tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post3453406217318152619..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: Scientia potentia est*rhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-57257170183606467962015-11-13T08:27:03.250-05:002015-11-13T08:27:03.250-05:00What America really needs is more welders who phil...What America really needs is more welders who philosophise and more philosophers who can weld. I have heard that Donald Trump can do both. Let's hope he doesn't blow himself up by accidentally setting his oxy-acetylene equipment on fire. BOOOOM! Bye-bye Donald! Oh dear.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-68934899951276995062015-11-12T23:08:39.427-05:002015-11-12T23:08:39.427-05:00Sue, oh, now I get it!<b>Sue,</b> oh, now I get it! rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-58335027851636596592015-11-12T22:36:51.238-05:002015-11-12T22:36:51.238-05:00He wanted less philosphers? Or less of the philos...He wanted less philosphers? Or less of the philosphers. My own mild humour failing...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-55345563804314519362015-11-12T22:17:48.462-05:002015-11-12T22:17:48.462-05:00I should not have published this post. I don't...I should not have published this post. I don't understand <b>Snowbrush</b>'s comments either.<br /><br />My intention was to be mildly funny (apparently I didn't achieve my goal) by pointing out Senator Rubio's language slip -- he used <i>less</i> when the word he should have used was <i>fewer</i>. Maybe you have to be an English major....rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-13599224005716895752015-11-12T22:03:18.162-05:002015-11-12T22:03:18.162-05:00EC (Sue), I truly don't understand what you me...<b>EC (Sue),</b> I truly don't understand what you mean about the philosophers being overweight. The only thing I can come up with is if the welders are repairing broken philosophers who have burst their seams. Is that it? I'm in the dark. Maybe you have to be an Aussie....rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-70309823548716394042015-11-12T21:18:08.920-05:002015-11-12T21:18:08.920-05:00P.S. “Though how, when they earn less than the wel...P.S. “Though how, when they earn less than the welder raises philosophical questions of its own.”<br /><br />American politicians can say any stupid thing, and as long as it’s consistent with popular prejudices, they’ll be a applauded for their wisdom rather than challenged for their sources. We have such a low bar here, that few if any honorable people would even condescend to surmount it, although I think that Bernie Sanders might be one.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-22878879559308856402015-11-12T21:13:40.737-05:002015-11-12T21:13:40.737-05:00Why can’t one be a welder and a philosopher, why t...Why can’t one be a welder and a philosopher, why this implication that the examined life requires a doctorate?Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-19585817905483623612015-11-12T20:29:57.947-05:002015-11-12T20:29:57.947-05:00Perhaps he believes that your philosophers are all...Perhaps he believes that your philosophers are all overweight? <br />Though how, when they earn less than the welder raises philosophical questions of its own.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com