Does the hunter go around the squirrel? Vote and then move on already. - Page 5

infinite monkey · 01-05-2012, 01:27 PM

Like when people say "I went in the house."

You did? Did you at least go in the bathroom part of the house? And why are you telling me?

Undertoad · 01-05-2012, 01:32 PM

But actually, Biggie is basically right, but it's a micro-level thing, rather than a macro-level thing!

infinite monkey · 01-05-2012, 01:34 PM

What happens when you put food in a macrowave?

Does it get really cold? Or really big?

infinite monkey · 01-05-2012, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

What happens when you put food in a macrowave?

Does it get really cold? Or really big?

Relative to what?

jimhelm · 01-05-2012, 01:46 PM

she sets, she smashes, she scores!

wolf · 01-05-2012, 03:48 PM

Is anybody else catching the very clear Monty Python Dead Parrot vibe about this topic? Every time I see it I hear John Cleese apoplectically shrieking, "He circumnavigates the bleeding Squirrel!" in my mind's ear ...

You will too, now, won't you?

regular.joe · 01-05-2012, 04:43 PM

Or the argument room....No he isn't.

LOL!!!!

ZenGum · 01-05-2012, 06:48 PM

Yes. In at least one sense of "go around" the hunter has gone around the squirrel.

I hear that squirrel is a slut and and has been around half the creatures in the woods.

infinite monkey · 01-06-2012, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Yes. In at least one sense of "go around" the hunter has gone around the squirrel.

I hear that squirrel is a slut and and has been around half the creatures in the woods.

Yeah, but it's a fairly small woods.

footfootfoot · 01-06-2012, 11:36 AM

so the squirrel must also go around the hunter then.

classicman · 01-06-2012, 01:04 PM

Oi' vey ... not if his circle is INSIDE the hunters.

Pete Zicato · 01-06-2012, 03:38 PM

It really is a semantics thing. Does the hunter encircle/circumnavigate the squirrel? Of course he does.

I've tried to come up with a word or phrase that explicitly means what the nay-sayers are talking about. I haven't found one. In particular, M-W online does not contain a definition for "go around" that has the alternate meaning.

I think I understand what the "no" people are thinking. The hunter doesn't get to see the backside of the squirrel, because the squirrel is constantly adjusting to make sure it faces the hunter.

But I don't see that as a valid definition for "go around". Perhaps we need a new word for this. Since we already have "haggis" as the new word for LOL, I searched for other disgusting foods and found this page: http://www.toptenz.net/top-ten-grossest-foods.php

I suggest in the future when we mean that the hunter never gets to see the backside of the squirrel, we use the term "maggot cheese". I.E. The hunter definitely did not maggot cheese the squirrel.

infinite monkey · 01-06-2012, 03:48 PM

No. Refer to the mental nuts thread for foot's geometrical explanation as to why the hunter does not go around the squirrel.

It's geometry. Not fairies and semantics. Geometry. And it has nothing to do with the squirrel's ass.

Pete Zicato · 01-06-2012, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

No. Refer to the mental nuts thread for foot's geometrical explanation as to why the hunter does not go around the squirrel.

It's geometry. Not fairies and semantics. Geometry. And it has nothing to do with the squirrel's ass.

I've got to disagree. It really does depend on what you mean by go around. The hunter makes a circle. The squirrel never leaves the circle. Whether they're facing each other is irrelevant. The fact that the squirrel is on the tree is irrelevant.

Forget the tree for the moment. Assume that the squirrel is sitting at the center of the circle. He rotates as the hunter makes his circle, so he's always facing the hunter. Did the hunter go around the squirrel in this case?

BigV · 01-06-2012, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

I've got to disagree. It really does depend on what you mean by go around. The hunter makes a circle. The squirrel never leaves the circle. Whether they're facing each other is irrelevant. The fact that the squirrel is on the tree is irrelevant.

Forget the tree for the moment. Assume that the squirrel is sitting at the center of the circle. He rotates as the hunter makes his circle, so he's always facing the hunter. Did the hunter go around the squirrel in this case?

I tried this already, I hope your luck is better than mine.

View Poll Results: Does the hunter go around the squirrel?
Yes. He goes around the squirrel.	16	61.54%
No. He does not go around the squirrel.	10	38.46%
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01-05-2012, 01:46 PM	#5
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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Is anybody else catching the very clear Monty Python Dead Parrot vibe about this topic? Every time I see it I hear John Cleese apoplectically shrieking, "He circumnavigates the bleeding Squirrel!" in my mind's ear ... You will too, now, won't you? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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01-05-2012, 06:48 PM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Yes. In at least one sense of "go around" the hunter has gone around the squirrel. I hear that squirrel is a slut and and has been around half the creatures in the woods. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-05-2012, 01:27 PM	#1
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Like when people say "I went in the house." You did? Did you at least go in the bathroom part of the house? And why are you telling me?

01-05-2012, 01:32 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	But actually, Biggie is basically right, but it's a micro-level thing, rather than a macro-level thing!

01-05-2012, 01:34 PM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	What happens when you put food in a macrowave? Does it get really cold? Or really big?

01-06-2012, 11:36 AM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	so the squirrel must also go around the hunter then. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-06-2012, 01:04 PM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Oi' vey ... not if his circle is INSIDE the hunters. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-06-2012, 03:38 PM	#12
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	It really is a semantics thing. Does the hunter encircle/circumnavigate the squirrel? Of course he does. I've tried to come up with a word or phrase that explicitly means what the nay-sayers are talking about. I haven't found one. In particular, M-W online does not contain a definition for "go around" that has the alternate meaning. I think I understand what the "no" people are thinking. The hunter doesn't get to see the backside of the squirrel, because the squirrel is constantly adjusting to make sure it faces the hunter. But I don't see that as a valid definition for "go around". Perhaps we need a new word for this. Since we already have "haggis" as the new word for LOL, I searched for other disgusting foods and found this page: http://www.toptenz.net/top-ten-grossest-foods.php I suggest in the future when we mean that the hunter never gets to see the backside of the squirrel, we use the term "maggot cheese". I.E. The hunter definitely did not maggot cheese the squirrel. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

01-06-2012, 03:48 PM	#13
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	No. Refer to the mental nuts thread for foot's geometrical explanation as to why the hunter does not go around the squirrel. It's geometry. Not fairies and semantics. Geometry. And it has nothing to do with the squirrel's ass.

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