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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 20 2005, 11:01 AM (238 Views) | |
| big al | Jul 20 2005, 11:01 AM Post #1 |
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This is the sort of information that comes in handy answering children's questions. They're often the only ones who ask why things are rather than just accepting that that's how they are. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8631798/ Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| The 89th Key | Jul 20 2005, 12:42 PM Post #2 |
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That's really cool Al, thanks for sharing. ![]() Side note: I often wondered as a kid (and still do) if we all see different colors and have no idea. There would be no way to test that. My blue could be your red, and we wouldn't be the wiser. :wacko: |
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| FrankM | Jul 20 2005, 12:55 PM Post #3 |
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Interesting article, Big Al. 89th key, I’d expect (but of course can’t prove) that the sensation for one person would be incomprehensible to another. All that matters is that there be a consistent agreement between different people as to what color they’re both seeing. |
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| The 89th Key | Jul 20 2005, 01:02 PM Post #4 |
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I certainly agree, Frank.
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| katie | Jul 20 2005, 01:24 PM Post #5 |
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Thanks Big Al .... another mystery explained. I can remember googling this a few years back when my child asked this question of me. I like this explanation better. It's quite true that having a child makes idiots of us all. The more I think I know, the more I'm challenged with what I don't know. Kids today are so smart ... they ask the complex questions much earlier than when we were children.
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| dolmansaxlil | Jul 20 2005, 01:59 PM Post #6 |
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Interesting article, Big Al. Thanks! Last night, my three year old led me down this line of quetioning: "What is this made of, mum?" "Plastic" "But what's plastic made of?" *searching brain* "Oil" "But oil isn't hard but the platic is hard. Why?" "Because they do something to it to make it hard" *kicking myself here because I know what's coming next is:* "What do they do to it to make it hard, mum?" "Hey, Liam! Look! There's a bunny outside!" :rolleyes: |
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| FrankM | Jul 20 2005, 02:26 PM Post #7 |
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dol, Enjoy him every moment you can. They pass through that precious stage all too quickly. |
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| big al | Jul 20 2005, 07:48 PM Post #8 |
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dol, I have five (youngest is 21 now). They all came up with new questions. I swear if I had real answers to half the f**king questions they asked, I'd be a f**king genius now. Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| JBryan | Jul 20 2005, 07:51 PM Post #9 |
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I am the grey one
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So, why is the sky black at night? |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| JBryan | Jul 20 2005, 07:52 PM Post #10 |
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I am the grey one
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^)*&%^*^(*&_!!! |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| big al | Jul 20 2005, 07:54 PM Post #11 |
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:lol: Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| JBryan | Jul 20 2005, 07:57 PM Post #12 |
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I am the grey one
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Good answer. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| The 89th Key | Jul 20 2005, 07:58 PM Post #13 |
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Affirmative action. Don't call it black. Call it Onyx! :angry: |
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