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Re: Symmetry protests and "I Think" #125
Posted By: Kelly, on host 207.18.199.198
Date: Monday, December 6, 1999, at 07:41:17
In Reply To: Re: Symmetry protests and "I Think" #125 posted by famous on Monday, December 6, 1999, at 07:20:19:

> > > > > > Pro quo: "I have begun a personal protest of symmetry. You're welcome to join in and help out with the picketing and the rioting. Symmetry is evil, and I submit as evidence the haircuts of people who part their hair right down the middle. As a society, we have this misguided notion that symmetry is aesthetically pleasing, that what is on one side must be balanced on the other."
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> > > > > > Sam my friend, I don't know how to break this to you; but I don't think you're psychologically prepared to handle all the consequences of a non-symmetric bilateral-free society.
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> > > > > Me? The thoughts on "I Think" aren't my own, and whoever's they are ("whoever's" is a word, right?) is a fruitcake.
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> > > > > > Yep, that's why we typically install 2 faucet lines labelled "Hot" and "Cold" water, but no one thinks about creating a third, equally viable spigot called "Lukewarm"...
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> > > > > Right, because the correct faucet solution is to only have one spigot with two knobs (two, because a "lukewarm" knob wouldn't be helpful in mixing the right temperature).
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> > > > > Anyway, extremely interesting post, Wolf. Thanks for writing it.
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> > > My pleasure, Sam. I suppose I've had a like number of reactions to your previous "I Think's" but never had cause to comment on them directly. We can thank Brunnen-G for bringing up your latest "I Thunk" here, and yourself (of course) for drawing attention to it by putting "I Think" up as a poll question. :-)
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> > > > If the thoughts on "I Think" aren't your own, then whose are they?
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> > > > Or am I just missing your facetiousness again, fruitcake? ;-)
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> > > > Kel"hard to tell with you sometimes"ly
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> > > Somewhat harsh words, when compared to your usual genial self, Kelly. What gives -- were you really hoping you'd get a response to that? Sam is more than capable of defending himself; yet he has given you his answer in full.
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> > Harsh words? No, I was just trying to be funny. Sam wrote that the thoughts were not his own and that whoever the thoughts come from is a fruitcake. So I was implying that if Sam was being facetious (and the thoughts *were* his), then he was calling himself a fruitcake. It really loses any humor value when I try to explain it, but honestly, it was just an attempt at being funny.
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> > Kel"did anyone get it?"ly
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> I got it. I laughed. :)
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> famous

Great! I'm glad someone else got it.

But I'd really like to know if Sam got it or not.

Kel"still catching up on all the weekend posts"ly