One-liner of the day
Disclaimer: I know this may offend some of you, and, to be quite honest, I'm patently unapologetic. If you can't imagine forgiving me, don't bother reading until after the ***, at which point I will admonish everyone for their lack of posting.
At the University of Minnesota, student organizations can claim tables at the Student Union from which to hawk their ideologies. There are three things most such tables have in common: 1) mailing lists, 2) pamphlets, and 3) bite-size candy. The goal, of course (and this applies to Scientific Symposia as well, so it's not just an isolated phenomenon) is to get as much of 3 while landing on as few of 1 and taking as little of 2 as possible. Today, the campus christian organization (I forget their exact name) had a table which I happened to pass on my way to my math class. In order to optimize my 1,2,3 ratio, I went up to the table, gestured toward the candy, and inquired:
"Are those just there to represent the false promises of theism, or may I take one?"
Needless to say, it worked.
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It shouldn't take a hurricane to get y'all to post on here (read: Ted, Alex, Andrew). If just one interesting thing happens to each person every week (and it doesn't even have to be interesting, as the body of this post should demonstrate) that amounts to four posts per day to keep me company. Exchange of personal stories is a two-way street, folks. Get on the bandwagon.
At the University of Minnesota, student organizations can claim tables at the Student Union from which to hawk their ideologies. There are three things most such tables have in common: 1) mailing lists, 2) pamphlets, and 3) bite-size candy. The goal, of course (and this applies to Scientific Symposia as well, so it's not just an isolated phenomenon) is to get as much of 3 while landing on as few of 1 and taking as little of 2 as possible. Today, the campus christian organization (I forget their exact name) had a table which I happened to pass on my way to my math class. In order to optimize my 1,2,3 ratio, I went up to the table, gestured toward the candy, and inquired:
"Are those just there to represent the false promises of theism, or may I take one?"
Needless to say, it worked.
***
It shouldn't take a hurricane to get y'all to post on here (read: Ted, Alex, Andrew). If just one interesting thing happens to each person every week (and it doesn't even have to be interesting, as the body of this post should demonstrate) that amounts to four posts per day to keep me company. Exchange of personal stories is a two-way street, folks. Get on the bandwagon.
posted by Michael Barany at 5:40 PM
1 Comments:
Ah, yiwey-looi,
a) my internet time is in snipets that are i)sufficiently long to check this site, and ii)not long enough to AIM anything meaningful
b) my working computer is not connected to the web
c) may we compromise and have you copy and paste anything interesting from your AIMing on here?
Meeting half way with three quarters,
Michael
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