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Prolly a math teacher. I'm just sayin'.
And what, pray tell, is that supposed to mean?
Cheeky sod!
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Clumeleon
Quote by HeraTeleia
Totally not dejected that I didn't make Steph's list of good writers...sighing I suppose I need to lurk around here a bit more. Or find out what his favourite drink is, and send him a case.
The old bastard, who I've known for years, has never spelt my name correctly, if it makes you feel any better.
. Clumeleon
Looking at what you have at the moment, I think you just need to put [/url] at the end.
EDIT: No, the problem is you have http:// twice.
So it should be:
[ url=http://www.lushstories.com/stories/flash-erotica/another-dance.aspx][ img]http://upload.lushstories.com/1728917551-AnothrDance_banner.gif[ /img][ /url]
Without the spaces.
EDIT: No, the problem is you have http:// twice.
So it should be:
[ url=http://www.lushstories.com/stories/flash-erotica/another-dance.aspx][ img]http://upload.lushstories.com/1728917551-AnothrDance_banner.gif[ /img][ /url]
Without the spaces.
Clumeleon
Quote by Mazza
I disagree. Things are rarely passed on verbatim. People add details, forget details, omit the things they see as unimportant or irrelevant to them, accentuate the details they like or see as relevant. Did you ever play Chinese Whispers at school? Even a simple phrase can be completely different by the time it gets to the last person.
But it's not like Chinese Whispers. That was the main way that important information and teachings were recorded and transmitted. Scholar made a great deal of effort and took a great deal of pride in memorising them precisely from the previous person.
Again, I'm not saying I believe the Bible is true and accurate. I don't know anything about how the story of Jesus' life was transmitted and came to be recorded in writing. I just don't think we can so easily poo-poo something that was the common, standard way of doing things.
Quote by Mazza
Things are lost and added in the translation and interpretation of any story or a history. That's a fact. It depends who's telling it. Look at Cinderella and how the original versions differ from the modern ones. Did you know that it was originally a Chinese tale and that in subsequent versions, her stepsisters cut off parts of their feet to fit into her lost shoe? (as her feet had been bound and were tiny as a result?) It's not much like Disney version.
I did know that. And the fact that any of us know that goes to show that this it's a very different situation. Yes, the story has been changed and adapted, but the original has never truly been lost.
Quote by Mazza
I'm sure the history of World War II (to draw another example at random) varies greatly in its telling. I'm sure that the British version differs to that of the Germans or the Japanese, or Italians, or French, or American, or Polish, or Jewish - you know?
I'm sure you're right. But the history of WWII has, by and large, been recorded in writing, and still it seems to vary. And that's more a case of different perspectives/biases rather than changing as it gets passed down over time.
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I'm just saying that I don't think that the bible (and even that varies depending on which version or edition you read) is a 100% accurate retelling of exactly what happened all those years ago. Have you read 1984 by George Orwell?
I agree. And no, I have not.
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As a matter of interest, were other things described in that way? The feelings? I mean, was the whole walking on water thing omitted while he included his feelings of elation at raising someone from the dead, or having his feet washed and so on?
I actually don't know. I'd be very interested to find out, too.
Clumeleon
Quote by Mazza
I know, that was what I meant in my first post...
I just mean that the story of Jesus' life being passed down orally doesn't necessarily make it any less reliable.
Some believe it to be a true and accurate account, which would mean Jesus really did walk on water—he must have told someone how it feels. Why was THAT never orally transmitted?
Clumeleon
Quote by Mazza
That's based on the assumption that the bible is true and accurate? Even though it was passed on for many years by word of mouth before being written and interpreted by many different people?
Gotcha
Actually, around the time that Jesus is supposed to have lived, it was very common for the most important information to be transmitted orally rather than written down.
I'm not saying that's a reason to take everything written in the bible at face value, by the way, only that the way it came into being was fairly standard practice.
Clumeleon
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Mr. Clum, tell us. If you were a flexible female, home alone with time on your hands, would you attempt autocunnilingus?
I'd give it a go. I do love cunnilingus.
I wouldn't take a video though, because that just ain't gonna look pretty.
Sadly, I am neither flexible nor female.
Clumeleon
Quote by imafiredog
where is this video?
A quick search brought this up: http://www.adultpornvideox.com/video/cute-girl-licks-her-own-clit-15960586/
I don't find it very sexy, to be honest.
Clumeleon
This thought was really troubling me yesterday, so I thought I'd seek out some other opinions, and maybe find someone who know the definitive answer to my question. It would be nice to put my mind at ease over this matter.
When Jesus (Christ, of Nazareth) walked on water, did it feel like a solid surface, or was it more like when people walk on custard?
My head just can't even begin to comprehend what it was like.
Also, let me know if you think this topic is too heavy and should be moved to The Think Tank.
When Jesus (Christ, of Nazareth) walked on water, did it feel like a solid surface, or was it more like when people walk on custard?
My head just can't even begin to comprehend what it was like.
Also, let me know if you think this topic is too heavy and should be moved to The Think Tank.
Clumeleon
Quote by Liz
Give us a lesson then?
If the answer to the problem is 23, then why does doubling that figure not increase the probability to 100 percent?
*twirls hair with a pencil*
It's pretty clear (I think) that to have a probability of 1 (or 100%), i.e., to make it absolutely certain that two people will share a birthday, then you need 367 people (invoke the Pigeonhole Principle).
The relationship is quite a complex one, I imagine, and certainly not linear, as you're conjecture would imply. It's actually not a million miles away from the topic of my masters dissertation (look up the Cocktail Party Problem for a flavour of it). Essentially, you can view it as a huge network, and as the number of people increases, the number of connections increases even more quickly, so the probability of witnessing the particular kind of connection you're looking for increases quickly, too.
