tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post4706512289928686124..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: The Republican Road to RecoveryNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-51847093010682821912009-03-31T12:47:00.000-07:002009-03-31T12:47:00.000-07:00Genius, Neil.Genius, Neil.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14552113049327562751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-32074342967561717012009-03-27T11:36:00.000-07:002009-03-27T11:36:00.000-07:00I am so reminded of the famous S.Harris cartoon th...I am <EM>so</EM> reminded of the famous <A HREF="http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/eeb348/archives/2006/08/then-a-miracle.html" REL="nofollow">S.Harris cartoon</A> that originally appeared in <EM>American Scientist</EM> in 1986.<BR/><BR/>Mathematician at blackboard, scrawling a proof. Steps 1 and 3 are symbolic math gibberish; between them comes the punchline:<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Then a miracle occurs</STRONG><BR/><BR/>The cartoon's tagline, spoken by the mathematician's professor, is:<BR/><BR/><STRONG>"I think you should be more explicit here in step two."</STRONG>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519542015150334679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-74765441836024819652009-03-26T21:30:00.000-07:002009-03-26T21:30:00.000-07:00That's very zen.I think perhaps we're missing the ...That's very zen.<BR/><BR/>I think perhaps we're missing the point - if we read the proposal BACKWARDS, it's all one huge Buddhist koan!<BR/><BR/>Or, maybe the bubbles are cities, the lines are state roads, and the republican road lies among them all, going from and to nowhere, with no on or off ramps.<BR/><BR/>An 8 lane highway of use to no one, connecting nothing, that probably cost too much to produce in the first place. A true republican road.J. E Jansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12329578498907470856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-81429382458869812872009-03-26T19:55:00.000-07:002009-03-26T19:55:00.000-07:00At least the underpants gnomes had a definite orde...At least the underpants gnomes had a definite order in their plan, despite the missing step. It's not clear where this is even supposed to begin.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-63907215858844596332009-03-26T19:44:00.000-07:002009-03-26T19:44:00.000-07:00I'm surprised I haven't seen the phrase "underpant...I'm surprised I haven't seen the phrase "underpants gnomes" applied to this. It seems a perfect setup .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com