Thanks a lot, Bob. You just threw me into an existential quandary ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Soames Wetmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 12:07 PM Subject: Re: OT: Re: Metaphors (Was Re: A funny problem with digital)
> Hi, > > > When I was crossing a stream once with my dog by hopping rock to rock, he > > jumped right into a stagnant area of coagulated foam, thinking it was solid > > earth. He was quite surprised (and angry) to find himself underwater. Now, > > THAT's stupid. (Even smart dogs like my Cardigan Welsh Corgi are pretty > > dumb.) > > > Incidentally, I found the original metaphor about skimming stupid extremely > > easy to understand and somewhat funny - I don't know what the problem is. > > You guys seem pretty dumb. > > is that the same as stupid? Can you skim it? If smart dogs are dumb, > are dumb dogs smart? All dogs are mammals. Nietzsche is a mammal. Therefore > all mammals are smart. And dumb. Are dumb people smart? Are dumb bells smart? > What about blonde belles? Are dumb belles blonde, or are dumb blondes > belle? What about beau belles? or Belle's baubles? Is Belle the Beast, and if > so is she a dumb beast? Is your corgi a dumb beast? Is it blonde? Nietzsche liked > blondes. Did that make him dumb? Did the damned dog drop in the skim scum because > it was dumb, or was it dumb luck? Chaso de Chaso's a philosopher - blond? dumb? > dim? skim? scum? - whatever, he has pretentions to be a smart one, and philosphers > (well known for their Sartre-orial elegance) wear cardigans remarkably like your > dog (I hope he doesn't resemble that. Or he may be smarting over it). Perhaps he > can help with these mysterical sophistries. Besides, your dumb corgi should know > there's no such thing as solid earth - it's all in The Mind, but maybe he'd have > still slid on the slippery solipsism and skimmed that scum. Dog gone. > > --- > > Bob >
