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Rex

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30. Bob has a red ball and Sue a blue one

Sat Apr 13, 2013, 11:48 AM

Apr 2013

how many times does Bob have to bounce his ball to keep up with Sue if she bounces her ball twice as fast as Bob, but only on Sundays? Bouncing balls are like political parties and Bob and Sue are running for POTUS. Now imagine a dog and a fish entire the scene, both want to eat something, but both eat different food. Now Sue is a vegetarian, but Bob is a carnivore. How many fish could Bob feed Sue and the dog without losing his bounce?

You know, I just realized fish is both spelled out as singular and plural! Wow how smart we are sometimes...pat pat.

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Considering the Base of the Pyramid [View all] MineralMan Apr 2013 OP

This is not a good analogy RainDog Apr 2013 #1

Thanks for posting your opinion. MineralMan Apr 2013 #2

Exactly. n/t RainDog Apr 2013 #3

Perhaps, but if you cut off the tip, it is unrecognizable. Bonobo Apr 2013 #4

the pyramids at giza had their tips removed.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #9

Compared to the Egyptian pyramids? Bonobo Apr 2013 #12

i completely disagree. 180 degrees opposite. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #14

I suppose you didn't know... Bonobo Apr 2013 #15

oh 6 sides makes it more interesting? Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #16

Got any support for your assertions or any definitions from English that claim Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #5

It's an analogy. And the political distribution of the MineralMan Apr 2013 #11

Why not just type 'no, I have no support for any of my assertions'? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #17

The base decides the election but.. jerseyjack Apr 2013 #6

That's a good point. But that can be MineralMan Apr 2013 #22

Perhaps you can share a few issues where Americans don't hold Liberal beliefs? MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #7

The country is almost evenly divided politically. MineralMan Apr 2013 #10

Ok, but on which Liberal issues do less than a rousing majority of Americans agree? MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #13

Specifics? Why that's some foul lingo you spew there Goldstein! Next it will be 'facts' and Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #18

On the pyramid, it's those on the top, isn't it. MineralMan Apr 2013 #23

Manny, the Sheep are only in favor of those things when ... dawg Apr 2013 #26

Manny, you don't understand Orwellian mathematics jsr Apr 2013 #27

This is how I feel about capitalism. The majority of the wealth should be concentrated in a pyramid JaneyVee Apr 2013 #8

Big talk for a man who was making cat food jokes a few days ago. Marr Apr 2013 #19

Cat food jokes? Nope. MineralMan Apr 2013 #21

Yup, they have other options now and won't be able to afford it in the future TheKentuckian Apr 2013 #28

Pyramid as analogy for systems as opposed to buildings: Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #20

"Moderate" is a meaningless term Armstead Apr 2013 #24

"Narrow, limited opinions?" YoungDemCA Apr 2013 #25

the comparison between moderate opinions and narrow, limited opinions doesn't fishwax Apr 2013 #29

In English, the words 'moderate' and 'limited' are synonyms. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #35

Bob has a red ball and Sue a blue one Rex Apr 2013 #30

Have you noticed ... JoePhilly Apr 2013 #31

Thanks for pointing that out... MineralMan Apr 2013 #33

Can you point out which poster is telling you to sit down and shut up? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #34

I didn't. Can you point that post out? Marr Apr 2013 #37

A pyramid is just as stable if the tip is offset in any direction. immoderate Apr 2013 #32

a 4-sided pyramid upside down is at a locally unstable node, it has 5 other nodes of stability HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #36

"In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place" -Gandhi Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #38