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  • S stoneyowl2

    Is a waterfall the opposite of a firefly? ( don't blame she, she is 9 years old - this is her thought not mine. I could never come up with this :-D )

    A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long

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    PIEBALDconsult
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    What about groundhogs and airsupplies?

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    • S stoneyowl2

      Is a waterfall the opposite of a firefly? ( don't blame she, she is 9 years old - this is her thought not mine. I could never come up with this :-D )

      A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long

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      OriginalGriff
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      Ask her this: if watermelon exists, where are the firemelon, earthmelon, and airmelon?

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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        stoneyowl2 wrote:

        she is 9 years old

        I think you have just whistle-blown the source of @OriginalGriff's "Thought of the day"

        M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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        OriginalGriff
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        Not only TotD: I get all my code from 9 year olds as well!

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          Ask her this: if watermelon exists, where are the firemelon, earthmelon, and airmelon?

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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          stoneyowl2
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          Will inquire, she lives in Alaska, so an answer will take a day or so. The one she had 3 years ago was: "What did the snail say when he got a ride on the turtle?" ((Whee !!)

          A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long

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          • S stoneyowl2

            Is a waterfall the opposite of a firefly? ( don't blame she, she is 9 years old - this is her thought not mine. I could never come up with this :-D )

            A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long

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            Mark_Wallace
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            She needs to ask Winnie ther Pooh[^].

            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              Ask her this: if watermelon exists, where are the firemelon, earthmelon, and airmelon?

              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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              Mark_Wallace
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              The earthmelon and the airmelon were burnt up by the firemelon in a disco inferno. The watermelon put out the firemelon, but was too late to save the others, so he's the only one left.

              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                The earthmelon and the airmelon were burnt up by the firemelon in a disco inferno. The watermelon put out the firemelon, but was too late to save the others, so he's the only one left.

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                OriginalGriff
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                No, a firemelon puts out fires!

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  Not only TotD: I get all my code from 9 year olds as well!

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                  Nelek
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                  Yoda said it: Limitless the mind of a child is. (or however it is said in english)

                  M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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                  • S stoneyowl2

                    Is a waterfall the opposite of a firefly? ( don't blame she, she is 9 years old - this is her thought not mine. I could never come up with this :-D )

                    A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long

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                    If you enjoy collecting great statements from kids: I didn't write down the exact date; my daughter was somewhere between two and three years old. Usually the fluorescent light in the bathroom is on 24/7, but for some reason, it was turned of, so I had to switch it on when we went in for her evening bath. The light flashed a few times, as fluorescent lights do, and my daughter exclaimed: "Wow! The light shook on!" Isn't that a great way of describing how fluorescent light turn on?

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                    • S stoneyowl2

                      Is a waterfall the opposite of a firefly? ( don't blame she, she is 9 years old - this is her thought not mine. I could never come up with this :-D )

                      A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long

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                      stoneyowl2 wrote:

                      Is a waterfall the opposite of a firefly?

                      It is a brilliant thought; it shows that she thinks, something most homo sapiens sapiens incapable of. Encourage her, in any way.

                      Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                      • S stoneyowl2

                        Is a waterfall the opposite of a firefly? ( don't blame she, she is 9 years old - this is her thought not mine. I could never come up with this :-D )

                        A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long

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                        Gary R Wheeler
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                        My about-to-be sister-in-law, when she was 8, posed the following question once when she was told she wasn't allowed to do something: "Why not? It's a semi-free country!"

                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                        • S stoneyowl2

                          Is a waterfall the opposite of a firefly? ( don't blame she, she is 9 years old - this is her thought not mine. I could never come up with this :-D )

                          A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long

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                          kalberts
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                          What would you think a proper reaction when my daughter, age something like eight or nine, admitted: "You're no real man, dad, but you're so cute!

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            No, a firemelon puts out fires!

                            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                            OriginalGriff wrote:

                            No, a firemelon puts out fires!

                            That's what they want you to think... [cue sinister laugh]

                            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                            • S stoneyowl2

                              Is a waterfall the opposite of a firefly? ( don't blame she, she is 9 years old - this is her thought not mine. I could never come up with this :-D )

                              A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long

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                              PIEBALDconsult
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                              If tin whistles are made of tin, what are foghorns made of?

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                                If tin whistles are made of tin, what are foghorns made of?

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                                kalberts
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                                Like the old man said: I don't see too well any more. And I don't hear too well. And I don't smell too well, either."

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                                • S stoneyowl2

                                  Is a waterfall the opposite of a firefly? ( don't blame she, she is 9 years old - this is her thought not mine. I could never come up with this :-D )

                                  A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long

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                                  kalberts
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                                  It occurred to me … Could you have a grand daughter that is not your granddaughter?

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