???????????????

[dicksbro]

What benefit would I get from doing that?

[gekkogecko]

Are you a philanthropist?

[dicksbro]

Do you mean giving is it's own reward?

[jseal]

Why not try it and find out?

[jseal]

What good would that do?

[gekkogecko]

What is the ultimate good?

[dicksbro]

What do you think?

[gekkogecko]

Is the utilitarian school of ethic the best?

[dicksbro]

Are there schools that still teach anything?

[gekkogecko]

Is our children learning?

[dicksbro]

Are college grads suppose to know how to read and write?

[jseal]

Aren't they part of what being educated means?

[dicksbro]

Doesn't always seem to be true, though, does it?

[gekkogecko]

The bad news is, we'll miss in during the height of summer.

[dicksbro]

What will we miss? :confused:

[jseal]

Does it make any difference?

[gekkogecko]

Have you been proven permanent on most surfaces?

[dicksbro]

Is anything permanent on anything?

[gekkogecko]

Are death and taxes truly the only assurances in life?

[dicksbro]

Why, have you heard of something else? :yikes:

[gekkogecko]

Have you heard of anything before?

[dicksbro]

Hmmm. How's your hearing ... have you had it tested?

[jseal]

How will we do that?

[dicksbro]

Can you repeat that, I couldn't quite hear what you typed? :yikes:

[jseal]

Would I satisfy your request by posting that that?

[gekkogecko]

Is this thread now for philosophical discussions?

[dicksbro]

Did you have one you wanted to start?

[gekkogecko]

What is the nature of discussion anyway?

[dicksbro]

Do we care?

[jseal]

Should we care?

[dicksbro]

Does caring involve CARE packages?

[gekkogecko]

Aren't CARE packages a thing of the past?

[dicksbro]

Is there a past or is it just another dimension?

[gekkogecko]

Is the future, like the past, fixed?

[dicksbro]

Has anyone called "Past and Future Repairs" yet? :shrug:

[gekkogecko]

If it is fixed, does that mean, like a "fixed" pet, it can't reproduce?

[dicksbro]

Good question. What do you think?

[jseal]

Wouldn't it be "will be" fixed if it's in the future?

[dicksbro]

Assuming the future is not just a figment of our imaginations, right?

[gekkogecko]

Can you imagine the future?

[dicksbro]

Can't you?

[gekkogecko]

Do you believe I have lost my mind?

[dicksbro]

If you think so, do you want help looking for it?

[gekkogecko]

Is this a silly question?

[dicksbro]

You'd think so wouldn't you?

[jseal]

Where did you remember having it last?

[gekkogecko]

Do I ever remember being silly?

[dicksbro]

Don't you know?

[gekkogecko]

Do you realize there is more that you don't know than you do know?

[dicksbro]

That's an interesting observation, isn't it?

[gekkogecko]

Does observation change the situation?

[dicksbro]

Should it?

[gekkogecko]

Is "should" being used from a moral standpoint, or a mechanical standpoint?

[dicksbro]

Mechanical, I would think, wouldn't you?

[jay-t]

Mechanical maybe, or is it air logic?

[dicksbro]

Raises another interesting question, doesn't it?

[jseal]

Isn't that often the case?

[gekkogecko]

Are you cognizant of the details of this case?

[dicksbro]

"Case" as in a particular subject category?

[jseal]

Or is it a "box of" kinda case?

[dicksbro]

Or a case … like I'm going to case the joint. :shrug:

[gekkogecko]

Are you considering a life of crime?

[dicksbro]

Did you need a job? :)

[jseal]

Would I be working if I didn't?

[dicksbro]

Is there another line of work you'd rather be in?

[gekkogecko]

Wouldn't we all?

[dicksbro]

If you had a choice what would you rather do?

[gekkogecko]

Do you not want to work? Do you just want to bang on the drum all day?

[dicksbro]

Is that your choice? :yikes:

[gekkogecko]

Is it better to bang a drum, or to bang your head?

[dicksbro]

Are there any alternatives but those two?

[gekkogecko]

Does only two leave you unsatisfied?

[dicksbro]

Doesn't that depend on what other choices are presented?

[gekkogecko]

Does everybody see the world in black and white?

[dicksbro]

What about gray? (Or, in the UK, grey :) )

[gekkogecko]

Did you find that book as terrible as I did?

[dicksbro]

Didn't read it … I suspected it wasn't one I'd like and so skipped it. :shrug: Not much sense in reading something you already have doubts about, is there?

[jseal]

Could you have been mistaken?

[gekkogecko]

How do we know when we are mistaken?

[dicksbro]

Would it be by knowing you weren't correct? :confused:

[gekkogecko]

Is that tautology?

