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BoSoxGal
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by BoSoxGal » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:24 pm
In case you don't read the linked article, I have to share this funny choo choo giphy of Thomas:
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
RayThom
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by RayThom » Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:33 pm
This is so ponderous. I was hoping no one would ever ask.
Is two not enough, is four too many? I'm going to say 'three' and hope I'm not ostracized by the toddler community.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
BoSoxGal
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by BoSoxGal » Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:09 pm
I like my train to go a long, long way . . . so I'm a proponent of TWELVE chugga chuggas, in sets of four each, topped of course by a very enthusiastic CHOO! CHOO!!
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
Lord Jim
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by Lord Jim » Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:38 pm
A cadence of eight 'chuggas" (or four "chugga chuggas") per CHOO CHOO! would seem to me to be the optimal ratio...
Joe Guy
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by Joe Guy » Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:58 pm
I think at least ten chuggas are required before a choo choo. Anything less would be premature and anti-climactic.
eddieq
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by eddieq » Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:58 pm
Two if it's a quick hit. If you're going for the full effect, eight (two sets of four) chugga's per choo choo. Anything else is psychotic.
BoSoxGal
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by BoSoxGal » Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:03 pm
eddieq wrote: Anything else is psychotic.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
Crackpot
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by Crackpot » Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:50 pm
Am I the only one that thinks thinks they should be said in pairs?
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
RayThom
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by RayThom » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:13 pm
Crackpot wrote: Am I the only one that thinks thinks they should be said in pairs?
No, I don't think think so.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
Joe Guy
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by Joe Guy » Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:29 pm
Apparently, you think that think should be used in pairs so at least you're consistent.
Bicycle Bill
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by Bicycle Bill » Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:59 pm
You realize, of course, it has been something like 70 years or more, since the diesel-electrics started taking over, that train engines actually
went "chugga-chugga-choo-choo"?
-"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
BoSoxGal
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by BoSoxGal » Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:06 am
ALTERNATIVE FACTS!
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
rubato
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by rubato » Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:05 am
Four is the optimum number. Rhythmically, philosophically, and spiritually, four is the correct number.
chugga chugga
chugga chugga
CHOO-CHOO
It is obvious to the meanest of intelligences that this is so.
You may now bow and promise never to stray from the straight and narrow again. Amen.
yrs,
rubato
MajGenl.Meade
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by MajGenl.Meade » Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:14 am
I say, "Chattanooga"
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts