Philosopher's Club

A man finds a jacket on a park bench. In the pocket there is a card that reads, ?The Philosophers Club? with an address nearby. The man is an honest sort and he takes the jacket to return it to the rightful owner.

When he rings the bell Rene DeCarte answers the door and asks, ?May I help you??

The man explains the situation and asks, ?Do you know who this jacket belongs to??

DeCarte responds, ?Whom?
The man says, ?Pardon??
DeCarte says, ?Please sir, we are all philosophers here, precise language is essential to learning what is known, or can be known. You ended your inquiry with a preposition. I was merely correcting your grammer.?
The man thinks carefully and says, ?Do you know to WHOM this jacket belongs??
DeCarte replies, ?Hume?
The man, getting frustrated, says, ?OK. To HUME does this jacket belong??
?Yes? Decarte answers.
?Yes what??
?Yes to Hume?
?Fine! This jacket belongs to Hume?? asks the man getting frustrated.
Decarte replies calmly, ?Yes, that jacket belongs to Hume.?
?Are you trying to irritate me??
Decarte, taken aback, answers ?No, I am merely answering your questions?
?You can?t be serious.?
?I am serious, not Kant.?
?Can?t what??
?Kant?
?You can?t tell me to whom this jacket belongs??
?I already told you to Hume this jacket belongs.?
?But you said you can?t?
?No, I said I?m not Kant?
?Are you trying to get into a fight??
DeCarte quickly responds, ?I think not? and promptly vanishes.

Yup, ... communication is an Art too! (lost art ??)

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Christopher Chin, Jonquiere Quebec
[url=http://pages.videotron.com/fcch/:d8f4a]Fishing the Ste-Marguerite[/url:d8f4a]

The moral of this story is thatit's better to let lost jackets lie, then try and return them to their rightful owner.

I always thought I'd like to be a professional philosopher but all the good stuff has already been said.

I did save this one for amateur night though... Life is like a poker game, you can play the hand you're dealt or you can cash in your chips.

Rusty <><

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if you wanna catch something ya gotta get a hook in the water

fishlux

sounds like a high class take off on "who"s on first"

mike

I can't even pretend to know what this post is all about. Sounds nonsensical, at best. to me.I'm open to enlightenment however.

Mark

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I'd rather be in Wyoming!

my favorite saying is:

life is a sh*t sandwich,
and every day's another bite...

Mark

I would think you of all people would know what this post is about. I mean it seems to fit right in there with some of that stuff you post on sound off. *G*

Grumps,

That's what I was shooting for. Although the term high class has never been used regarding anything associated with me.

I suppose I could have said it was a Camo/Camus jacket.

Lux


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If you can't do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.

Hey there Angelerdave:

Oh, NOW i get it!!!!

Mark
PS: I hope THAT helps keep your high opinion of my intelligence intact.At least I hope it's a high opinion based on the "stuff" I post.

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I'd rather be in Wyoming!