[dicksbro]

Kinda sounds that way, doesn't it?

[jseal]

Is that good or bad?

[dicksbro]

Why do you ask?

[gekkogecko]

Is that an indication of paranoia?

[dicksbro]

Is that what it sounds like?

[gekkogecko]

Shouldn't you askyour doctor?

[dicksbro]

Is that what you'd recommend?

[gekkogecko]

Are you asking me for medical advice?

[dicksbro]

Is that what you thought?

[gekkogecko]

Can you trust your doctor?

[dicksbro]

Don't you?

[gekkogecko]

Why should i trust your doctor?

[dicksbro]

Why not?

[gekkogecko]

Is anyone competent enough to judge competency?

[dicksbro]

Competency at what?

[jseal]

What would you like to competent doing?

[dicksbro]

How about carpentry?

[PantyFanatic]

Wood that be your only skill?

[gekkogecko]

Are you, in fact,a termite or a beaver?

[dicksbro]

Why do you ask? Do you speak beaver? or termite?

[gekkogecko]

Do you hear termite voices in the night?

[dicksbro]

No, do you?

[gekkogecko]

What sort of voices in the night do you hear?

[dicksbro]

Loud ones sometimes if our two boys are talking and get a bit carried away. how about you? :confused:

[gekkogecko]

is that the echos of the voices of the electorate I'm hearing?

[dicksbro]

Amazing find. Thousands of ballots suddenly found, counted, then destroyed (which is illegal as I understand). Oh well, some are noted for such things.

[gekkogecko]

Is this a question?

[dicksbro]

Oops. Will you pardon me for my goof?

[gekkogecko]

Is it my job to issue pardons?

[dicksbro]

If not you … who?

[jseal]

Wouldn't anyone do?

[dicksbro]

Do you think so?

[jseal]

Don't you?

[gekkogecko]

Are you telling me how to think?

[dicksbro]

Would any of us do that? :confused:

[gekkogecko]

Why would anyone?

[dicksbro]

That would be kind of ornery wouldn't it?

[gekkogecko]

Would Wile E. coyote approve?

[jseal]

Would he even try?

[gekkogecko]

Does he have faith in Acme products?

[jseal]

Why does he always use that brand?

[dicksbro]

Is there another that he should be using?

[gekkogecko]

Aren't there cheaper foreign imports that fail just as often?

[dicksbro]

So, your asking if he should try to reduce his loses on failures by increasing production on faulty products thereby reducing faulty product costs further? :confused:


:D

[gekkogecko]

Isn't that the American way?

[dicksbro]

Should we double check that with someone?

[gekkogecko]

Would "someone" be teh American voters?

[dicksbro]

Might be a good place to start, don't you think?

[jseal]

Do you think they'll get it right?

[dicksbro]

Do you mean, "Do I trust them more than the politicians they elect?" :boink:

[gekkogecko]

Do you agree with my statement:
"Shit is the inevitable by-product of the animal.
Therefore, bullshit is the inevitable by-product of the political animal." ?

[dicksbro]

Sounds very logical, doesn't it?

[gekkogecko]

Can you present a logical counter-argument?

[jseal]

Why try?

[dicksbro]

Can there even be a counter-argument?

[jseal]

What would it be?

[dicksbro]

Who knows?

[gekkogecko]

Who cares?

[dicksbro]

I don't know, do you?

[gekkogecko]

What do you care about?

[jseal]

Can we care abot many things?

[gekkogecko]

Are you multi-talented that way?

[dicksbro]

Does walking and chewing gum at the same time count?

[jseal]

Count towards a political career?

[gekkogecko]

Would that be an improvement?

[dicksbro]

Couldn't hurt, could it?

[gekkogecko]

Does it have to hurt before it gets better?

[dicksbro]

When it comes to politicians, probably so … don't you think?

[jseal]

How long would it take?

[gekkogecko]

Is 'forever' too long?

[jseal]

Too long for what?

[gekkogecko]

Did she say it was too long?

[dicksbro]

I didn't hear that, did you?

[jseal]

Hear what?

[dicksbro]

What's a what sound like?

[gekkogecko]

Who is asking?

[dicksbro]

Does that matter? :confused:

[gekkogecko]

Why do we care?

[jseal]

Shouldn't someone care?

[dicksbro]

Why?

[gekkogecko]

Is that the eternal question?

[jseal]

Eternal: How long is that?

[dicksbro]

Do you think that's more than a week or so?

[gekkogecko]

Is it somewhere between that and less than forever?

[dicksbro]

No kidding? That's amazing, isn't it?

[gekkogecko]

Why would I lie to you?

