This thread is a prime example of why I try to not argue with believers.

@shinyblurry: You do not argue a point, you state "facts" that you "know". All your "points" come back to "Because it says so in the bible" -> "The Bible must be true because it's God's word" --> "God's word must be true becuase he says so in the Bible"

It has been argued for centuries by atheists and theist alike. Some of the greatest thinkers that our world knew have tried to argue it and even with the greatest minds of christian theology, the likes of Thomas Aquinas, Agustine of Hippo, Anselm of Canterbury etc. etc. etc. it all comes down to the central circular logic fallacy of "There is a god because there is a god"

There is no way to prove the existence of any god. It has been tried for thousands of years and no one has ever acomplished it.

Since every argument in theology derives it's weight from God's existence....

Well that's a bummer...

>> ^MichaelL:

It was reported just last week or the week before that this little guy died unfortunately.

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>> ^DrNoodles:

try asking for some "Dead Horse" (which somehow means tomato sauce) on your pie.


Your pie will of course correctly contain meat, not fruit or other such absurdity.

>> ^CrushBug:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
"Keen as mustard"
That's a new one to me.

I think there is a brand of mustard in England by the name of Keane, so that might be where the phrase comes from.


Except that the phrase "As keen as mustard" predates the establishment of Keen & Sons by at least 70 years.

This phrase is common "downunder". If you want some real Aussie (pronounced AuZZie for you Americans ) slang, try asking for some "Dead Horse" (which somehow means tomato sauce) on your pie.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

"Keen as mustard"
That's a new one to me.

It's Keen's Mustard (try a google image search on that exact phrase) after Thomas Keen, founder of the company (born in 1801, quite a while after Jimbo's big bag'o'trivia has him founding the company). See http://mccormick.com.au/keens/history/mustard-history.aspx

McCormick have bought the Australian rights to the name.
>> ^jqpublick:

Definition 1 c) is where it comes from.
Definition of KEEN - Merriam-Webster online
1 a : having a fine edge or point : sharp
b : affecting one as if by cutting <keen sarcasm>
c : pungent to the sense
But maybe Keane just exploited the coincidence, I don't know.


>> ^CrushBug:
>> ^Boise_Lib:
"Keen as mustard"
That's a new one to me.

I think there is a brand of mustard in England by the name of Keane, so that might be where the phrase comes from.

Definition 1 c) is where it comes from.

Definition of KEEN - Merriam-Webster online

1 a : having a fine edge or point : sharp
b : affecting one as if by cutting <keen sarcasm>
c : pungent to the sense

But maybe Keane just exploited the coincidence, I don't know.




>> ^CrushBug:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
"Keen as mustard"
That's a new one to me.

I think there is a brand of mustard in England by the name of Keane, so that might be where the phrase comes from.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

"Keen as mustard"
That's a new one to me.


I think there is a brand of mustard in England by the name of Keane, so that might be where the phrase comes from.

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>> ^Yogi:

>> ^Dread:
One of (if not the top) killers of people in Africa. Incredibly territorial, they have been known to wipe out entire boats of tourists.
I once found myself starring into the jaws of one from the bow of a little aluminum fishing boat... I don't even recall my father yelling (or my grandfather laughing, he was crazy though) I was so scared.

Yeah it's the top killer in Africa of Humans...besides mosquitoes but nothing compares to those.
I don't know why they're soo scared, it's just death...accept it.

I thought Buffalo were the most dangerous. Natives call them "Black Death". But yeah. Hippos are scary. They can actually run faster than a human, they weigh more than a couple of small cars and their skin is 2 inches thick. Oh, and they can snap bones like twigs with their jaws.

>> ^Dread:

One of (if not the top) killers of people in Africa. Incredibly territorial, they have been known to wipe out entire boats of tourists.
I once found myself starring into the jaws of one from the bow of a little aluminum fishing boat... I don't even recall my father yelling (or my grandfather laughing, he was crazy though) I was so scared.


Yeah it's the top killer in Africa of Humans...besides mosquitoes but nothing compares to those.

I don't know why they're soo scared, it's just death...accept it.

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Hippos are deceptive like that, they look like big docile cows but they're actually quite aggressive, do not fuck with hippos. And definitely never stand behind hippos, unless you like standing in shit sprinklers, mother nature's own wide dispersal fertilizer delivery system.

To be fair, that was a boat full of yahoos circling around them - including juveniles - in their territory. I can forgive the hippos for wanting to chomp them. I imagine the tour operator intentionally provokes these defensive attacks.