301. Fleabytes

Comment #147449 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Pathfinder:

How many times do we have to flush before you go away?

302. Fleabytes

Comment #147348 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 7:46 am

Dr Benway:

Applause is apparently more valuable to him than accuracy.

303. Fleabytes

Comment #147310 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 6:22 am

Richard:
"You manipulative little sod, you!"

Sock it to me baby.....and thanks.

304. Fleabytes

Comment #147293 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 5:52 am

Richard: I think it may be time to elevate this from 'thread' to 'superstring' status.

Please can one commission an Irish jig to be called 'The Sock on the Stairs'? I also quite fancy 'The Fire Hose Reel'. When the muse hits....no pressure.....

best

clod

305. Fleabytes

Comment #147290 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 5:41 am

Steve: Arrrrrghhhh! You have The Grimm!

306. Fleabytes

Comment #147287 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 5:38 am

Steve: Go Away. This Is For Your Own Good.

;-))))

307. Fleabytes

Comment #147284 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 5:35 am

Steve: 6371

I want a detailed explanation of how God makes consciousness.

308. Fleabytes

Comment #147250 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 4:37 am

Irate:

Some of us understand the odds, and put our weekly pound in the bank instead - where we have a better chance of a return on our capital.

309. Fleabytes

Comment #147235 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 4:02 am

Steve: BP rising? Give it up for lent...betcha can't.

310. Fleabytes

Comment #147225 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 3:44 am

clearthinker: Why doesn't the bible mention socks?

Why won't you tell me what evidence means to you?

311. Fleabytes

Comment #147205 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 3:16 am

Pathfinder:

How many times do we have to flush before you go away?

The topic today is 'socks'.

Please get with the program or fuck off.

312. Jesus saves

Comment #147194 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 2:56 am

Irate:

The proceeds from selling your socks.

313. Fleabytes

Comment #147193 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 2:50 am

1 Timothy 2:9 I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes or socks

So darling.....about that monsoon dress...

314. Fleabytes

Comment #147189 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 2:45 am

Epeeist:

And why is it that the only socks that survive in pairs are the Paisley ones given to you by great Aunt Mildred for Christmas 11 years ago?

315. Jesus saves

Comment #147179 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 2:05 am

...and the funding comes from, where exactly?

316. Fleabytes

Comment #147172 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 1:39 am

Genesis 44:13
"At this, they tore their clothes. Then they all loaded their donkeys and returned to the city."

Your interpretation is incorrect. The bible does not mention socks even once. There is a terrific amount about 'tearing of clothes' and 'coming before pharoe' and nothing atallatall about socks on stairs (or anywhere else) so there. phooey.

317. Fleabytes

Comment #147160 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 1:13 am

Jesus Irate. You're a man of God (the cloth) (socks) no? Have you no compassion, no empathy, no feeling?

It's not my sock either thordammit!

Does your holy book say NOTHING about socks on stairs? What use is it then?

318. The Secular Conscience

Comment #147155 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 1:00 am

Secular democracy protects the right of people to believe in whatever nonsense they wish within the framework of civil & criminal law. While I agree most Christians see the importance of this state of affairs I would have to make exception when it comes to the Catholic church.

In my view, the tactics they use to influence public policy to conform to their agenda take them well beyond mere lobbying. The pressure, nay threats, they employ directed at Catholic politicians and voters is beyond the pale and should be curtailed by law.

319. Fleabytes

Comment #147150 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 12:28 am

Two questions arise vis a vis the crucial socks with sandals debate:

Would Jesus have been taken srsly if he had worn socks with his sandals?

What is it with that sock on the stairs? Just the one, all on its own. It lies there for days taunting you. Where the fuck is the other one? How did it get there? Why will nobody move it? Grrr!

320. Fleabytes

Comment #147148 by clodhopper on March 20, 2008 at 12:22 am

Gordon: Hai

See http://musingsofastrangemind.blogspot.com/2008/03/evening-with-david-robertson.html

best

clod

321. Fleabytes

Comment #146502 by clodhopper on March 19, 2008 at 6:33 am

Well, IT was always overated. Nerdy stuff.

Now EVERYTHING else on the other hand......:-)))

322. Fleabytes

Comment #146470 by clodhopper on March 19, 2008 at 5:50 am

....."so that the real Richard doesn't think you'e being rude to him."

Good grief. So now we have the 'No Real Richard' fallacy as well!

323. Fleabytes

Comment #146466 by clodhopper on March 19, 2008 at 5:47 am

"If someone asks me where the evidence is, then I would immediately ask them to explain what they mean by evidence".


Yeah well, been there, done that. I asked DR what he meant by evidence at 4579 (this thread). Still no response.

324. Fleabytes

Comment #146433 by clodhopper on March 19, 2008 at 4:46 am

Thanks for the report Quetz. Really...and this guy wants to debate Dawkins!

325. Fleabytes

Comment #146371 by clodhopper on March 19, 2008 at 2:23 am

"Clodhopper, your Tea sir, its ready and waiting next to your copy of The God Delusion!" :)

Thank you, my man.

Quetz, you apostate, you.

326. Fleabytes

Comment #146359 by clodhopper on March 19, 2008 at 2:01 am

Arsenic Ere Pull:
"It is a blessing that I am so humble. A less humble man would feel great pride in his actions were they as great as mine surely are"

Do we know who this is yet?

327. Fleabytes

Comment #146355 by clodhopper on March 19, 2008 at 1:49 am

Oh,I should point out that my repentence is subject to ongoing contestations of negotiated reality in a form of liminally subjective anticipation.

.....i.e. I've moved on to coffee now.

328. Fleabytes

Comment #146342 by clodhopper on March 19, 2008 at 1:21 am

Morning All. Praise The Lard (Still not the Quetz I'm afraid).