[dicksbro]

I wouldn't think so, but, then again, who knows?

[gekkogecko]

Is there really nobody who knows?

[dicksbro]

We could post an "Answer Wanted" note on the bulletin board, couldn't we?

[gekkogecko]

Would that do any good?

[dicksbro]

Wouldn't do any harm, would it?

[gekkogecko]

Is Utilitarianism the best philosophy?

[dicksbro]

How are you defining "best?"

[gekkogecko]

Isn't that a matter of individual perspective?

[jseal]

Can't "best" be of a group?

[PantyFanatic]

Is perspective a function of physical sight or a mental state of mind? :confused:

[dicksbro]

Do we even care?

[gekkogecko]

If you dont' care, then why post?

[PantyFanatic]

Isn't posting keeping rhythm with the horse?

[dicksbro]

That seems to be a good point, PF … doesn't it? :boink:

[gekkogecko]

is that the horse, or the cart?

[dicksbro]

The answer to that question would be, "Yes." Right?

[gekkogecko]

Is your question an example of a double positive equaling a negative?

[dicksbro]

Sounds like it, doesn't it?

[gekkogecko]

Are we speaking the same language?

[dicksbro]

Which one are you speaking?

[gekkogecko]

Can you understand me?

[dicksbro]

How would I answer if I didn't?

[gekkogecko]

Do my questions make any sense?

[dicksbro]

Why wouldn't they?

[gekkogecko]

Should I avoid that question?

[dicksbro]

Would avoiding it make you happy?

[gekkogecko]

Is my happiness important to you?

[dicksbro]

Isn't happiness something we should wish for everyone?

[gekkogecko]

Is anyone going to argue that point?

[dicksbro]

Do we have any volunteers to do the arguing?

[jseal]

Where is the end of that line?

[dicksbro]

Does anyone know?

[jseal]

Wouldn't the last one in the line know?

[dicksbro]

You'd think so, wouldn't you?

[gekkogecko]

Does that mean I have to think again?

[dicksbro]

Don't you want to?

[gekkogecko]

Why not be lazy and let someone else do the thinking?

[dicksbro]

Sounds like a good idea to me, but do you think we need another opinion?

[gekkogecko]

Is that too much effort?

[dicksbro]

Isn't effort need to assure we have the right answer?

[gekkogecko]

Is the right answer the ultimate answer?

[dicksbro]

How would I know that?

[gekkogecko]

Will we find out if we wait long enough?

[dicksbro]

Is it that important?

[gekkogecko]

Will it take forever?

[dicksbro]

I wouldn't think so, would you?

[kleclere]

Are we in agreement about this?

[gekkogecko]

Do we even know what "this" is anymore?

[dicksbro]

It's gotta be 'this' or 'that' don't you think?

[kleclere]

Does it have to be one or the other?

[gekkogecko]

Can you embrace the power of "and"?

[dicksbro]

If we do, is that important?

[gekkogecko]

Is it important to be as inclusive as possible?

[kleclere]

But could that be considered clingy?

[gekkogecko]

Does that prospect bother you?

[dicksbro]

Should it? :confused:

[kleclere]

What were we talking about?

[dicksbro]

Do you think the gecko knows?

[gekkogecko]

Do you doubt the omniscient cactus knows?

[kleclere]

Maybe the Shadow knows?

[gekkogecko]

But who knows the Shadow?

[dicksbro]

To see a shadow, don't you need a light?

[gekkogecko]

Visible light, UV light, or IR light?

[dicksbro]

Which do you prefer?

[gekkogecko]

Can you see in the UV or IR ranges?

[dicksbro]

Not exactly but with the appropriate technologies we can "see" what's revealed in UV and IR … can't we?

[gekkogecko]

Would your eyes still deceive you then?

[dicksbro]

That could be a possibility, couldn't it?

[gekkogecko]

Does your reality include unicorns?

[kleclere]

Don't we all want unicorns?

[gekkogecko]

Would you prefer werewolves?

[kleclere]

Do you feel like being food?

[dicksbro]

Why would I want to feel that way?

[gekkogecko]

Whom would you rather feel up?

[dicksbro]

Did we just change the subject?

[gekkogecko]

Would you rather talk about something else?

[dicksbro]

Nah. Fondling your SO can always be a pleasant activity, don't you think?

[gekkogecko]

Do you want to watch someone else fondling your SO?

[dicksbro]

Can't say that I've ever had that wish, have you?

[kleclere]

Does it have to be your SO?

[gekkogecko]

Has this just turned into an orgy?

[kleclere]

Would that be such a bad thing? :line:

[dicksbro]

Wouldn't it be if your wife was watching?