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I.N. Galidakis
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 Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:57 am Post subject: OT Humor: Eris, Smoking Banana Peels & New Murphy's Laws |
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Last week while I was thinking about the analytic continuation of the Ackermann
function in the complex plane, I fell on my head after stepping on a discarded
banana peel which I previously had tried to smoke. The fall resulted in a sudden
and dangerous revelation, if you will, which caused the spontaneous birth of
dozens of new scientific & non-scientific Murphy's Laws.
I suspect the originator of the revelation was Goddess Eris, but I cannot be
sure because I was unconscious for several minutes.
I don't know if they are correct. I don't even know if they are funny, so some
may find them objectionable or even offending. In either case, don't blame me.
Blame the banana peel and Goddess Eris. They made me do it.
Sorted according to category for your reading convenience and efficient
apoplexy. Brace yourselves. The news are bad (as they usually are with Murphy's
Laws) ;o)
http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/writing/NewMurphysLaws.html
Further laws to be added as providence allows...
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dedanoe
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:41 am Post subject: Re: OT Humor: Eris, Smoking Banana Peels & New Murphy's Laws |
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On Jun 27, 1:57 am, "I.N. Galidakis" <morph...@olympus.mons> wrote:
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Last week while I was thinking about the analytic continuation of the Ackermann
function in the complex plane, I fell on my head after stepping on a discarded
banana peel which I previously had tried to smoke. The fall resulted in a sudden
and dangerous revelation, if you will, which caused the spontaneous birth of
dozens of new scientific & non-scientific Murphy's Laws.
I suspect the originator of the revelation was Goddess Eris, but I cannot be
sure because I was unconscious for several minutes.
I don't know if they are correct. I don't even know if they are funny, so some
may find them objectionable or even offending. In either case, don't blame me.
Blame the banana peel and Goddess Eris. They made me do it.
Sorted according to category for your reading convenience and efficient
apoplexy. Brace yourselves. The news are bad (as they usually are with Murphy's
Laws) ;o)
http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/writing/NewMurphysLaws.html
Further laws to be added as providence allows...
--
I.N. Galidakis
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dear lord, i don't know how to thank this dude for making my day...
very chierful contents. |
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dedanoe
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:47 am Post subject: Re: OT Humor: Eris, Smoking Banana Peels & New Murphy's Laws |
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On Jun 27, 1:57 am, "I.N. Galidakis" <morph...@olympus.mons> wrote:
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Last week while I was thinking about the analytic continuation of the Ackermann
function in the complex plane, I fell on my head after stepping on a discarded
banana peel which I previously had tried to smoke. The fall resulted in a sudden
and dangerous revelation, if you will, which caused the spontaneous birth of
dozens of new scientific & non-scientific Murphy's Laws.
I suspect the originator of the revelation was Goddess Eris, but I cannot be
sure because I was unconscious for several minutes.
I don't know if they are correct. I don't even know if they are funny, so some
may find them objectionable or even offending. In either case, don't blame me.
Blame the banana peel and Goddess Eris. They made me do it.
Sorted according to category for your reading convenience and efficient
apoplexy. Brace yourselves. The news are bad (as they usually are with Murphy's
Laws) ;o)
http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/writing/NewMurphysLaws.html
Further laws to be added as providence allows...
--
I.N. Galidakis
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Galidakis? is it greek sure-name? if so i am curious how would you
solve the issue with the name of FYROM. they call me Staicy, the call
me Jane, they call me FYROM but that's not my name, that's not my
name... |
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Dave L. Renfro
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: OT Humor: Eris, Smoking Banana Peels & New Murphy's Laws |
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I.N. Galidakis wrote (in part):
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Last week while I was thinking about the analytic continuation
of the Ackermann function in the complex plane, I fell on my
head after stepping on a discarded banana peel which I previously
had tried to smoke. The fall resulted in a sudden and dangerous
revelation, [...]
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This reminds me of a scene in the movie "Back to the Future":
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/quotes
"No, wait! Doc. Doc. The-the-the bruise - the bruise on your
head. I know how that happened! You told me the whole story.
You were standing on your toilet, and you were hanging a clock,
and you fell, and you hit your head on the sink. And that's
when you came up with the idea for the Flux Capacitor... "
Dave L. Renfro |
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I.N. Galidakis
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: OT Humor: Eris, Smoking Banana Peels & New Murphy's Laws |
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dedanoe wrote:
[snip]
Yes, it is.
