tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post2680328220668707817..comments2024-03-28T23:20:49.777-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Ogden Nash (on Daf Yomi)Eliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-84620566761356338902009-05-05T17:12:00.000-05:002009-05-05T17:12:00.000-05:00i don't begin to understand the conversation, ...i don't begin to understand the conversation, but like להבדיל when שני ת"ח מנגחים (מנצחים) זא"ז it is enjoyable to just be a bystanderprestigeleasinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01167951731391593182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-16250279324917757392009-05-02T06:44:00.000-05:002009-05-02T06:44:00.000-05:00this is cutethis is cutelarshttp://dadoichzlig.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-18306367168128068952009-05-01T11:32:00.000-05:002009-05-01T11:32:00.000-05:00Gratuitous Ontology,Is a symptom of aberrant psych...Gratuitous Ontology,<br>Is a symptom of aberrant psychology.<br><br>I think that the Syllabus for Philosophy: Formal,<br>Can be used for case studies in Psychology: Abnormal.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-60953638086117194792009-04-30T20:14:00.000-05:002009-04-30T20:14:00.000-05:00what of the gratuitous use of the word ontological...what of the gratuitous use of the word ontological?Ariellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409352047101582583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-50605036009258209222009-04-30T15:09:00.000-05:002009-04-30T15:09:00.000-05:00Yes, I'm just trying to pick a fight with the ...Yes, I'm just trying to pick a fight with the gratuitous and senseless use of Latin. :-) I agree with your point though. It's like people who use the word "gratuitious" gratuitously. It's just pretentious and, like you said, is often used to cover up the emptiness of the speaker's/writers point.DixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-54744782846890517292009-04-30T12:09:00.000-05:002009-04-30T12:09:00.000-05:00My kids learned to tolerate our Ogden Nash hobby a...My kids learned to tolerate our Ogden Nash hobby as they grew up. Professor Twist is one of our favorites too, along with The Turtle (The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks...) and The Centipede (I objurgate you, Centipede...).<br>Thanks for writing. <br><br>Are you baiting me with the Latin???? Actually, the reason I don't like Latin is when people use it like cosmetics on a corpse, to make something stupid look profound, or when they could use a perfectly adequate hebrew phrase, but choose Latin; like imitatio dei, which is replete with Christian theological applications, when they could say "vehalachta bidrachav"Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-63032782773970332742009-04-30T11:48:00.000-05:002009-04-30T11:48:00.000-05:00Awesome! I love it. (Res Ipsa Loquitor) One of my ...Awesome! I love it. (Res Ipsa Loquitor) One of my favorite Ogden Nash poems speaks the folly of being too medayek in the details and not focusing Klaliyusdik issues (Ad vitam aut culpum):<br><br>The Purist, by Ogden Nash<br><br>I give you now Professor Twist<br>A consciencious scientist<br>Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles!"<br>And sent him off to distant jungles<br>Camped along a tropic riverside<br>One day he missed his loving bride.<br>She had, the guide informed him later<br>Been eaten by an alligator.<br>Professor Twist could not but smile...<br>You mean, he said, a crocodile.DixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.com