Comments on: What is Good?

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:35:05 +0000

At this point, I feel I should point out to readers that don’t know us in the flesh that Leon and I are not, as it may appear, 65 year-old gentlemen resplendent in smoking jackets and ever-so-slightly jaunty cravats.

By: Leon

Leon — Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:20:55 +0000

Actually, what you heard was:

Q: How many Quote, Unquote contestants does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: 100 1 to change it, and the rest to argue about who made the first lightbulb joke.

Sorry, but I couldn't resist such an obvious opportunity to indulge in some acute and apt pedantry.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:05:07 +0000

Hee. My half asleep brain registered this earlier:

Q: How many Quote, Unquote contestants does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: 100. 1 to change it, and the rest to argue about who changed it first.

By: Leon

Leon — Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:01:40 +0000

Still, look at it this way: if the quote doesn't turn up in PE, you can just claim it as your own, and be the subject of a fevered debate on the 21st April 2047 edition of "Quote, Unquote".

By: Leon

Leon — Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:59:18 +0000

Ha. That’s about as much as I remember of Moore as well. He sort of disappeared from my studies when I started specialising, and got lost in reading language theory and endless debates about Kant.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 30 Mar 2003 16:39:23 +0000

Of course, I hereby invoke Leon, Submit Response Qualified Philosopher, to correct and clarify the above.