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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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 Posted - 10/24/2004 : 19:37:36
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Don't know how many people here have seen this Snopes write-up, or even the emails which prompted it, but I just wanted to point it out not only for the humor aspects, but also for the wonderful illustration of the best of what the Mikkelsons do. They don't just tell you the story is false. They don't just tell you why the story is false. They tell you all about the folkloric motivations which probably went into authoring the story in the first place.
Great stuff.
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- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 03:53:54 [Permalink]
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| No doubt about it. |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 08:20:49 [Permalink]
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| Hmmm...Maybe Atheist should take the 4-1 holiday and fool theists as the theme? |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 08:23:27 [Permalink]
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| Let's see if I can remember how it goes. "Fool me...once...shame...on...you..., we won't be fooled again." Right? |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
3192 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 08:32:07 [Permalink]
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| I have issues with the term Holiday=Holy day, and is unacceptable for and Atheist occasion. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 08:41:07 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Gorgo
Let's see if I can remember how it goes. "Fool me...once...shame...on...you..., we won't be fooled again." Right?
Yes-- one of my favorite Bush quotes! The guy shouldn't talk unless a teleprompter is in front of him. (Or a radio transmitter is taped to his back  ) |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 13:59:57 [Permalink]
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quote:
Hmmm...Maybe Atheist should take the 4-1 holiday and fool theists as the theme?
What would be the point? The churches already do that every day of the year! |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley
The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 15:29:28 [Permalink]
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That's one of the best things about being an atheist: we don't need some lame excuse to take a holiday. 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 10/25/2004 : 16:20:49 [Permalink]
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| I still enjoy Christmas, though. Great food, great movies on tv, great excuse to get people to buy things for you... Easter I don't care much about, though. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2004 : 11:54:47 [Permalink]
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Christmas is the biggest Capitalism holiday of the year. It is extremely fitting as a USA holiday. I love Christmas. Recreational shopping is so therapuetic.
PS, this is not meant to be sarcastic. I do have some over-consumers' guilt as far as the rest of the world is concerned, though I mostly shop at second hand sources. Sorry, guess evolution has pressured me to be self centered a tad more than group centered. But only a tad, mind you.
Easter is growing more capitalistic all the time. I recreationally shop on Easter as well. Very satisfying. |
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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
614 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 12:09:59 [Permalink]
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Well, April 1 is okay, I guess, but if atheists are going to get a holiday, I vote for Halloween. You get to dress up, decorate, get good things to eat without cooking, and the fundies already hate it.
Halloween has all the fun of Christmas with none of the hassle, hypocrisy or stress. It's far and away my favorite holiday. |
Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do on a rainy afternoon.
-- Susan Ertz
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
3192 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 12:28:14 [Permalink]
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| I got it! God is Dead Day! You can celebrate any or all days if you wish. But calling it a holiday is punishable by death. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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