tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post114915618022625546..comments2023-11-02T19:19:15.129+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: What Confucius sayDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149306144002892262006-06-03T09:12:00.000+05:302006-06-03T09:12:00.000+05:30Rabin, one might indeed assume that! km, why do yo...Rabin, one might indeed assume that! <BR/><BR/>km, why do you want puny posts from me? I'm a firm believer in strong, full-throated posts. No puny stuff here.<BR/><BR/>Kingsley, you didn't call me "devious genius", you called me "deviass geniass". As Rahul reminds me that Hitchens said, some of that was unfair.<BR/><BR/>Rahul, of course Confucius is plural! The singular is "Confuciu", which is Chinese for "Confuse you".Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149268379007677942006-06-02T22:42:00.000+05:302006-06-02T22:42:00.000+05:30Is Confucius a plural?No, o meritorius Barbarindia...<I>Is Confucius a plural?</I><BR/><BR/>No, o meritorius Barbarindian, it is a singular. (The man was singular too.) This was just Dilip pulling your leg.<BR/><BR/>(And that was me pulling your leg. It's not Dilip's invention, it's an old joke -- look it up.)Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149263062829007492006-06-02T21:14:00.000+05:302006-06-02T21:14:00.000+05:30Is Confucius a plural?Is Confucius a plural?barbarindianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335786532366741947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149237238442401782006-06-02T14:03:00.000+05:302006-06-02T14:03:00.000+05:30did I ever call you a devious genius? How dare you...did I ever call you a devious genius? How dare you leave it out of that list?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>You're thinking of replying "but Kingsley, it was a back-handed complemet, so it doesn't belong on that list." <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Your fortune cookie reads: "You will find happiness in unpredictability."Kingsley Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383289415813955915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149212091774616832006-06-02T07:04:00.000+05:302006-06-02T07:04:00.000+05:30Yawn.... I'm sorry I meant yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...Yawn.... I'm sorry I meant yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.<BR/><BR/>Also, boo hoo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149180358235380942006-06-01T22:15:00.000+05:302006-06-01T22:15:00.000+05:30Dilip, In this post, you sound like a man who murd...Dilip, <BR/><BR/>In this post, you sound like a man who murdered both his parents... and now pleading for mercy on the grounds that he's an orphan.<BR/><BR/>BTW, it's Lincoln definition of a 'Hypocrite'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149180127198917112006-06-01T22:12:00.000+05:302006-06-01T22:12:00.000+05:30Confucius also say write punny posts that some rea...Confucius also say write punny posts that some reader like. No, I said that :)kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149179646702577492006-06-01T22:04:00.000+05:302006-06-01T22:04:00.000+05:30it's the lovely combination of sanctimoniousness, ...it's the lovely combination of sanctimoniousness, bad prose, the blatantly partisan politics and the steadfast refusal to admit to it that makes dilip such a popular person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149174201549109932006-06-01T20:33:00.000+05:302006-06-01T20:33:00.000+05:30some people walk around with a halo on their head,...some people walk around with a halo on their head, some walk with sporting a friendly attitude, you dilip, you walk with a target sign behind your back <BR/><BR/>one might just assume that you thrive in all the negative vibes you attract :)R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13751281571821760855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149164429295213392006-06-01T17:50:00.000+05:302006-06-01T17:50:00.000+05:30if i have contributed in some small way to get dil...if i have contributed in some small way to get dilip to stop downoading his tripe on the unsuspecting, i pat myself on the back and consider it time well spent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1149160703740694022006-06-01T16:48:00.000+05:302006-06-01T16:48:00.000+05:30I think ignoring the likes of TTG is fine. Making...I think ignoring the likes of TTG is fine. Making fun of them is pretty pointless.<BR/><BR/>Some people tackle that sort of thing neatly. Eg, Christopher Hitchens on the abusive George Galloway (with whom he has had several public slanging matches): "I should perhaps declare a small bias here: on spotting your own correspondent, Mr Galloway shouted that he was a 'drink-sodden ex-Trotskyist popinjay and useful idiot', some of which was unfair."<BR/><BR/>But even Hitchens, demented as he seems these days, wouldn't bother arguing with (or making fun of) random flamers on blogs... though Galloway well might.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.com