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Wednesday Open Thread | 98 comments (97 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)

I thought that if you oberve you can't know the date, but if you know the date you can't observe.

Or am I being too literal ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 01:46:58 PM EST
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So Observant Jews are the one group you can be sure dont know when Christmas is?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 03:18:10 PM EST
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Re: xkcd (4.00 / 4)

Only if they know quantum physics.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 03:23:49 PM EST
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Re: xkcd (none / 1)

Or Inclusive Middle Logics.

by ATinNM on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 03:38:33 PM EST
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Re: xkcd (4.00 / 2)

Some logics are only possible when you're not thinking them.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 04:50:34 PM EST
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Re: xkcd (none / 1)

Or: "So Observant Jews are the one group you can be sure don't know when Passover is!"--if they are physicists.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 09:59:52 PM EST
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Re: xkcd (none / 0)

Well, according to http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/p8550e/P8550E01.htm

In Iraq, the principal lambing season of Awassi ewes is in November, and in Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and Israel in December-January.

So if the flocks were being watched by night, it makes sense that it would be in December or January. Regardless of whether you're a physicist...

by asdf on Wed Dec 23rd, 2009 at 05:32:24 PM EST
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