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if so i am curious how would you
solve the issue with the name of FYROM. they call me Staicy, the call
me Jane, they call me FYROM but that's not my name, that's not my
name...
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Well, besides being greatly OT, let me just say that what I think about the
issue is pretty much irrelevant. What IS relevant, is what history and serious
historians will think of you and your kind after 100 years.
As far as I am concerned, you can call yourselves "Macedonians", "Vulcans",
"Ferengi", "Tri-Neptunians" or anything else you want. If you manage to convince
historians that your are the rightful heirs of Alexander The Great, speaking a
slavic language and being "descendants" of the Ancient Macedonians who spoke
Greek, be my guest.
I'll give you a further hint: The stuff you post in the sci.* newsgroups, isn't
helping your case very much.
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hhc314@yahoo.com
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:25 am Post subject: Re: OT Humor: Eris, Smoking Banana Peels & New Murphy's Laws |
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On Jun 27, 2:06 pm, "Dave L. Renfro" <renfr...@cmich.edu> wrote:
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I.N. Galidakis wrote (in part):
Last week while I was thinking about the analytic continuation
of the Ackermann function in the complex plane, I fell on my
head after stepping on a discarded banana peel which I previously
had tried to smoke. The fall resulted in a sudden and dangerous
revelation, [...]
This reminds me of a scene in the movie "Back to the Future":
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/quotes
"No, wait! Doc. Doc. The-the-the bruise - the bruise on your
head. I know how that happened! You told me the whole story.
You were standing on your toilet, and you were hanging a clock,
and you fell, and you hit your head on the sink. And that's
when you came up with the idea for the Flux Capacitor... "
Dave L. Renfro
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Hell Dave.I sort of liked that movie, which in turn made a great deal
more sense than the majority of the posts from crackpots posting here
on sci.physics.
Harry C. |
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galathaea
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject: Re: OT Humor: Eris, Smoking Banana Peels & New Murphy's Laws |
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On Jun 26, 4:57 pm, "I.N. Galidakis" <morph...@olympus.mons> wrote:
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Last week while I was thinking about the analytic continuation of the Ackermann
function in the complex plane, I fell on my head after stepping on a discarded
banana peel which I previously had tried to smoke. The fall resulted in a sudden
and dangerous revelation, if you will, which caused the spontaneous birth of
dozens of new scientific & non-scientific Murphy's Laws.
I suspect the originator of the revelation was Goddess Eris, but I cannot be
sure because I was unconscious for several minutes.
I don't know if they are correct. I don't even know if they are funny, so some
may find them objectionable or even offending. In either case, don't blame me.
Blame the banana peel and Goddess Eris. They made me do it.
Sorted according to category for your reading convenience and efficient
apoplexy. Brace yourselves. The news are bad (as they usually are with Murphy's
Laws) ;o)
http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/writing/NewMurphysLaws.html
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my favorite
"The more YOU know about The Universe, the more The Universe knows
about YOU" --- Nerdius's Futility of Scientific Knowledge Law
btw
has there ever been found
an ethnobotanical origin to the banana peel use?
the earliest reference i know of is the anarchist cookbook
there's been a lot of speculation over the years of a joke
have any metabolically active alkaloids ever been found?
besides the transmitter amino acid derivatives commonly found?
bananadine?
just wondering if you'd heard more of the history
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I.N. Galidakis
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:34 am Post subject: Re: OT Humor: Eris, Smoking Banana Peels & New Murphy's Laws |
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galathaea wrote:
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On Jun 26, 4:57 pm, "I.N. Galidakis" <morph...@olympus.mons> wrote:
Last week while I was thinking about the analytic continuation of the
Ackermann function in the complex plane, I fell on my head after stepping on
a discarded banana peel which I previously had tried to smoke. The fall
resulted in a sudden and dangerous revelation, if you will, which caused the
spontaneous birth of dozens of new scientific & non-scientific Murphy's Laws.
I suspect the originator of the revelation was Goddess Eris, but I cannot be
sure because I was unconscious for several minutes.
I don't know if they are correct. I don't even know if they are funny, so
some may find them objectionable or even offending. In either case, don't
blame me. Blame the banana peel and Goddess Eris. They made me do it.