Mines a tea. Milk, no sugar.

I repent OK?

...a thunderous noise rent the heavens....oh, just the fireman putting out that damn burning bush again.

329. Fleabytes

Comment #145759 by clodhopper on March 18, 2008 at 5:40 am

Morning All. Praise The Lard.....and maybe Quetz (not convinced yet though)

Now....what've I missed. Oh good grief! srsly

Claire de Loon: But if we roast for eternity, won't we be a tad overdone?

330. Fleabytes

Comment #144450 by clodhopper on March 16, 2008 at 5:10 am

Does anybody know of any good songs with an atheistic point of view?

331. Fleabytes

Comment #144419 by clodhopper on March 16, 2008 at 3:37 am

Morning All - Praise The Lard.

5469:

[snip] everything.

Listen whatthe...?. put the fundy response manual down and listen. Don't give me the standard responses because I'm talking to YOU.

The groove your mind is stuck in is limited and self-limiting. The good news is that just because your mind is in that groove, it doesn't have to stay there. Don't you want more out of life than a prison composed of the bars of what other people have laid on you?

You can be so much more than that....and outside the walls of your prison is a world of possibility and discovery and when you start walking down that path You CAN Get YOUR Life Back.

I hope you take the first few steps.

best

clod

332. Ban anti-Catholic books in schools, says bishop

Comment #144098 by clodhopper on March 15, 2008 at 4:58 am

Hi David (Backpacker) & welcome to the melee. It's not so bad when you've dipped your toes in is it? We are a friendly and forgiving bunch for the most part.

I am glad someone else has looked at this. I find it quite unbelievable that they can get away with sending this shit out to schools. Makes me wonder what the heads and teachers think when they read this stuff (even if they are in a 'catholic' school), let alone what the LEA think about it.

I really should get off my arse and start writing to the local rags and the LEA and make some sort of noise about it when I calm down a bit.

333. Fleabytes

Comment #143875 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 2:32 pm

"He knows the very number of hairs on our head"

Can someone please tell me what a 'very number' is as opposed to say, just a number. Always wanted to know that.

334. Ban anti-Catholic books in schools, says bishop

Comment #143868 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 2:19 pm

Do I have to live with this shit? Fraid so, Lancaster is my home town. I think this fucktard wants to be pope or something. It's worse than you think, I've read the whole document....just google Fit For Mission and hunt for it. The most unbelievably huge pile of stinking steaming horseshit you have ever come across. I nearly exploded. Just read it....gwon....you know you want to.

335. Fleabytes

Comment #143848 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 1:59 pm

SG: Now I understand why St Kildan society collapsed. It was the wimmin.....

good link by the way....lots of stuff to read now! *groans*

336. Deadly Sins 101

Comment #143842 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 1:51 pm

Does this mean I have to give up Mufti diving?

337. I don't believe in atheists

Comment #143822 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 1:22 pm

"Unfortunately, what they've done is offer a Utopian belief system that is as self-delusional as that offered by Christian fundamentalists"

We have a utopian belief system now? Will someone please post this up for me?

338. Fleabytes

Comment #143797 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 12:31 pm

Dr B: Is that part of why humans appear so sluggish compared to animals do you think? We process our 'experiencing' through memory and language before reacting. Animals just 'see' the detail and react BAM, cutting out the middleman so to speak.

339. Fleabytes

Comment #143781 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 12:05 pm

Comment #143771 by Incredulous

.....Words can be a museum of ignorance. They can be used to describe, but often do not have the quality of instigating perception.

340. Fleabytes

Comment #143759 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 11:03 am

SG: You're right. Sorry. The eyes worry me too. The only time I can imagine them lighting up is in the reflected glare of a bonfire with us lot on top of it which he has just gladly lit.

341. Fleabytes

Comment #143750 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 10:53 am

Paula: Bet she needs your help to get rid of fleas though. :-(

342. Fleabytes

Comment #143737 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 10:41 am

5330: I think that a man like that should be informed that should he get a hard on....it does not count as personal growth.

343. Fleabytes

Comment #143724 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 10:20 am

Dr B: You're avatar is worryingly close to that flea!

344. Fleabytes

Comment #143430 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 5:36 am

Well, it's a very difficult and emotive issue with, at the end of the day, no hard and fast answer (unless yer Catholic of course). One thing research also shows clearly is that whatever legislation is enacted banning it, abortions happen anyway at much the same level with frequent disastrous outcomes.

What I hate is the arrogance that says to a woman, you will do what I want in this circumstance, not what you want. Who the fuck am I to say such a thing?

345. Fleabytes

Comment #143413 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 5:18 am

Comment #143404 by Sargeist

"well, there are circumstances in which a person's autonomy is overridden

346. Fleabytes

Comment #143406 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 5:11 am

David: Srsly, take a break....you're all over the place...and please do your posts in a txt editor.

347. Fleabytes

Comment #143395 by clodhopper on March 14, 2008 at 4:58 am

Steve: "oooh! Please! Professor Dawkins, please pick me! I know the answer!", and when not picked "Pah! Teacher is a big silly! It was not fair."

348. Fleabytes

Comment #142991 by clodhopper on March 13, 2008 at 10:04 am

.....back now....

PK & Everyone. Congrats & Hugs. Thanks for sharing. What can one say? Marvellous....simply marvellous & Tallyho!!

349. Fleabytes

Comment #142882 by clodhopper on March 13, 2008 at 7:12 am

Thought not....am I allowed a cigarette?

350. Fleabytes

Comment #142863 by clodhopper on March 13, 2008 at 6:45 am

....Actually....Diacanu probably won't....you can't have everything!