Re: First major snowfall this year

On 05.07.2023 14.14, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> 
>> On 02.07.2023 16.29, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>
>>>> On 28.06.2023 13.31, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 23.06.2023 18.06, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm guessing that no one will die from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eating broccoli or cauliflower. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, the poison in those are insidiously
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> slow-acting, so I can't refute your guess
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> outright... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or not poisionous at all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Get over it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OR, and hear me out here, I could not eat
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> broccoli and/or cauliflower... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have no issue with that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You also don't get to besmirch it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Facts aren't besmirching.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Things that you made up aren't facts.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which just shows that I didn't make it up.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of course you did.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or maybe you made up that I made it up.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Doesn't sound like something I would do...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In this instance it absolutely sounds to me like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something you would do. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You would say that!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why do you say that?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because it's true.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quite. If I say something it is likely to be true...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have my doubts, but it's not like I can fact check it.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Is your favourite search engine broken?
>>>>>>>>>>>> Alternatively you could trust me (for once).
>>>>>>>>>>> I will once you admit that made up the stuff about brocolli
>>>>>>>>>>> being poisonous.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> https://www.thinkingnutrition.com.au/broccoli-bad-for-you/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Haha! In theory, all fruits and vegetables are toxic since they
>>>>>>>>> get sprayed with pesticides and crap.
>>>>>>>>> All the vegetables in the cabbage family can affect our
>>>>>>>>> thyroids. You'd have to eat like 10 lbs of it or something.
>>>>>>>>> Wow! There are a lot of kooks out there!
>>>>>>>>> Maybe this could be one of the commandments for our cult.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We need as many kooks as we can get for the legitimate and
>>>>>>>> totally real religion. The biggest threat to success is being
>>>>>>>> out-kooked by some other sect.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As the messiah, you're not going to let that happen.
>>>>>>> I beleive in you!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you, but the is a limit to my kooking abilities...
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure if you put your mind to it, you can outkook anyone.
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking at all the flat-earthers, the moon-landing-was-fake'ers,
>>>> the young earth creationists and the election-was-stolen'ers on the
>>>> internets and I feel wholly inadequate... poisionous broccoli is
>>>> nothing compared to those people.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Pfft! Everyone knows the moon landing was fake (and broccoli is not 
>>> poisonous).
>>
>> At least one of those statements is definitely wrong...
>>
> Kook!

I happen to believe that people have landed on the moon... The French
used a very big cannon to shoot a capsule all the way in the late 1800s.

>>> See! You're good at kookery.
>> I don't know. I'm not at all sure mountains are the fossilised remains
>> of giant prehistoric trees, for example. Although I agree the moon is
>> most likely made from cheese.
>>
> We'll never know for sure since the moon landings are fake.

It was all misdirection - in reality the apollo missions went to Mars,
but they had to keep the sovjets from finding out.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *starts new lsit*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Things to not feed BeH:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> brocolli
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cauliflower
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> spinach
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [REDACTED}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> avocado
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> creamy salad dressing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [REDACTED}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> check, check, check, oh why not, check...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you mean 'why would I not make you vegetarian
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tacos'? (because you said something about tempeh)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I say a lot of things.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> {yes, yes, you do...}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyway that was regarding the relative merits of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> plant-based protein products vs. actual fauna-based
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> meat. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> See. You snipped it and I forgot.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good thing I'm here to remind you, then...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> About what?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I knew you were going to ask that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ask what?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ask what I reminded you of.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> And what is that?
>>>>>>>>>>>> My stance on the relative merits of plant-based protein
>>>>>>>>>>>> products vs. actual fauna-based meat.
>>>>>>>>>>> Which is?
>>>>>>>>>> Cited in an earlier post.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Which you strategically snipped.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is why you should study during the term...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nah. Why waste time when I can Google shit later?
>>>>>> What if the test is closed book (and laptop)?
>>>>>>
>>>>> So,  I already did well in school and have a good job.
>>>>> Is this an instance where I can pay someone else to do it for me?
>>>>
>>>> That would be unethical. Also the cost may jeopardise your handbag
>>>> budget... 
>>>>
>>> I doubt that.
>>
>> So you think an competent test-taking impersonater comes cheap - in
>> this economy?
>>
> Do I need to hire a competent one?
> They don't need to pass, they just need to take the test for me so that 
> I am free to do other things (like not study)

If you don't pass you will have to take the year again.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OR 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> do you mean 'why not try them'?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes. I'm not afraid to try new things. (As long as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they are not poisonous.) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why no caek?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You said on numerous occasions that you can no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> longer eat caek. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would still be nice to be asked... Also I can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> eat a *little* piece. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *removes 'vegetarian tacos' and 'caek' from the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lsit* 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You forgot. I fixed it for you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was a note for people watching from home.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The many lurkers, you mean?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All they know for sure is that we've been arguing about
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> brocolli for 20 years.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quite. You are inordinately stubborn when it comes to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> broccoli. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hilarious
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, seriously. I'm still laughing about that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If I was the suspicious type, I might start to think you
>>>>>>>>>>>> were being sarcastic...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That also made me laugh.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But was it a sarcastic laugh?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Never!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Much relieved...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm very insecure...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No you aren't.
>>>>
>>>> Am too.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nah.
>>
>> Maybe you are right - now I'm not sure...
>>
> 
> YAY! A point for me!
> ;-)

No points. We have been over this...

-- 
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr