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

Undertoad · 01-05-2012, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

I checked, and this post by you is the first one in either of these two threads, the poll about the kerfuffle, and the nutso thread with the kerfuffle puzzle.

I don't warrant such detail, but --

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I'm interested in your answer to the original Mental Nut.

It's in the post above yours, professor.

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.

Spexxvet · 01-06-2012, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

once more, with feeling:

When you spin, the only thing you go around is the axis within your body and maybe some tiny motes on the floor...

When you spin, the only two things you go around is the axis within your body and maybe some tiny motes on the floor and a fanatical devotion to the pope

When you spin, among the things you go around are...

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.

classicman · 01-06-2012, 04:23 PM

ha ha ha... It IS semantics and its MEANT to be. Not geometry, not fairies.

Gravdigr · 01-06-2012, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

What if the car is driving around a circle clockwise.
There's a driver in the left seat; there's a passenger in the right seat (the normal arrangement).

Does the driver circle the passenger?

Do both people make a circle? Then one of those circles is inside the other circle. So...

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Originally Posted by BigV

Yes.

Gravdigr · 01-06-2012, 04:29 PM

Wait...

Are they on a treadmill?

Gravdigr · 01-06-2012, 04:32 PM

Ladies and gentlemen: Mr. Billy Preston.

jimhelm · 01-06-2012, 04:36 PM

yesterday, I did this with a co worker:

He was of the opinion that the hunter does not go around...

the floor in the show room is 12" tiles. I had him stay inside the outer perimeter of 4 of the tiles... a 2' square. i told him to stay facing me as I walked around him. once I had gone all the way around, I asked if I had gone around him.

he said no.

so, i gave up and called him a faggot.

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, 03:48 PM	#62
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

01-05-2012, 04:43 PM	#63
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Or the argument room....No he isn't. LOL!!!! __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

01-05-2012, 06:48 PM	#64
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.

01-06-2012, 11:36 AM	#67
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	#68
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	#69
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	#70
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.

01-06-2012, 04:23 PM	#71
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	ha ha ha... It IS semantics and its MEANT to be. Not geometry, not fairies. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-06-2012, 04:29 PM	#73
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Wait... Are they on a treadmill? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-06-2012, 04:32 PM	#74
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Ladies and gentlemen: Mr. Billy Preston. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-06-2012, 04:36 PM	#75
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	yesterday, I did this with a co worker: He was of the opinion that the hunter does not go around... the floor in the show room is 12" tiles. I had him stay inside the outer perimeter of 4 of the tiles... a 2' square. i told him to stay facing me as I walked around him. once I had gone all the way around, I asked if I had gone around him. he said no. so, i gave up and called him a faggot. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

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