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"David Canzi -- non-mailable" |
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17 Aug 2007 12:08:40 AM |
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Is it just a coincidence... |
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
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David Canzi | Eternal truths come and go. |
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| User: "Wilson" |
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| Title: Re: Is it just a coincidence... |
17 Aug 2007 12:59:14 PM |
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"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
message news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
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David Canzi | Eternal truths come and go. |
I thought the collection basket was the symbol of gullibility
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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17 Aug 2007 11:05:25 PM |
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:59:14 -0400, "Wilson" <wilson1957@gmail.com>
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"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
message news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
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David Canzi | Eternal truths come and go. |
I thought the collection basket was the symbol of gullibility
It is a symbol of sex, in a very indirect way.
Public gifts are a display of fitness.
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| User: "stoney" |
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27 Aug 2007 02:49:52 PM |
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On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:35:25 +0930, Michael Gray
<mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:59:14 -0400, "Wilson" <wilson1957@gmail.com>
wrote:
"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
message news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
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David Canzi | Eternal truths come and go. |
I thought the collection basket was the symbol of gullibility
It is a symbol of sex, in a very indirect way.
Public gifts are a display of fitness.
At first glance that looked like pubic.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Is it just a coincidence... |
27 Aug 2007 09:27:27 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:49:52 -0700, stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:35:25 +0930, Michael Gray
<mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:59:14 -0400, "Wilson" <wilson1957@gmail.com>
wrote:
"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
message news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
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David Canzi | Eternal truths come and go. |
I thought the collection basket was the symbol of gullibility
It is a symbol of sex, in a very indirect way.
Public gifts are a display of fitness.
At first glance that looked like pubic.
I can't help what you are conditioned to see... ;)
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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27 Aug 2007 07:48:55 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:49:52 -0700, stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:35:25 +0930, Michael Gray
<mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:59:14 -0400, "Wilson" <wilson1957@gmail.com>
wrote:
"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
message news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
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David Canzi | Eternal truths come and go. |
I thought the collection basket was the symbol of gullibility
It is a symbol of sex, in a very indirect way.
Public gifts are a display of fitness.
At first glance that looked like pubic.
Michael is right, though. The collection basket is a symbol telling
you that you're getting screwed. In public.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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28 Aug 2007 03:29:29 AM |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:48:55 -0400, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:49:52 -0700, stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:35:25 +0930, Michael Gray
<mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:59:14 -0400, "Wilson" <wilson1957@gmail.com>
wrote:
"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
message news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
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David Canzi | Eternal truths come and go. |
I thought the collection basket was the symbol of gullibility
It is a symbol of sex, in a very indirect way.
Public gifts are a display of fitness.
At first glance that looked like pubic.
Michael is right, though. The collection basket is a symbol telling
you that you're getting screwed. In public.
Very humerous, but flagrant displays of overt wealth, (itself an
indirect indication of reproductive fitness), abound.
North American "Potlatch" is but an extreme example of the collection
plate syndrome.
That the practice of "collection plate display" occurs in a church, is
entirely incidental to religion of said institution.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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28 Aug 2007 10:16:02 AM |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:59:29 +0930, Michael Gray
<mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
That the practice of "collection plate display" occurs in a church, is
entirely incidental to religion of said institution.
Oh, of course. So is endowing the new steeple, the new organ, coming
to church in July (or January down there) in a new mink or ermine,
etc. A jewel thief could make a lifetime living in some churches in
an hour on a Sunday.
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| User: "LC" |
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17 Aug 2007 02:27:30 PM |
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With spectacular timing, "Wilson" <wilson1957@gmail.com> returned to write
in message news:46c5e293$0$5194$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com...
I thought the collection basket was the symbol of gullibility
Wilson, you're back at the same time as "J Young".
How...coincidental!
Did you say "Hi" to Auric Hellman in Millidgeville?
How about JCRoe and Father Kelly?
