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NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
22. I seem to be in a Python (Monty) mood today...
Tue May 19, 2015, 03:20 PM
May 2015

Last edited Wed May 20, 2015, 12:10 PM - Edit history (2)



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As founding member, I hereby claim the title of Vermin Bruce #1 (aka Vermin Bruce Prime) (on the pretense and presumption that I have actually traveled to Wollongong {voluntarily no less} in real life {RL™}) and declare the following rules:

1) No poofers! (aka “gods”, or those entities with the propensity to cause, create or invoke phantom “poof”-ing which subsequently instills unreasonable awe, devotion and/or admiration from the faithiests, FSM excepted).
2) No member of the faculty is to maltreat the "faithiests" in any way whatsoever, if there's anyone watching.
3) No poofers!
4) For this term, I don't want to catch anyone not drinking in their room after lights out.
5) No poofers!
6) There is no... rule six.
7) No poofers!
8) Enumerating what meager nuggets of wisdom or irrationality, folly or thoughtlessness (as the case may be) that might have been inadvertently excavated by the faithiests in the other forum over the previous week, and
9) Engage in copious drinking

Right,

That concludes the readin' of the rules, Bruce.

This here's the wattle, the emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand.



Here at the UofW, we shall (but not only):

Discuss the history, development, advancement, debauchment, confinement, improvement and practice of Philosophy,

Sing our favorite song,

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Immanuel Kant was a real piss-ant who was very rarely stable.
Heideggar, Heideggar was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table.
David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel.
And Whittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel.
There's nothing Nieizsche couldn't teach 'ya 'bout the raising of the wrist.
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed.
John Stewart Mill, of his own free will, after half a pint of shanty was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day!
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
And Hobbes was fond of his Dram.
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart: 'I drink, therefore I am.'
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed,


and drink copious beverages



Any takers?

Are there any other Vermin Bruces who would like to become members of the faculty?
What DU has taught me about religion. [View all] Act_of_Reparation May 2015 OP
Also, god can't be defined... PassingFair May 2015 #1
But those bloggers CRITICIZED religion! trotsky May 2015 #3
Here, allow me to simplify: trotsky May 2015 #2
That's right amuse bouche May 2015 #4
^^^This^^^... NeoGreen May 2015 #5
Howls of derisive laughter! bvf May 2015 #7
Also... Rob H. May 2015 #9
Oh, and don't forget to thank god every time a surgeon saves a life. n/t Binkie The Clown May 2015 #13
and remember to praise His Name when he saves a baby from a tornado... RussBLib May 2015 #21
... Arugula Latte May 2015 #25
I'll bet Wolf has not asked anyone else that question since then RussBLib May 2015 #40
Thank the lord, do you thank the lord? mountain grammy May 2015 #52
Hmm nil desperandum May 2015 #11
Please keep up! trotsky May 2015 #15
Thank you nil desperandum May 2015 #16
This ^ PeaceNikki May 2015 #32
Haven't really learned anything new myself bvf May 2015 #6
I would add that when the topic is Uganda...they let the thread sink like a stone. (nt) LostOne4Ever May 2015 #8
You noticed that too? Behind the Aegis May 2015 #35
Don't forget nil desperandum May 2015 #10
Oh, yeah, there's that. Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #18
I have tons of respect for atheists who actually read the bible. deucemagnet May 2015 #24
Well nil desperandum May 2015 #26
I read the entire Bible... William King May 2015 #48
That sounds excruciating. deucemagnet May 2015 #53
Respect for religion appears to be an ever changing wall of special pleading. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #12
And they wonder why liberal Christianity has failed to provide an alternative to rw zealotry. Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #17
I learnt that "respect for people" means it's fine to call them fundamentalists and vermin muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #20
And... there is something creepily dishonest about fatheists - mr blur May 2015 #14
this mourning, on my way to court, I thought I turned on NPR ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #19
I seem to be in a Python (Monty) mood today... NeoGreen May 2015 #22
Hmmm nil desperandum May 2015 #27
G'Day... NeoGreen May 2015 #33
I'd like to join, but I don't drink alcohol - does that disqualify me? mr blur May 2015 #31
Of course not... NeoGreen May 2015 #34
And is ALSO in charge of the Sheep Dip. mr blur May 2015 #39
I certainly will drink to that! William King May 2015 #49
G'Day... NeoGreen May 2015 #51
I remember everybody crossing themselves before they went in the public pool olddots May 2015 #23
Another one: Rob H. May 2015 #28
I know, you think you've heard everything from that camp... trotsky May 2015 #29
Yeah, but not because they're Xians, right? They might be Mormons but, mr blur May 2015 #30
Because their book is funny! You can laugh out loud at it on a road trip! trotsky May 2015 #43
Making fun of Republicans isn't against the DU *rules*, trotsky. Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #36
Nice to know their tolerance of human beings only extends as far as a political party, I guess. trotsky May 2015 #42
except of course if they are creationists, mormons, or scientologists. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #50
Corollary to #3 onager May 2015 #37
Corollary to that corollary Rob H. May 2015 #38
Of course not. And making the point that real progressives don't support Arugula Latte May 2015 #41
If you declare something isn't a True Religion™, it isn't one* Rob H. May 2015 #44
This should help. Iggo May 2015 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo May 2015 #46
The more loudly a religionist proclaims Rob H. May 2015 #47
The warped idea is that if you criticize religion you are intolerant Major Nikon May 2015 #54
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