > > When you're not busy signing autographs for the folks around here (I know > an equally, rare event as time-travelling birthday cakes), also take a look > at: > > > http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/08/science/la-sci-sn-stephen-hawking-new-book-20130908 > > > Somebody copped you to the fact that Hawking is not my favorite guy - something to do with this statement that philosophy is dead no doubt. Would you be happy over the pronouncement of the decease of your true love? > > Ant McWatt comments: > > John, > > Someone a little less charitable than me, might assume someone such as > your very good self (who joined a philosophy discussion group and never > even took a cursory look at the rules before making a contribution for the > said group) J: Too be sure Ant, when I first joined (wan't it sometime in 99 Dan) I paid very serious attention to all the rules posted a that time but since then I've just floated in and out, here and there as the muse moves me til we come to the present day and I joined at the pleasure and invitation of the moderator and I assumed, wrongly perhaps, that if anything was amiss I'd rectify it gladly at his specific request. So far that hasn't occurred but I remain as always, open to correction. Turly tho, since your remonstration of over-loquacity I have indeed tried to moderate my postings, to the extent that I've refrained from replying to Andre in a timely manner because before your correction, I wasn't even aware that there was any sort of limit. I figured that the more Quality in word and thought, the better. But one man's quality may very well be aonother man's irksomeness and so I'll try to quench my bubbling spirit for your sake and the sake of all who read these posts in the hope of gleaning help in this confusing age. Ant: > might suspect you of either being mentally ill, a moron, a disrespectful > arrogant p**** and/or a liar! Of course, being the broad minded generous > soul, I can reassure you that no such thoughts would ever enter MY head... > > John: You are too good to me sir, I'm sure. > > John Carl continued: > > But to tell the truth, I have a different perspective on what a social > pattern is... > > Ant McWatt comments: > > Evidently. > > > John Carl continued: > > You look at the rules but I pay attention to the rule-maker... > > > Ant McWatt comments: > > Well, you called me out on that one John and now I better admit to the > rest of the MD group that it was indeed me that won "Mr Square of Great > Britain" for three years running (in 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively)! > > John: congrats Ant: > Even by the early 1990s (as a herbal cigarette smoking, psychedelic > taking sociologist and fine artist based in Liverpool) BBC TV were so > impressed by my squareness that they made a short documentary (just over > three minutes in length) about my life in immense detail which is now on > YouTube. It can be seen (in my early years of squareness) via the > following link: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmsLVaxyMqU > > As you can see - in said documentary - I was still smoking cigarettes in > the early 1990s though to achieve my aim of winning "Mr Square of Great > Britain of 2009" had to give them up New Years Eve 2009 to make my > "Squareness" complete. > > > John: Really, which are you? Hale or Pace? > John Carl continued: > > If Horse wants to cut me some slack because I've got a bit of catching up > to do, AND, he likes my jive, then he's gonna break the rules for me. > > > Ant McWatt comments: > > Is he? Do you want forward his e-mail reassuring you that your > philosophical thoughts are of such an edgy, high intellectual quality that > you are immune from the social static patterns of this discussion group > which, of course, set the boundaries (like the rules in the gammes of chess > - another very square pastime of mine, I'm afraid) to allow half decent > discussions to take place? > > > John: To the first, no. I learned the rules from my past involvement that posting private offline communications to be rude. Unless with the express written (typed) permission of the poster. Otherwise I'd have put in a lot of interesting tidbits I've received over the years from various characters here on this list. > John Carl continued: > > The purpose of discussion is quality discussion... [ad nauseum] > > > Ant McWatt comments: > > Is that social quality or intellectual quality, John? I'm a little rusty > with all this Quality stuff since my "resignation" from MD last Summer so > by the sound of it - you're just "THE MAN" to remind good ol' Dr McWatt > what a "quality discussion" should be all about. I'm all Billy Shears. > Give it your best shot. > > John: The difference between social and intellectual quality might be a distinction cut a bit fine, Dr, McWatt, when the society in question is an intellectual society. (metaphysics ain't for sissies) But I would hope that an esteemed professor such as yourself would contain your arguments to the more intellectual side, seeing as that's basis of your implied critique of moi. And your purported modus operandi. etc. Ant: > Anyway, wife number one is already moaning (without me - I knew I > shouldn't left those bunch of bananas out) so I'm afraid I'll have to leave > you to ponder on that question. > > Have a good night now. I know I am! > > Ant > Mine took off in a huff. Seems that the urges of philospohical discussion and the need for wife-pleasing are somewhat at odds. Sad to say, but I certainly enjoy your thoughts and the compliment or your attention. JohnC Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