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| User: "JSG" |
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18 Aug 2007 09:47:32 PM |
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"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
message news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
The Christian fish symbol has reportedly been in use for almost twenty
centuries.
I have never heard the expression "fished in". I would guess that it is an
idiom (not a metaphor) used in your neck of the woods, but you can't assume
that everyone knows it or uses it.
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| User: "Rev. Karl E. Taylor" |
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18 Aug 2007 10:05:34 PM |
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"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
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Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
The Christian fish symbol has reportedly been in use for almost twenty
centuries.
I have never heard the expression "fished in". I would guess that it is an
idiom (not a metaphor) used in your neck of the woods, but you can't assume
that everyone knows it or uses it.
Yes, but the phrase, "hook, line and sinker" is very well known.
Hmmmm, fits the analogy too.
And her is an oldie but a goodie.
http://www.luciferianliberationfront.org/sf.html
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than they that seek answers on their knees,
with their eyes closed.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Is it just a coincidence... |
18 Aug 2007 11:45:32 PM |
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:47:32 +1000, "JSG" <jsg@wirenet.com.au> wrote:
"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
message news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
The Christian fish symbol has reportedly been in use for almost twenty
centuries.
I have never heard the expression "fished in". I would guess that it is an
idiom (not a metaphor) used in your neck of the woods, but you can't assume
that everyone knows it or uses it.
You may have heard the idiomatic expression "hook, line and sinker",
though...
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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19 Aug 2007 06:37:14 PM |
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:47:32 +1000, "JSG" <jsg@wirenet.com.au> wrote:
"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
message news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
The Christian fish symbol has reportedly been in use for almost twenty
centuries.
I have never heard the expression "fished in". I would guess that it is an
idiom (not a metaphor) used in your neck of the woods, but you can't assume
that everyone knows it or uses it.
"Reeled in", maybe?
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Is it just a coincidence... |
20 Aug 2007 03:28:22 AM |
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:37:14 -0400, Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid>
wrote:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:47:32 +1000, "JSG" <jsg@wirenet.com.au> wrote:
"David Canzi -- non-mailable" <dmcanzi@remulak.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
message news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca...
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
The Christian fish symbol has reportedly been in use for almost twenty
centuries.
I have never heard the expression "fished in". I would guess that it is an
idiom (not a metaphor) used in your neck of the woods, but you can't assume
that everyone knows it or uses it.
"Reeled in", maybe?
"Suckered in" might have some resonance with remora fans.
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| User: "Sanitys Little Helper" |
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18 Aug 2007 01:36:27 AM |
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(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote in
news:fa3ago$ggv$2@rumours.uwaterloo.ca to alt.atheism:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
A but like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H--tdhf1DPg
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David Silverman C.B.E.
aa #2208
"*****! I used up my last non-sequitur" - Andrew B Chung
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| User: "stoney" |
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27 Aug 2007 02:46:47 PM |
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
"reeled in." No, the various terms are deliberate and insulting
although such is 'explained away.'
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| User: "William Wingstedt" |
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17 Aug 2007 01:43:43 PM |
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
....and shouldn't that be gill ability if one is given to take the
lateral line?. Aw sharks, never mind, you've probably siene net all.
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David Canzi | Eternal truths come and go. |
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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17 Aug 2007 11:06:18 PM |
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:43:43 GMT,
(William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
...and shouldn't that be gill ability if one is given to take the
lateral line?. Aw sharks, never mind, you've probably siene net all.
Now watch him flounder on porpoise.
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| User: "William Wingstedt" |
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17 Aug 2007 11:22:12 PM |
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On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:36:18 +0930, Michael Gray
<mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:43:43 GMT,
(William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
...and shouldn't that be gill ability if one is given to take the
lateral line?. Aw sharks, never mind, you've probably siene net all.
Now watch him flounder on porpoise.
Don't get crabby, he'll clam up.
