Friday, September 09, 2005
GOT GOETHE?
Quote of Note i wish i Wrote:
Everything has been thought before, but the problem is to think of it again. ------Goethe
What a terrific tip... think things that time-tested thinkers thought. Gotta give Goethe credit. Which I am, right here... telling this taut thought. Stop me before I get infinitely loopy.
But yes, I believe this can prove valuable, such as after certain lines of valid research are abandoned, only to be rediscovered and turned into great discoveries at a later, more fitting epoch (see Mendel and the history of genetics for one example).
On the other hand, maybe Goethe was just saying plagiarism rocks.
You decide.
Either way, it's still a terrific thought. I think.
By the way, anagram fans,
GOETHE rearranged spells THE EGO, and GO THEE.
Discuss.
SWEEPSTAKES RULE REVEALS SECRET U.S. FEAR OF CANADA
The following is from an online sweepstakes list of rules, a direct quote, I kid you not:
"Canadian residents, to win, must first correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill testing question administered by mail. "
I am still floored by this line.
This sounds so much like a joke I almost wonder if it was meant as such.
But there is no sign of humor anywhere else in this contest's rules!
So I assume it is real, and thus I am not going to mention the company doing this contest.
I don't want to embarrass them!
Or maybe, instead of me worrying about who I embarrass, perhaps I'm a dumbass.
Maybe I am missing something?
I mean, now I really would love to know why this stipulation was deemed necessary!
Maybe it is the constant stream of comedic actors who have dominated our movie industry for years (Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Dan Ackroyd, John Candy, Martin Short)? Maybe they have led to such fear of being taken over by our neighbors from the north that we have to impose artificial barriers on all Canucks?
If anyone out there knows why this Canadian test is needed, please please enlighten me!
