Comments on: Facts Curious and True http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barry Freed http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-69885 Barry Freed Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:46:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/#comment-69885 dipnut: Yes. It was a bit of cleverness. Taking a gander at your blog I have to ask if you chose that name to preclude some obnoxious lefty type (<i>moi</i>, perhaps?) from using it to harass the good Perfessor. As for your primatological research: You may classify me among the bonobos. That was a fucking great Groucho/Bud Cort story. I hadn't known about their close connection. It also takes the grand prize for the swallowed-something-unique-and-priceless-and-retrieved-it-post-defecation tale (don't have my Stith Thompson handy for the folktale type). With a hey nonny nonny and a ha cha cha! dipnut:

Yes.

It was a bit of cleverness.

Taking a gander at your blog I have to ask if you chose that name to preclude some obnoxious lefty type (moi, perhaps?) from using it to harass the good Perfessor.

As for your primatological research: You may classify me among the bonobos.

That was a fucking great Groucho/Bud Cort story. I hadn’t known about their close connection. It also takes the grand prize for the swallowed-something-unique-and-priceless-and-retrieved-it-post-defecation tale (don’t have my Stith Thompson handy for the folktale type).

With a hey nonny nonny and a ha cha cha!

]]> By: dipnut http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-69868 dipnut Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:33:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/#comment-69868 <i>Personally I despise the hypocritical Isntapundit...</i> Was that a typo, a bit of cleverness, or were you talking about me? Personally I despise the hypocritical Isntapundit…

Was that a typo, a bit of cleverness, or were you talking about me?

]]> By: Ken Houghton http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-69846 Ken Houghton Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:13:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/#comment-69846 Matt - not having heard of "Meet Wally Sparks" is a GOOD thing. Matt – not having heard of “Meet Wally Sparks” is a GOOD thing.

]]> By: JoeO http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-69774 JoeO Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:11:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/#comment-69774 I took a couple of classes with Merges. He is a good teacher. I took a couple of classes with Merges. He is a good teacher.

]]> By: Barry Freed http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-69757 Barry Freed Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:49:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/#comment-69757 Personally I despise the hypocritical Isntapundit, but I must demur. There is no way in which he fits the Usenet/Internets definition of "troll." Personally I despise the hypocritical Isntapundit, but I must demur. There is no way in which he fits the Usenet/Internets definition of “troll.”

]]> By: Harry http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-69754 Harry Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:40:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/#comment-69754 Its one of those movies that just cannot be as entertaining as the reviews make it sound Its one of those movies that just cannot be as entertaining as the reviews make it sound

]]> By: dipnut http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-69752 dipnut Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:31:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/#comment-69752 No, shelby, it's a positive reference to Merges. No, shelby, it’s a positive reference to Merges.

]]> By: matt http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-69751 matt Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:21:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/#comment-69751 Hmm, I just tried it and the first thing I get is a Rodny Dangerfield film I've never heard of, "Meet Wally Sparks", followed by A Trumone Capote Christmas or something like that. Troll II was there, but a bit down. Hmm,
I just tried it and the first thing I get is a Rodny Dangerfield film I’ve never heard of, “Meet Wally Sparks”, followed by A Trumone Capote Christmas or something like that. Troll II was there, but a bit down.

]]> By: Shelby http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/comment-page-1/#comment-69747 Shelby Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:04:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/28/facts-curious-and-true/#comment-69747 I do believe that is the first time I have ever seen a positive reference to Glenn in either posts or comments on this site. I do believe that is the first time I have ever seen a positive reference to Glenn in either posts or comments on this site.

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