Re: [asa] Dawkins new book (morals)

From: dfsiemensjr <dfsiemensjr@juno.com>
Date: Tue Oct 27 2009 - 22:57:15 EDT

Murray,
I thought the phrase was "a shred of decency." Shedding involves losing
or keeping out sun and rain.,
Dave (ASA)

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:12:33 +1100 Murray Hogg <muzhogg@netspace.net.au>
writes:
> I know, I know, too many posts for the day, but I simply can't let
> mention of the The Lollipop Guild go without response.
>
> I can only presume you mean these guys;
>
>
http://www.prestigioushomesflatfeeservices.net/images/ompa%20lumpa%20menb
bb.jpg
>
> They, too, have a song which at one point runs thusly ...
>
> Oompa Loompas:
> Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
> I've got another puzzle for you
> Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
> If you are wise you'll listen to me
>
> What do you get from a glut of TV?
> A pain in the neck and an IQ of three
> Why don't you try simply reading a book?
>
> There's something in that for all of us, I think. :o
>
> I will only add that, quite apart from the fact that I have
> prevailed too far upon the good graces of our moderators, I am sick
> of all this heckling and am going to withdraw.
>
> Which should demonstrate to you that I do, indeed, have a "shed of
> decency" (curious euphemism) - but if you still don't believe me
> here's a picture;
>
> http://studentblog.registrar.ualberta.ca/dylan/images/outhouse2.jpg
>
> Blessings,
> Murray
>
> David Clounch wrote:
> > Murray,
> >
> > I had been wondering lately if someone had been trying very hard
> to the
> > ASA into the Lollipop Guild. ;)~
> >
> > PS. I'm glad to see the humor. I have been thinking for quite
> some time
> > that ahem, ahem, certain people, ahem, are basically just
> laughing
> > at most members of the list - baiting them and making a joke out
> of
> > them. Can this be the real reason Dennis L withdrew - not
> because he
> > doesn't want to talk to the asa list people, but because he
> doesn't want
> > to talk with anyone who is trying to make a fool of him? There
> was
> > once a rumor that anyone with a shed of dignity would withdraw
> from
> > such heckling as it is a waste of time.
> >
> > next up... Lollipop Guild members in guerrilla suits quoting
> poetry
> > and theology outside state science standards meetings? tsk tsk
> Only
> > in Kansas.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Murray Hogg
> <muzhogg@netspace.net.au
> > <mailto:muzhogg@netspace.net.au>> wrote:
> >
> > Don Nield wrote:
> >
> > If not in Kansas, are we in Oz (meaning Australia)?
> > Don
> >
> >
> > Of course!
> >
> > Where else but Australia would you get sophistication like
> this...
> >
> >
>
http://strawberryfieldsforever.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/munchkins2.jpg
> >
> > Not to mention the grandeur of the outback scenery;
> >
> > http://www.fox4kc.com/media/photo/2009-08/48788077.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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