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To: freedumb2003

I was suggesting that your name is an oxymoron and that you are not dumb at all. Therefore, the mistake in your tagline is on purpose. Regretfully, it seems I was wrong.

Here is your tagline: The frog who rides on a scorpion should not be surprised when he last hears “it is my nature.” Think about it. Who is the swimmer, the frog or the scorpion? Who is the largest, the frog or the scorpion? Who would be riding on whom whether swimming or walking, or hopping in the frog’s case?

That is only one of several versions of the parable. In this case it is the scorpion on the bank of a stream asking the frog for a ride to the other side. The frog balks because he is afraid of the poisonous scorpion but the scorpion assures him he would never harm someone so generous as to give him a ride across the stream. The frog relents and the scorpion climbs on his back. You know the rest of the story.

Fix your tagline.


39 posted on 05/20/2010 7:00:43 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)
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To: Mind-numbed Robot

>>I was suggesting that your name is an oxymoron and that you are not dumb at all. Therefore, the mistake in your tagline is on purpose. Regretfully, it seems I was wrong.<<

I apologize for the mama joke — it is rather standard issue and I hope you saw it for the OTT sarcasm it was meant for.

If you followed some of the other threads I get pelted on, you would understand why I strike back so strongly.

I really worked hard to distill the toad and scorpion parable to fit into the size limit we have for tags. I am working on it — please (I am not being sarcastic) let me know if this is a little clearer...

I really am sorry — just a little sensitive these days.


42 posted on 05/20/2010 7:18:18 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The frog who accepts a ride from a scorpion should expect a sting and the phrase "it is my nature.")
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To: Mind-numbed Robot; Admin Moderator

Yay AM!

Thanks for taking care of my bad moments :)

Now if MNR and I can stop the thread drift... ;)


48 posted on 05/20/2010 8:14:42 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The frog who accepts a ride from a scorpion should expect a sting and the phrase "it is my nature.")
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