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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Aruntraveller on May 30, 2018, 09:04:46 AM

Title: Questions that shouldn't need to be asked, or answered.
Post by: Aruntraveller on May 30, 2018, 09:04:46 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44294418

Unbelievable.

Title: Re: Questions that shouldn't need to be asked, or answered.
Post by: ekim on May 30, 2018, 09:43:37 AM

Ah, but what about if the marshmallow is in the form of an offering to Pele?  Wouldn't she protect the supplicant?

Title: Re: Questions that shouldn't need to be asked, or answered.
Post by: Gonnagle on May 30, 2018, 10:48:44 AM

Dear Trent,

Reminds me of a wonderful quote from the late great Sir Terry Pratchett ( taken from the book "Thief of Time" ).

Quote

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”

Gonnagle.

Title: Re: Questions that shouldn't need to be asked, or answered.
Post by: jeremyp on May 30, 2018, 10:57:48 AM

Considering that the reasons given for not doing it were not the reasons I was expecting, it was not necessarily a stupid question.

Title: Re: Questions that shouldn't need to be asked, or answered.
Post by: Steve H on May 30, 2018, 02:09:42 PM

Quote from: jeremyp on May 30, 2018, 10:57:48 AM

Considering that the reasons given for not doing it were not the reasons I was expecting, it was not necessarily a stupid question.

That's what I thought. it was a hypotheticackle question about toxicity.

Title: Re: Questions that shouldn't need to be asked, or answered.
Post by: Rhiannon on May 30, 2018, 02:22:35 PM

Agreed. There’s nothing to suggest that the questioner was actually contemplating such a thing, and the answer told me something I didn’t know before.