Posted on 03/29/2009 7:41:27 PM PDT by A_cool_guy
I agree that's the easier part of "Time And Relative Dementions In Space." Most space-going vehicles are so small you don't want anyone demented aboard, relatives or not.
Did somebody say “pizza cake”.....?
Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had to convert to Catholicism
or leave Italy. There was a huge outcry from the Jewish community, so the Pope offered
a deal: he’d have a religious debate with the leader of the Jewish community. If the Jews
won, they could stay in Italy; if the Pope won, they’d have to convert or leave.
The Jewish people met and picked an aged and wise rabbi to represent them in the debate. However, as the rabbi spoke no Italian, and the Pope spoke no Yiddish, they agreed that it
would be a ‘silent’ debate.
On the chosen day the Pope and rabbi sat opposite each other.
The Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers.
The rabbi looked back and raised one finger.
Next, the Pope waved his finger around his head.
The rabbi pointed to the ground where he sat.
The Pope brought out a communion wafer and a chalice of wine.
The rabbi pulled out an apple.
With that, the Pope stood up and declared himself beaten and said that the rabbi was too
clever. The Jews could stay in Italy.
Later the cardinals met with the Pope and asked him what had happened.
The Pope said, “First I held up three fingers to represent the Trinity. He responded by
holding up a single finger to remind me there is still only one God common to both our
beliefs. Then, I waved my finger around my head to show him that God was all around us.
The rabbi responded by pointing to the ground to show that God was also right here with
us. I pulled out the wine and wafer to show that God absolves us of all our sins, and the
rabbi pulled out an apple to remind me of the original sin. He bested me at every move
and I could not continue.”
Meanwhile, the Jewish community g athered to ask the rabbi how he’d won.
“I haven’t a clue,” said the rabbi. “First, he told me that we had three days to get out of
Italy, so I gave him the finger. Then he tells me that the whole country would be cleared
of Jews and I told him that we were staying right here.
“And then what?” asked a woman.
“Who knows?” said the rabbi. “He took out his lunch so I took out mine.”
Please add me to the ping list? And “Slip 18”.
The simulaerities between the Doctor Who series and Harry Potter are many and one of them is the idea of having a space that is so big enoughto carry or store a lot of things yet compact enough to carry without difficulty.
We’re just a bunch of brainiacs!
Pizza pie! Easy as cake!
Confirmed: Queen’s iPod includes Obama’s speechesBecause if it isn't I must send a note of apology to a couple of British colleagues, if only to say mea non culpa.
I agree!
This means you Darks!
ROFLOL — that was good!!!!!
Not me. I just sit here and look cute!
Ach! I don’t beleave it!
Promise!
You're Scottish aren't you?
Most Scots I know have brain.
except maybe the git that invented haggis!
I may have brains, but most of the time, they are missing. So I come here, and folks are really polite to me: They pretend they don’t notice!’’:o])
I see I was not on the list -- Thank You!!
(I'd hate to be equated with a vacuum-tube computer. *\;-)
You can't fool me. You do a lot more than just sit there, and *still* look cute. So there.
Ay-yi-yi!
I thought I swore you to secrecy!
Maybe it was “secreted you in the store.”
Or something.
Consider the Scottish environment in which it was invented. Very little food material available, so you come up with something using other undesirable material that goes down fairly well with neeps & tatties aun a dram or twa o' whisky. Bingo! Instant winner!
Wha's nae Scottish abut that?
That you did not. So now every member of the Undead Thread who visits Las Vegas will have to visit with you. *\;-)
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