Sorted according to category for your reading convenience and efficient
apoplexy. Brace yourselves. The news are bad (as they usually are with
Murphy's Laws) ;o)
http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/writing/NewMurphysLaws.html
my favorite
"The more YOU know about The Universe, the more The Universe knows
about YOU" --- Nerdius's Futility of Scientific Knowledge Law
btw
has there ever been found
an ethnobotanical origin to the banana peel use?
the earliest reference i know of is the anarchist cookbook
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The earliest reference I can remember, is Gary Larson's "The Far Side" books,
where, if memory serves right, he presents several interesting studies of
primates, bananas and banana peels.
Unfortunately I have given my entire Far Side collection to a friend,
mathematics professor and geometer Paris Pamfilos, and since then I have lost
track of it, so I cannot pinpoint the exact cartoons I am talking about. At the
time I gave the books, I wasn't aware of the following (older) Murphy's Law:
"The three things you should NEVER lend, are women, books and cars" [*]
[*] I believe this Law has lately been modified to include CD's and DVD's as
well.
Another old reference is the film "Transylvania 6-5000", where I believe "Igor"
presents an interesting case of how a fall from a banana peel may affect normal
consciousness. Not a very funny film, but the Igor character is somewhat
interesting.
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there's been a lot of speculation over the years of a joke
have any metabolically active alkaloids ever been found?
besides the transmitter amino acid derivatives commonly found?
bananadine?
just wondering if you'd heard more of the history
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I don't know of any other refs. All I DO know, is that I will never AGAIN, try
to smoke one, because the laughter which resulted from me giving mental birth to
the aforementioned laws, exhausted me so much that I want to sleep for two weeks
straight, now. And I have work to do ;o)
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David Bernier
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: Re: OT Humor: Eris, Smoking Banana Peels & New Murphy's Laws |
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I.N. Galidakis wrote:
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galathaea wrote:
On Jun 26, 4:57 pm, "I.N. Galidakis"<morph...@olympus.mons> wrote:
Last week while I was thinking about the analytic continuation of the
Ackermann function in the complex plane, I fell on my head after stepping on
a discarded banana peel which I previously had tried to smoke. The fall
resulted in a sudden and dangerous revelation, if you will, which caused the
spontaneous birth of dozens of new scientific& non-scientific Murphy's Laws.
I suspect the originator of the revelation was Goddess Eris, but I cannot be
sure because I was unconscious for several minutes.
I don't know if they are correct. I don't even know if they are funny, so
some may find them objectionable or even offending. In either case, don't
blame me. Blame the banana peel and Goddess Eris. They made me do it.
Sorted according to category for your reading convenience and efficient
apoplexy. Brace yourselves. The news are bad (as they usually are with
Murphy's Laws) ;o)
http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/writing/NewMurphysLaws.html
my favorite
"The more YOU know about The Universe, the more The Universe knows
about YOU" --- Nerdius's Futility of Scientific Knowledge Law
btw
has there ever been found
an ethnobotanical origin to the banana peel use?
the earliest reference i know of is the anarchist cookbook
The earliest reference I can remember, is Gary Larson's "The Far Side" books,
where, if memory serves right, he presents several interesting studies of
primates, bananas and banana peels.
Unfortunately I have given my entire Far Side collection to a friend,
mathematics professor and geometer Paris Pamfilos, and since then I have lost
track of it, so I cannot pinpoint the exact cartoons I am talking about. At the
time I gave the books, I wasn't aware of the following (older) Murphy's Law:
"The three things you should NEVER lend, are women, books and cars" [*]
[*] I believe this Law has lately been modified to include CD's and DVD's as
well.
Another old reference is the film "Transylvania 6-5000", where I believe "Igor"
presents an interesting case of how a fall from a banana peel may affect normal
consciousness. Not a very funny film, but the Igor character is somewhat
interesting.
there's been a lot of speculation over the years of a joke
have any metabolically active alkaloids ever been found?
besides the transmitter amino acid derivatives commonly found?
bananadine?
just wondering if you'd heard more of the history
I don't know of any other refs. All I DO know, is that I will never AGAIN, try
to smoke one, because the laughter which resulted from me giving mental birth to
the aforementioned laws, exhausted me so much that I want to sleep for two weeks
straight, now. And I have work to do ;o)
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There's this from a Cecil Adams column from 2002:
<< However, in November 1967 researchers at New York University
reported that a chemical analysis of banana peel had found no
intoxicating chemicals and that the high was mainly psychological. >>
Cf.:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020426.html
Mainly psychological, partly ???. Small mystery...
David Bernier
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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