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#201 The Journalist

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 05:18 PM

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#202 Pufer

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 11:19 PM

Now, Sunset Gardens Patio Apartments in conjunction with Sandia National Laboratories and Lockheed Martin bring you the Pufervian Philosophical Question of The Day: If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is, say, one-tenth of a picture? Is one-tenth of a picture not still a picture? If it's not, is a picture of one-tenth of something (an elephant, perhaps) not a picture of that something?

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Posted 29 August 2004 - 11:29 PM

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Originally posted by Pufer:
Now, Sunset Gardens Patio Apartments in conjunction with Sandia National Laboratories and Lockheed Martin bring you the Pufervian Philosophical Question of The Day: If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is, say, one-tenth of a picture? Is one-tenth of a picture not still a picture? If it's not, is a picture of one-tenth of something (an elephant, perhaps) not a picture of that something?

-Pufer

While half of a picture is technically still a picture and still worth a thousand words, half of a picture of an elephant is half of a picture of an elephant and is thusly worth half as many words. On the other hand, half of a picture of an elephant is a picture of half an elephant, so it's still worth a thousand.

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#204 The Journalist

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Posted 30 August 2004 - 05:58 PM

I would say it would depend on which half of the elephant...

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Posted 30 August 2004 - 06:06 PM

I think it depends on the nationality of the elephant, to be honest.

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Posted 31 August 2004 - 10:44 AM

Elephant.

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#207 moonunit4eva

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Posted 31 August 2004 - 08:36 PM

Sig test.

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#208 The Journalist

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Posted 01 September 2004 - 12:04 AM

haha, that's funny.

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Posted 01 September 2004 - 12:33 AM

Yes, just so hilarious...

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Posted 05 September 2004 - 09:15 PM

Ribbit.

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Posted 05 September 2004 - 10:49 PM

Captaintripps, on Sep 5 2004, 06:15 PM, said:

Ribbit.

Wrong. The correct answer was Tanzania. I'm afraid you lose this round.

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#212 Pufer

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Posted 06 September 2004 - 09:57 AM

Nope, his answer was about as close as anyone can get anymore as we're no longer allowed to speak of Tanzania. "Ribbit" isn't all that bad an alternative as far as I'm concerned.

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Posted 06 September 2004 - 02:11 PM

My ribbit is better than your ribbit.

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