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Dusty 05-31-2011 07:02
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 396675)
[repeated line]
Forrest Gump: Stupid is as stupid does.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/quotes

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin
Buzzzz. Wrong.

That's like attributing Samuel Clemens quotes to Hal Holbrook.

You've obviously never been on a shrimp boat...

Dozer523 05-31-2011 07:37
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Originally Posted by NORMAL550GIRL (Post 396677)
That thought gives me a headache. How about chocolate during sex?
I'll see what I can do but I have to run it past MRFL first.:D:p oh yeah and I meant to post "Make it a choice between decadent chocolate cake and decadent sex . . . THAT might be interesting.

I now return you to the on-going pissing contest.

Dusty 05-31-2011 07:44
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Originally Posted by NORMAL550GIRL (Post 396677)
That thought gives me a headache. How about chocolate during sex?

Delayed gratification skills are good to have...but I fail to see why getting answers to questions quickly is supposed to be a bad thing.
You've obviously never eaten an entire 17 dollar box of Whitman's Samplers all at once.:D

Richard 05-31-2011 07:46
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dusty (Post 396679)
Buzzzz. Wrong.

That's like attributing Samuel Clemens quotes to Hal Holbrook.
The IMDB quotes are taken from the script; guess they've copied them wrong.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dusty (Post 396679)
You've obviously never been on a shrimp boat...
Actually, I have - it had a Vietnamese crew of three and I have no idea how it ever could have passed a Coast Guard inspection.

Drill Sergeant: Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?
Forrest Gump: To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!
Drill Sergeant: God damn it, Gump! You're a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump. Listen up, people...
Forrest Gump: [narrates] Now for some reason I fit in the army like one of them round pegs. It's not really hard. You just make your bed real neat and remember to stand up straight and always answer every question with "Yes, drill sergeant."
Drill Sergeant: ...Is that clear?
Forrest Gump: Yes, drill sergeant!

Richard :munchin

Dusty 05-31-2011 07:48
Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard (Post 396694)
The IMDB quotes are taken from the script; guess they've copied them wrong.



Actually, I have - it had a Vietnamese crew of three and I have no idea how it ever could have passed a Coast Guard inspection.

Drill Sergeant: Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army?
Forrest Gump: To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!
Drill Sergeant: God damn it, Gump! You're a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private Gump. Listen up, people...
Forrest Gump: [narrates] Now for some reason I fit in the army like one of them round pegs. It's not really hard. You just make your bed real neat and remember to stand up straight and always answer every question with "Yes, drill sergeant."
Drill Sergeant: ...Is that clear?
Forrest Gump: Yes, drill sergeant!

Richard :munchin
:D LMAO

mugwump 05-31-2011 08:08
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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc (Post 396652)
Meh...I'm not impressed with this experiment in the slightest. Small enough numbers to allow for selection bias (maybe a majority of the fatties ended up in the 7-digit group), and the conclusion is total conjecture without any background/reference science to back it up. The idea the body craves simple sugars when doing more strenuous (mental or otherwise) activities is more plausible, as mentioned above.

A best, this is a small step up from craniometry IMHO.
Exactly. Beware junk science.

TOMAHAWK9521 06-01-2011 12:54
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Originally Posted by Dusty (Post 396691)
You've obviously never eaten an entire 17 dollar box of Whitman's Samplers all at once.:D
Try a box of Godiva's Chocolates all at once. Of course, you'll spend 3-4 times the amount for the same size box.

TOMAHAWK9521 06-01-2011 12:56
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Originally Posted by NORMAL550GIRL (Post 396677)
How about chocolate during sex? .
Now you're talking. I could go on with all kinds of scenarios. :D

Sigaba 06-01-2011 13:04
Background on Mr. Carr is available here.
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Nick is a member of the Encyclopedia Britannica's editorial board of advisors, is on the steering board of the World Economic Forum's cloud computing project, and writes the popular blog Rough Type. He has been a writer-in-residence at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a sought-after speaker for academic and corporate events. Earlier in his career, he was executive editor of the Harvard Business Review. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.A., in English and American Literature and Language, from Harvard University.
Ah, the irony.

GratefulCitizen 06-01-2011 20:47
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Originally Posted by Sigaba (Post 396961)
Background on Mr. Carr is available here.Ah, the irony.
The article referencing Carr was the main reason for the thread.
The "digit experiment" was ancillary.

The article referencing Carr didn't block nicely with copy and paste, so I just left the link.
The subordinate link had a snip quoted to save readers time.

Interesting what happens when there's just a hyperlink for one and a quoted section in lime green highlight for the other.
The irony, indeed. ;)

Gotta tip my hat to you, Sigaba.
You are thorough.


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The experiment referenced in the second link is also referenced in How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer.
He goes into some of these things in greater detail.

Scimitar 06-02-2011 08:10
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Originally Posted by Buffalobob (Post 396658)
Perhaps that is the problem. We should get an algal expert to review the study and determine if photosynthetic activity is triggered by long numbers and linked to cake eating.
Sure would help if I spelled Psychologist right

S

Black Knight 06-02-2011 16:06
I believe an argument can be made that the invention of Google rivals Gutenbergs invention of the printing press.

AngelsSix 06-02-2011 16:20
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Originally Posted by Dusty (Post 396691)
You've obviously never eaten an entire 17 dollar box of Whitman's Samplers all at once.:D

I have.....but not while having sex. Now that would be overload.......:D


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