Category: Varia

Haven't been there, haven't done that. Have you? Would you want to?

Conversation in the frigidarium one morning drifted onto the weighty topic of extended service warranties. A poolmate explained how a zealous salesman tried to sell her such a warranty on a filing cabinet! It occurred to me that even more absurd would be extended warranties on ball peen hammers and anvils. Or how about coffins?

"If in the first one hundred years of your subterranean repose you should ever experience any moisture or other intrusion due to a failure of the seals, just call our toll-free number conveniently stamped on the underside of the coffin lid, and a repairman will come to your gravesite, exhume your coffin, make necessary repairs, and restore everything to its original condition. All at no additional expense."

Seldom Seen Slim apprised me of the fact that today is World Philosophy Day.  BBC story here.  I got a kick out of this:

As Princeton philosopher David Lewis once said: "When philosophers follow where argument leads, too often they are led to doctrines indistinguishable from sheer lunacy."

This from a philosopher whose mad dog modal realism is itself hard by the boundary of lunacy.  Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!