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From: David Empson on 26 Jan 2010 05:29 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>: > > > On 2010-01-26, Gareth John <g.john(a)PLUG.btinternet.com> wrote: > > >> I would modestly suggest calling this 'John's Law' if the name was not > > >> aready in use in New Jersey for the police's power to impound drunks' > > >> cars. > > > > > > I propose calling it Cole's Law, on the basis that this was partly brought > > > about by cabbage. > > > > I once had an acquaintance who flew into a rage because I asked him what > > the difference was between a duck. I bet he would've loved Cole's Law. > > Thats silly. Everyone knows it is that one of its legs is both the same. Ooh, someone else knows that one. My father told it to me when I was quite young but I don't know where it came from. A Google search suggests it may be used in philosophy lectures. The answer I know is "One of its legs is both the same, and it rubs its head together when it walks." Which makes even less sense. I love it. :-) -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Woody on 26 Jan 2010 06:00 David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote: > > > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>: > > > > On 2010-01-26, Gareth John <g.john(a)PLUG.btinternet.com> wrote: > > > >> I would modestly suggest calling this 'John's Law' if the name was not > > > >> aready in use in New Jersey for the police's power to impound drunks' > > > >> cars. > > > > > > > > I propose calling it Cole's Law, on the basis that this was partly > > > > brought about by cabbage. > > > > > > I once had an acquaintance who flew into a rage because I asked him > > > what the difference was between a duck. I bet he would've loved > > > Cole's Law. > > > > Thats silly. Everyone knows it is that one of its legs is both the same. > > Ooh, someone else knows that one. My father told it to me when I was > quite young but I don't know where it came from. A Google search > suggests it may be used in philosophy lectures. > > The answer I know is "One of its legs is both the same, and it rubs its > head together when it walks." > > Which makes even less sense. I love it. :-) I got it from a student magazine in.. somewhere around 81/82 I guess. It stuck in my memory in the way that most things dont -- Woody
From: Rowland McDonnell on 26 Jan 2010 07:28 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: [snip] > I don't like pumpkin much either but Mum gave me a batch of her > pumpkin, Swede and carrot soup yesterday and it was ok (because the > pumpkin was masked by he other flavours). Pumpkin doesn't taste of very much if you ask me. And what's going on there is not `masking' but `adding flavours together to produce a flavour that would not otherwise be apparent.' It's called `cooking'. > As an aside I probably have a sweet tooth but unlike some don't get > the 'too sickly' thing. The Mrs for example couldn't eat a whole Mars > bar. <heh> And I know *exactly* how to change your mind on Mars bars. Take up long distance flat water kayak racing. In the early days, you will happily use Mars bars as race fuel. You will be unable to by the end of your first season, and you will be fuelling yourself on Marathon bars and other things - but no more Mars bars. I've seen that happen to lots of people; me included. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: T i m on 26 Jan 2010 09:11 On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:28:56 +0000, real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > >Pumpkin doesn't taste of very much if you ask me. It doesn't have to taste of much if what it does taste of tastes unpleasant to the tastee. ;-) > And what's going on >there is not `masking' but `adding flavours together to produce a >flavour that would not otherwise be apparent.' Yes, like turning off meat into a curry rather than just coking it plain. > >It's called `cooking'. I call cooking the processing of food (typically with heat) to make it more pall eatable. Anything else is fancy. Just as I call 'driving' the art of getting from A to B in a vehicle, as opposed to seeing who can go the fastest etc. There is a base level then everything else. > >> As an aside I probably have a sweet tooth but unlike some don't get >> the 'too sickly' thing. The Mrs for example couldn't eat a whole Mars >> bar. > ><heh> > >And I know *exactly* how to change your mind on Mars bars. You don't need to change my mind as I'll eat as many as I fancy (no 'sickly' thing here) and you won't change here because you won't. ;-) > >Take up long distance flat water kayak racing. Yep, I can see her doing that. I've done flat water kayak and canoe touring and there wasn't a Mars bar consumed anywhere. For that you need 3cwt of muesli and 6 bananas. > >In the early days, you will happily use Mars bars as race fuel. Chocolate powered canoe. ;-) > >You will be unable to by the end of your first season, and you will be >fuelling yourself on Marathon bars Not any more you won't, it's 'Snickers' now OM. > and other things - but no more Mars >bars. Or Marathons. ;-( > >I've seen that happen to lots of people; me included. I'm sure you have. A mate an I did a 12hr straight kayak (double) run on whatever sarnies Mum put in our bag. Portaging the locks got a bit slow towards the end mind. Cheers, T i m
From: Rowland McDonnell on 26 Jan 2010 09:46
T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > >Pumpkin doesn't taste of very much if you ask me. > > It doesn't have to taste of much if what it does taste of tastes > unpleasant to the tastee. ;-) Sloppy texture, little or no flavour - you've got watery mush with pumpkin; there's not a lot to like about it. I can eat pumpkin, but I can't see the point: I don't like the experience and it's not like it's `pumpkin or starve', is it? > > And what's going on > >there is not `masking' but `adding flavours together to produce a > >flavour that would not otherwise be apparent.' > > Yes, like turning off meat into a curry rather than just coking it > plain. [snip] <sigh> No, you're just being a tosser again. As usual. A shame that you're not capable of engaging in honest rational discussion. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |