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Odds & Ends: Slippery Slope to Utopia Edition | 49 comments (49 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Slippery Slope to Utopia (none / 1)

I want it out of my apartment, and I usually depend on plastic bags for that.

Well, you could use quantum tunnelling instead...

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 11:14:28 AM EST
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Re: Slippery Slope to Utopia (none / 0)

Doesn't sound very environmentally responsible. I don't want to end up the Oppenheimer of animal waste.

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky

by poemless on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 11:28:42 AM EST
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Re: Slippery Slope to Utopia (none / 0)

There is a Calvin and Hobbes strip about tunnelling... Maybe Jerome has it at hand?

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 12:25:38 PM EST
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Re: Slippery Slope to Utopia (4.00 / 3)

Only at ET would someone suggest quantum tunnelling when asked for really basic household advice!

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky

by poemless on Mon May 4th, 2009 at 04:58:21 PM EST
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Re: Slippery Slope to Utopia (none / 0)

poemless:

really basic household advice!

Now, now, we're discussing cat litter arcana...

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 5th, 2009 at 04:19:16 AM EST
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