[ExI] newtonmas songs again

[William Flynn Wallace]

What?!  How are we to go on living when we cannot believe what we read on
Facebook?

Are they trying to undermine the entire basis of reality?

bill w

On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 1:54 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* Darin Sunley <dsunley at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] newtonmas songs again
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> "Pudding" is a generic English term for "dessert food".
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> "Figgy" is an adjective - like unto or containing figs.
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> >…The current literary vogue of "death of the author" nothwithstanding, a
> lot of works become much more comprehensible when read in their original
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> This worries me Darin.  How are we to prevent the context of our current
> songs from being lost?  How shall we explain to future generations that
> Feliz Navidad” was actually a desperate attempt on the part of unwanted
> figgy-devouring guests to escape the death-dealing mandibles of Cujo the
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> I’ll tell you the real problem: people accept everything they see on the
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> accept it as is, resulting in their being burdened with figgy-demanding
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> Darin I am just doing my part to warn the unwary.
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