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| User: "stoney" |
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27 Aug 2007 03:26:59 PM |
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:43:43 GMT,
(William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
...and shouldn't that be gill ability if one is given to take the
lateral line?. Aw sharks, never mind, you've probably siene net all.
Sounds like you've imbibed too much at the sandbar because you're
floundering.
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| User: "Harry F. Leopold" |
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27 Aug 2007 04:12:08 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:26:59 -0500, stoney wrote
(in article <arc6d3lndv4fck1m0n40s3hb63js7uf9qn@4ax.com>):
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:43:43 GMT,
(William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
...and shouldn't that be gill ability if one is given to take the
lateral line?. Aw sharks, never mind, you've probably siene net all.
Sounds like you've imbibed too much at the sandbar because you're
floundering.
At least he hasn't blown a seal yet.
But let us keep his personal life out of this, OK?
--
Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
³The rapture's already happened and Jimmy Hoffa was the only one worthy.³ -
Witziges Rätsel
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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27 Aug 2007 09:29:16 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:12:08 -0500, Harry F. Leopold
<hleopold@coxyx.net> wrote:
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:26:59 -0500, stoney wrote
(in article <arc6d3lndv4fck1m0n40s3hb63js7uf9qn@4ax.com>):
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:43:43 GMT,
(William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
...and shouldn't that be gill ability if one is given to take the
lateral line?. Aw sharks, never mind, you've probably siene net all.
Sounds like you've imbibed too much at the sandbar because you're
floundering.
At least he hasn't blown a seal yet.
But let us keep his personal life out of this, OK?
Kip Addotta: 'Wet Dreams", right?
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| User: "Harry F. Leopold" |
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29 Aug 2007 02:29:30 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:41:16 -0500, Michael Gray wrote
(in article <0327d3l1iu07df2dj7qjoqqpjrltpco88t@4ax.com>):
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:12:08 -0500, Harry F. Leopold
<hleopold@coxyx.net> wrote:
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:26:59 -0500, stoney wrote
(in article <arc6d3lndv4fck1m0n40s3hb63js7uf9qn@4ax.com>):
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:43:43 GMT,
(William Wingstedt) wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
...and shouldn't that be gill ability if one is given to take the
lateral line?. Aw sharks, never mind, you've probably siene net all.
Sounds like you've imbibed too much at the sandbar because you're
floundering.
At least he hasn't blown a seal yet.
But let us keep his personal life out of this, OK?
Kip Addotta: 'Wet Dreams", right?
Got it the first try! "Wet Dreams in the Gulf Stream."
--
Harry F. Leopold
aa #2076
AA/Vet #4
The Prints of Darkness
(remove gene to email)
"We're sorry, the neurons you have reached are temporarily out of service.
Please try your post again later."-Mark K. Bilbo
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Is it just a coincidence... |
17 Aug 2007 03:38:49 AM |
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
Yes.
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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17 Aug 2007 12:41:03 PM |
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"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:jknac3lkff87v0klft2ehctnddf9hhc647@4ax.com...
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
Yes.
But it shouldn't be.
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http//www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "David Canzi -- non-mailable" |
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17 Aug 2007 12:47:44 PM |
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In article <jknac3lkff87v0klft2ehctnddf9hhc647@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
Yes.
The trouble with asking a leading question in alt.atheism is that
atheists are not easily led.
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David Canzi | Eternal truths come and go. |
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Is it just a coincidence... |
27 Aug 2007 02:47:54 PM |
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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:47:44 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
In article <jknac3lkff87v0klft2ehctnddf9hhc647@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:08:40 +0000 (UTC),
(David Canzi -- non-mailable) wrote:
Is it just a coincidence that Christians use a fish as a symbol of
Christianity and "fished in" is a common metaphor for gullibility?
Yes.
The trouble with asking a leading question in alt.atheism is that
atheists are not easily led.
True, but one can rarely be sure of the resulting tangent.
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