10. Not everyone looks good naked.
9. Juliann Reynolds was a hell of an emcee.
8. Wade Englund really should stick with decaffeinated coffee.
7. In retrospect, “Blacks Who Really Get a Kick Out of The Osmonds” was probably not a good topic.
6. Never tell a knock-knock joke around William Schryver, he will always get up to try to answer the door.
5. Never attend an event with a 300-to-1 person to Port-a-Potty ratio.
4. Mike Ash is less popular than an all white NBA Players' All-Star Game.
3. Leisure suits will never go out of style.
2. FAIR’s lunch is pretty good if you bring your own gravy.
1. We are going to look really stupid to future generations
Top 10 Lessons Learned from The FAIR Conference--2012
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Top 10 Lessons Learned from The FAIR Conference--2012
"I'm on paid sabbatical from BYU in exchange for my promise to use this time to finish two books."
Daniel C. Peterson, 2014
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Re: Top 10 Lessons Learned from The FAIR Conference--2012
Everybody Wang Chung wrote: 1. We are going to look really stupid to future generations
Probably not, because they probably won't be looking, since they're leaving in droves.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.
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Re: Top 10 Lessons Learned from The FAIR Conference--2012
I wanna make this a sticky as well...
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
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Re: Top 10 Lessons Learned from The FAIR Conference--2012
Regarding a German talk-show appearance, wherein Robin Williams was asked why he thought there wasn't much comedy in Germany, he responded, "Did you ever think it's because you killed all the funny people?"
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Re: Top 10 Lessons Learned from The FAIR Conference--2012
It occurs to me . . . wrote:Regarding a German talk-show appearance, wherein Robin Williams was asked why he thought there wasn't much comedy in Germany, he responded, "Did you ever think it's because you killed all the funny people?"
Good joke, but Germany now is far, far from being Germany then.
German comics are now getting pretty good, though they may be a bit subtle for some tastes at times:
German stand-up comic addressing foreign audience that I heard:
"Now I've heard that you people make jokes about us Germans not having much of a sense of humor."
(Pause while he looked round resentfully)
"Well, I have to say that I just don't find that funny."
Zadok:
I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis.
Maksutov:
That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis.
Maksutov:
That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
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Re: Top 10 Lessons Learned from The FAIR Conference--2012
Given that much of what Americans consume in comedy is delivered with a great deal of scatology and vulgarity, the Germans don't have a chance when they work in their native language.
The German language (high German) just doesn't have a well developed scatology (as in a preoccupation with the obscene and vulgar).
The German language (high German) just doesn't have a well developed scatology (as in a preoccupation with the obscene and vulgar).
David Hume: "---Mistakes in philosophy are merely ridiculous, those in religion are dangerous."
DrW: "Mistakes in science are learning opportunities and are eventually corrected."
DrW: "Mistakes in science are learning opportunities and are eventually corrected."
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Re: Top 10 Lessons Learned from The FAIR Conference--2012
DrW wrote:... a well developed scatology ...
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei