I have always liked this little man. "Not at lot" of people know this(!), but he, like me, is a rabbit lover and owns quite a few of the little creatures.
So I was saddened to learn of an horrific accident on New Year's Day, whereby he chopped his finger off!!!!!
Fortunately it has now been reattached and the great little illusionist is back to his old tricks again!!!
Three cheers for Paul Daniels!!!!
The eighties never really ended for you, did it Garvan :)
ReplyDeleteIt's to be hoped that his skill in cutting ladies in half is of a better order!
ReplyDeleteI suppose that Jesus was the Paul Daniels of his day, I wonder, did Mary Magdalene dress like the lovely Debbie Magee?
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that atheists cannot have a civil conversation without finding a way to mock Jesus as part of it?
ReplyDelete"Why is it that atheists cannot have a civil conversation without finding a way to mock Jesus as part of it?"
ReplyDeleteI think what you mean is 'Why is it that yellowcat cannot have a civil conversation without finding a way to mock Jesus as part of it?". Yes?
Or would you like us to assume that your statements are those of *all* Christians?
As an aside, I had a Christian friend at college who was suspicious that everything Paul Daniels did was actually an illusion - he thought that he was slipping real magic in there as well. What do you reckon Garvan?
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that creationists cannot have a civil conversation without finding a way to mock themselves as part of it?
ReplyDeleteThere ya are Bill fixed that right up...no charge!
Why is it that Bill can not recognise light hearted humour as mocking?
ReplyDeleteThis is what I was thinking of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzXJMU1sLc&feature=player_embedded#!
I think it was Peter Ustinov who recounted how one of the science teachers at his school was also told to teach divinity. He spent each lesson telling them how Jesus could have faked his miracles.
Any way, assuming the Jesus bloke was real at all, it seems most likely that a few things got exaggerated to the point of fantasy in repeated retelling of the stories.
Real life: Jesus got a couple of dozen people together and got them to share their food so they all had a good time.
Fantasy: He took a couple of fish and some bread and fed 5,000 people with it.
Real life: Jesus died and his followers took the body and buried it in accordance with their religion.
Fantasy: His body vanished and he went up to heaven.
Real life: Another guy who looked a bit like Jesus did a bit of preaching after Jesus died.
Fantasy: Jesus came back down from heaven again.
Try again:
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that Bill can not recognise light hearted humour and interprets it as mocking?
One man's mocking is his own light humour Yellowcat.
ReplyDeleteCould it be you that cannot discern the difference?
'Could it be you that cannot discern the difference?'
ReplyDeleteYou nearly understood the point Anon...but not quite!
It is Bill that has the difficulty...Yellowcat merely pointed it out!
Ahh perspectives, perspectives eh brew?
ReplyDeleteIf Yellowcat could tell the difference would he still have posted the above?
One mans humour......
http://scaryduck.blogspot.com/2012/01/some-more-facts-about-science.html
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