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I don't like things on my counter, so I keep them stored away until I use them. The only exception is the coffee maker, which my wife uses daily, so t...
July 24, 2023 at 12:21
We're not measuring the point. We're measuring the distance between points, which is a line, which does have a dimension, and that dimension is length...
July 24, 2023 at 10:05
You'd have to measure it. If point A is at 0,0 and point B is at 4,0, the distance would be 4.
July 23, 2023 at 21:17
A straight line is not defined as two points. It's defined as the distance between two points. A point has no dimensions. No length, no width, no dept...
July 23, 2023 at 16:29
The red heifers were Irish and were very fond of Bailey's Irish Cream, especially with coffee. They'd get randy after a few cups, lie on their backs, ...
July 22, 2023 at 04:56
Häagen-Dazs was invented by a Jewish guy in New York in the 1960s. He used a Danish name to make it sound exotic. Ben and Jerry are Jewish too. Baskin...
July 22, 2023 at 04:06
A lovely childhood treat! Choose the best ending for this joke: I just ate a graham cracker, had some really sweet red punch, and then I laid down on ...
July 22, 2023 at 02:51
I agree. You can do the simple math. On a parabola, no two Y coordinates share the same X coordinate, which would be necessary for a straight line.
July 21, 2023 at 17:44
How is X=y^2 (a parabola) a series of staight lines? From any point on the line to any other point on the parabola, there isn't a staight line, but it...
July 21, 2023 at 17:30
A straight line is also a collection of an infinite number of points. Whether straight, curved, or meandering, the line just describes extension over ...
July 21, 2023 at 15:01
A line is a theoretical one diminensional construct, consisting only of length without any width or depth. There are all sorts of ways to express one,...
July 21, 2023 at 14:34
Modern day kids know exactly where food comes from. It's the supermarket, which is really all they need to know at that age. Eventually they'll learn ...
July 21, 2023 at 10:14
The warm pool water a frog caught in the filter a pool of frog tea True story.
July 19, 2023 at 19:59
Fred got a blood test, and his risk for cancer was assessed at "low." Looks like we're going to be dealing with Fred a while.
July 19, 2023 at 17:04
My son's girlfriend got bitten by a cat and she had to start a round of rabies shots, but then they found the cat and determined it not rabid, so she ...
July 19, 2023 at 13:03
When a chicken pecks you, it's trying to eat you, but it can't, but it would if it could. If you cut a hole in some plexiglass for your chicken to ent...
July 19, 2023 at 12:54
Ik heb een haiku geschreven Maar ik spreek geen Japans Het was maar een scheet
July 17, 2023 at 20:06
Thank you for the feedback and suggestions. Upon further review, I believe my piece might better be described as senry? than haiku, a bit more cutting...
July 17, 2023 at 10:17
I wrote a Haiku But I don't speak Japanese It was just a fart
July 16, 2023 at 23:00
A girl got bitten by a rabid beaver recently in Georgia. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/13/rabid-beaver-georgia-lake-lanier/704123...
July 16, 2023 at 22:56
Fair, but my deer joke above was like a B+/A-. I got another one. What do you call a deer with no eyes? No eye deer. A++
July 16, 2023 at 21:14
Speaking of deer and counting, once a deer ran when it saw me, proving it understood what "one" meant.
July 16, 2023 at 20:44
And maybe Minnesota will become the peach state. I tried growing a peachtree, but the deer kept eating the leaves before it could grow. We're overrun ...
July 16, 2023 at 13:42
Fine. Two can play that game. I've just eliminated the word "grasping" from the English language. Now it's your sentence that makes no sense. Keep it ...
July 16, 2023 at 11:26
Grilled lamb, grilled zucchini, jasmine rice, homemade peach cobbler. MUCH better than @"Noble Dust"'s brekky. MUCH.
July 15, 2023 at 22:34
What about spoken word poetry slam audio submissions in falsetto so as to remain anonymous?
July 15, 2023 at 16:51
Then I guess your ethics conflicts with ontological reality. I think people shouldn't have to breathe to survive. What am I to do? In any event, the l...
July 14, 2023 at 14:12
Economic pressures are what cause anyone to work, so you'll have to explain why you believe that work that revolves around sexuality is a special clas...
July 14, 2023 at 12:35
A job becomes increasingly intolerable to the extent it violates that person's value system, particularly when one finds their employer disgusting in ...
July 14, 2023 at 10:21
I don't know what you're getting at really. I don't see them as being in a position where they need saving. They're just making money, and if they're ...
July 13, 2023 at 21:58
Breasts are a conduit for food for some.
July 13, 2023 at 20:45
I was asking you what responsibility you were asking that I take. Are you asking that I take responsibility for the fact that they are there, that I t...
July 13, 2023 at 20:43
What are you asking that I be responsible for?
July 13, 2023 at 19:24
This was the only part of your post that actually sounded sexist to me. It suggests that the women were coerced into using their sexuality by disgusti...
July 13, 2023 at 18:45
One of the iterations of the breastaurant (a term to describe Hooters and the other knock-offs where scantily dressed waitresses serve beer and wings ...
July 13, 2023 at 15:06
If someone has done the same thing day after day without fail for 94 years, it is fairly predictable they will do the same thing moving forward. So, i...
July 12, 2023 at 23:28
Let me know if you need me to fill in for the guest philosopher slot.
July 12, 2023 at 02:30
The rebuttal: https://youtu.be/Q6RknYdfKdQ
July 11, 2023 at 23:58
The key is to cook the mackerel on low heat slowly in an aluminum pan. The mercury will weep out of the mackerel eyes (so leave the head on). You usua...
July 11, 2023 at 10:19
If you say the truth and nothing else, regardless of the consequences, you will have an immense adventure throughout the course of your life, and desp...
July 11, 2023 at 01:02
Other than talking to your brother, it was a true story. I think my demeanor doesn't translate well with the French. Like I took a shuttle from the ho...
July 10, 2023 at 21:08
I have been to Germany, had a chance to speak with @"T Clark"'s brother, and I've Googled the issue, so I have all the knowledge there is to have. Wha...
July 10, 2023 at 20:49
I'd rather just text what I want from my seat and then get a text when it's ready and I can go and get it from the kitchen. I can handle my own drink ...
July 10, 2023 at 19:14
I worked for tips when I delivered pizza, but I was actually driving out to someone's house and bringing them something. I didn't get 22% handing some...
July 10, 2023 at 15:29
"Hello, this is Hanover from the Atlanta Journal Constitution and we're running a really big special today. You can receive one month of the AJC for o...
July 10, 2023 at 15:27
I had a variety of jobs. Let me give you a quick rundown of my CV. I worked as a busboy at a Chinese restaurant, I sold newspaper subscriptions door t...
July 10, 2023 at 15:20
Her smasher thing sounds like it might be friendlier to her than mine was to me.
July 10, 2023 at 14:15
I had this big smasher thing that I used to pack the asphalt down on my driveway when I was a kid and I smashed my toe with it. It turned all purple a...
July 10, 2023 at 14:10
I'm so over the out of control tipping culture that has evolved in the US. When I was younger, it was 15% pretty firm, where'd you actually do the mat...
July 10, 2023 at 14:06
If you lose the toe, they will replace it with a hook toe and give you a parrot and eyepatch.
July 10, 2023 at 10:11