Funny thing happened on the way to the PathAnon, First. Stephan at 3am at the Diogenes Club; saw bits of cloth and rag and vexed it with a Word. It jumped up quick and asked for a direction. More water than you could possibly drink he said and vanished.
not a joke
not a joke
My yoke
Said a spoke
is light
prepared
From the Wheel
a meal for a long
But
it’s middle past plate
You are running out of time fast –don’t mean the weather.
Making the sphere flat is thankless; stick yer arm in a nest they go insane; drop the mountains of cash, ego, celebrity and so on and raise up the down people in the riverbed.
For a good reason if I see you first –not Firstd–I’ll hit you Where You Live. Watch out.
AR, it’s a potent image you’ve conjured. Niall Ferguson says that civilizations rise slowly and fall precipitously. Usually when the cash runs out and the previously subjugated natives grow restless It’s tempting to see now as the end of the American Empire and the rise of China (again).
I think that notion is challenged by that old aphorism that America is the one country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without ever passing through an era of civilization.
If it’s OK with you, AR, could we think of it as the long dark martini hour – giving the Greeks one last hurrah. Olive one of those thanks. Shaken, not stirred. Oh, OK if you insist, make that two.
MikeJ – I look forward to reliving my 60s daze in Kreta, swimming & fishing in the morning, the taverna cooking the catch to be nibbled in long ouzo afternoons followed by mousaka & rembetika evenings, smashing plates for the dancers.
If ouzo reverts to its drachma value of about 6-10 shots per loaf of bread, and fetah and olives become complimentary appetisers, along with the (now extinct, glass of water as soon as one sits down, then i shall expire happily.
As to civilisations crumbling, more usually it is internal contradictions rather than external assault. That only tend to happen once the integral structure has entirely collapsed.
There were green alligators and long necked geese
Monkeys, chihuahuas and chimpanzees
There were cats and rats and elephants as sure as you’re born
But the loveliest of all was the unicorn
MJ I have different rates according to the effort involved. This is why the HI has to pay so much. As George Burns said about show business “The most important thing in this business is credibility. Once you’ve learned to fake that, you’ve got it made”
Bob, I refer you to Foul Ole Ron. Millennium hand and shrimp.
AR oddly enough now that I am old enough to be training and mentoring others I continually feel that my peers and I don’t measure up to those that came beforehand. Then I read that they felt the same. Pass the scones.
Problem being, MJ that Niall Ferguson is a tosser, and ever since Rosie fingered Dawn’s civilisation, the end of it all has been predictably predicted for tomorrow.
And frankly, as a ranga, the end of a ‘civilisation’ which favoured the practice of putting redheads in baskets and burning them as a human sacrifice seems like a good thing. Now it’s only talk-radio hosts who go in for that sort of thing.
End of this stage of humanity and all that, just hope they caught my pun… Dignity for a lowly worker in God’s wheat field–a few tares naturally: goes with the territory. Why should I look a fool I’m thinkin’?
57 thoughts on “The Anti-Science is in!”
Bob Robson
February 16, 2012 at 7:57 pmSlightly OT.
Funny thing happened on the way to the PathAnon, First. Stephan at 3am at the Diogenes Club; saw bits of cloth and rag and vexed it with a Word. It jumped up quick and asked for a direction. More water than you could possibly drink he said and vanished.
not a joke
not a joke
My yoke
Said a spoke
is light
prepared
From the Wheel
a meal for a long
But
it’s middle past plate
Bob Robson
February 16, 2012 at 8:31 pmYou are running out of time fast –don’t mean the weather.
Making the sphere flat is thankless; stick yer arm in a nest they go insane; drop the mountains of cash, ego, celebrity and so on and raise up the down people in the riverbed.
For a good reason if I see you first –not Firstd–I’ll hit you Where You Live. Watch out.
Back to normal. See you in a few days. I’m busy.
Bob Robson.
AR
February 16, 2012 at 8:36 pmAndyB & MikeJ – do you get the feeling that we are living in the long, dark teatime of our civilisation?
Andrew L
February 16, 2012 at 8:44 pmUnicorns are the ultimate d*ckheads as indeed are creationistas
Mike Jones
February 16, 2012 at 9:44 pmAR, it’s a potent image you’ve conjured. Niall Ferguson says that civilizations rise slowly and fall precipitously. Usually when the cash runs out and the previously subjugated natives grow restless It’s tempting to see now as the end of the American Empire and the rise of China (again).
I think that notion is challenged by that old aphorism that America is the one country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without ever passing through an era of civilization.
If it’s OK with you, AR, could we think of it as the long dark martini hour – giving the Greeks one last hurrah. Olive one of those thanks. Shaken, not stirred. Oh, OK if you insist, make that two.
AR
February 16, 2012 at 10:17 pmMikeJ – I look forward to reliving my 60s daze in Kreta, swimming & fishing in the morning, the taverna cooking the catch to be nibbled in long ouzo afternoons followed by mousaka & rembetika evenings, smashing plates for the dancers.
If ouzo reverts to its drachma value of about 6-10 shots per loaf of bread, and fetah and olives become complimentary appetisers, along with the (now extinct, glass of water as soon as one sits down, then i shall expire happily.
As to civilisations crumbling, more usually it is internal contradictions rather than external assault. That only tend to happen once the integral structure has entirely collapsed.
Andybob
February 16, 2012 at 10:59 pmSBH you had me singing:
There were green alligators and long necked geese
Monkeys, chihuahuas and chimpanzees
There were cats and rats and elephants as sure as you’re born
But the loveliest of all was the unicorn
MJ I have different rates according to the effort involved. This is why the HI has to pay so much. As George Burns said about show business “The most important thing in this business is credibility. Once you’ve learned to fake that, you’ve got it made”
Bob, I refer you to Foul Ole Ron. Millennium hand and shrimp.
AR oddly enough now that I am old enough to be training and mentoring others I continually feel that my peers and I don’t measure up to those that came beforehand. Then I read that they felt the same. Pass the scones.
Andybob
February 16, 2012 at 11:01 pmModerated eh? Probably the mention of scones.
Holden Back
February 17, 2012 at 9:52 amNarwhal, baby!
Problem being, MJ that Niall Ferguson is a tosser, and ever since Rosie fingered Dawn’s civilisation, the end of it all has been predictably predicted for tomorrow.
And frankly, as a ranga, the end of a ‘civilisation’ which favoured the practice of putting redheads in baskets and burning them as a human sacrifice seems like a good thing. Now it’s only talk-radio hosts who go in for that sort of thing.
Bob Robson
February 17, 2012 at 10:17 amEnd of this stage of humanity and all that, just hope they caught my pun… Dignity for a lowly worker in God’s wheat field–a few tares naturally: goes with the territory. Why should I look a fool I’m thinkin’?