[lit-ideas] Re: Walter vs Robert
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:29:22 +0100
> As Judy now knows, there is a competition to be held this weekend
> here in Oregon (but first envisioned by folk in Nova Scotia) to race
> huge floating pumpkins across a pond
Yes. I thought people would be 'racing' them like toy boats, not
sitting in them (like coracles)! We only have small pumpkins here.
whether philosophers have the stuff it takes to
> prevent a pond-going pumpkin from spinning in circles
damn. I shouldn't have mentioned coracles...
***
I like oregonianlive, the photos are fun. My local, allegedly national,
paper's web page is as boring as old boots. It now, after a mad revamp, has
(very boring) videos, but no photos. Not that the actual paper's
much good.
Judy Evans, Cardiff
: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 8:41 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Walter vs Robert
> As Judy now knows, there is a competition to be held this weekend
> here in Oregon (but first envisioned by folk in Nova Scotia) to race
> huge floating pumpkins across a pond, and the question inquiring
> minds want settled is whether philosophers have the stuff it takes to
> prevent a pond-going pumpkin from spinning in circles. I assumed,
> perhaps in error, given the geographic background to the contest,
> that you and Robert Paul would be among the first to prove the vessels.
>
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 8:41 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Walter vs Robert
> As Judy now knows, there is a competition to be held this weekend
> here in Oregon (but first envisioned by folk in Nova Scotia) to race
> huge floating pumpkins across a pond, and the question inquiring
> minds want settled is whether philosophers have the stuff it takes to
> prevent a pond-going pumpkin from spinning in circles. I assumed,
> perhaps in error, given the geographic background to the contest,
> that you and Robert Paul would be among the first to prove the vessels.
>
> David Ritchie
> keep his bilge dry in
> Portland, Oregon
>
> On Oct 26, 2007, at 11:06 AM, wokshevs@xxxxxx wrote:
>
> > This is indeed a very strange list. To my great wonderment - I have
> > long since
> > ceased to be astonished given my 3 and 50 years - I find myself in
> > competition
> > with somebody called "Robert." Would that be our very own Robert Paul
> > perchance? In which case, I would be more than happy to engage RP
> > in duels of
> > chess, fencing, scrabble, table tennis, preparation of pork rib
> > roast with
> > Russian dumplings, and correct understandings of Kant's moral theory,
> > Heidegger's fundamental ontology, and Habermas's Discourse Ethics
> > (to name just
> > a few.) Awaiting apprisings of what the hell is going on ...
> >
> > Walter O.
> > Preparing a sirloin beef tip roast to die for, mit caesar salat and
> > baked
> > potatoes.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Judith Evans <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> >>> You'll have to pass the
> >>> screen that asks you to enter a zip code and an age and a gender
> >>
> >> unless you're an alien (check 'not in the US' and get a pass on
> >> age and 'gender')!
> >>
> >>> and you'll find shots of people racing half-ton
> >>> pumpkins...
> >>
> >> weird... now to Hallowe'en in Oregon,
> >>
> >> Judy Evans, Cardiff
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: "Bev Hogue" <hogueb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:41 PM
> >> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Walter vs Robert
> >>
> >>
> >>> http://www.oregonlive.com
> >>>
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