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Post by OldFred on Jan 5, 2009 10:04:37 GMT -5
How do you know, Fred? Have you ever eaten one? No, but I do like big Macs. They're good to the last byte! ;D
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Post by sayne on Jan 5, 2009 11:46:29 GMT -5
. . . It's an honor to have infrastructure named for you . . . people don't pick what airport to use based on its name. Everyone draws their own lines. Honor to one is exploitation to another. For some, there is no difference between ice cream and a bridge. To others, a big difference. People do pick their airports. My mother-in-law will not choose a flight to the East Coast if there is a layover in Bush Intercontinentall Airport in Houston, and I know people who did NOT vacation in San Diego when they voted NOT to name a street after Martin Luther King. So, in some way, naming of anything and everything has some meaning, whether intended or not, cognitive or meta-cognitive. I dig the Ben and Jerry campaign and Lennon Liverpool Airport. I also like the Volkswagon SuperBeetle. Would I draw a line. Of course. Anyone, who thinks Lennon Airport is different than Imagine Whirled Peace has drawn theirs. I argue that in some way, it's all exploitation. Whether it's "good or bad" is in the eye of the beholder.
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Post by mikev on Jan 5, 2009 12:04:58 GMT -5
Hey- c'mon! John endorsed ALL of this when he wrote "Fame" with Bowie.
"Fame-I want to live forever..." oh...wrong "Fame"? sorry...
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Post by sayne on Jan 5, 2009 13:24:02 GMT -5
Hey- c'mon! John endorsed ALL of this when he wrote "Fame" with Bowie. "Fame-I want to live forever..." oh...wrong "Fame"? sorry... That's funny!
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Post by sexysadie on Jan 10, 2009 7:02:52 GMT -5
Should I have said "sane people don't pick their airports by who they are named for?" Your mother-in-law may be a lovely person, Sayne, but refusing to use an airport because it's named "Bush" is over-the-top weird. Ditto the San Diego crew. These people have more money than sense if they reject the most convenient and/or economical route out of "principle." What am I going to do in the years ahead? Refuse to fly because every friggin' airport in the US will be named after Barry The Great?
This kind of wackiness is in the realm of PETA demanding that Ben & Jerry's use breast milk in their ice cream, or suggesting that fish be called "sea kittens" to discourage people from eating them. Are we still arguing about Paul's intelligence? If he had any at all, he would align himself with an animal-rights organization other than PETA. He'd have a lot more credibility on the issue.
Do you really think John would have objected to having his hometown airport named for him? And that people choose to use--or shun--the Liverpool airport solely because of its name? Except for your mother-in-law, that is....
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Post by JCV on Jan 10, 2009 13:57:29 GMT -5
... or suggesting that fish be called "sea kittens" to discourage people from eating them. You have got to be kidding me, sadie. I've never heard that one before. I think it's hilarious! ;D Sea kittens... ;D ;D ;D ;D JCV
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Post by John S. Damm on Jan 10, 2009 14:44:51 GMT -5
... or suggesting that fish be called "sea kittens" to discourage people from eating them. You have got to be kidding me, sadie. I've never heard that one before. I think it's hilarious! ;D Sea kittens... ;D ;D ;D ;D JCV Well, some bastard plant advocate did the same with the non-meat, all cornmeal, hush puppies! I refuse to eat them for what they conjure up: muted little puppies! I boycott Long John Silvers' for that very reason.
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Post by sayne on Jan 10, 2009 14:54:07 GMT -5
PETA can be wack, but they did save that 140 year old lobster. That was cool, in my opinion. No, I do not think John would have objected to the airport naming, nor Ben and Jerry's, nor the computers. I can't speak for John, that's Yoko's job. Will she make mistakes, maybe. But, as I've said before, none of us have the standing. As his wife, she should know best. Not perfectly, but best. Back to "sea kittens". Works better than "sea pussies". Sorry, I had to say it.
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Post by winstonoboogie on Jan 10, 2009 14:57:40 GMT -5
You have got to be kidding me, sadie. I've never heard that one before. I think it's hilarious! ;D Sea kittens... ;D ;D ;D ;D JCV Well, some bastard plant advocate did the same with the non-meat, all cornmeal, hush puppies! I refuse to eat them for what they conjure up: muted little puppies! I boycott Long John Silvers' for that very reason. LOL! You are kidding, right, Huck?
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Jan 10, 2009 18:00:49 GMT -5
PETA can be wack, but they did save that 140 year old lobster. That was cool, in my opinion. I'll take him on my plate, broiled with a dash of butter!
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Post by sexysadie on Jan 12, 2009 6:45:05 GMT -5
Mmmmm...me, too. But can I ask how they knew the lobster was 140 years old? Sounds like a PR stunt to me. Not that PETA would ever engage in anything like THAT. Sea kittens, for example. Yep, it's for real. Create your own! www.peta.org/sea_kittens/about.asp
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Post by JCV on Jan 12, 2009 13:09:17 GMT -5
Mmmmm...me, too. But can I ask how they knew the lobster was 140 years old? Sounds like a PR stunt to me. Not that PETA would ever engage in anything like THAT. Sea kittens, for example. Yep, it's for real. Create your own! www.peta.org/sea_kittens/about.asp JCV
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Post by vectisfabber on Jan 13, 2009 4:29:24 GMT -5
But can I ask how they knew the lobster was 140 years old? From the birthday cards?
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Post by sayne on Jan 13, 2009 16:32:10 GMT -5
. . . But can I ask how they knew the lobster was 140 years old? . . . They asked him. Remember, it's better to have a lobster on your piano than a crab on your organ.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jan 13, 2009 23:57:09 GMT -5
. . . But can I ask how they knew the lobster was 140 years old? . . . They asked him. Remember, it's better to have a lobster on your piano than a crab on your organ. Or crabs in your carpet! ;D
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