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From: Phil on 18 Sep 2009 13:21 On 2009-09-17 23:31:12 -0400, Ruben <ruben(a)www2.mrbrklyn.com> said: > On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:51:57 -0400, Phil wrote: > >> >> So when Beltran inscribes a cross with the bat on home plate, it would >> just be respect for the dead. I'd be concerned for the image of all the >> Mets urinating on home plate... > > The cross is just a bulls eye... Could be. Mithras, Jesus, Ra... they've all been associated with that symbol, and they're all reputed to have risen from the dead. Further evidence of BlackkJet's deeply spiritual nature.
From: Ruben on 20 Sep 2009 20:23 On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:21:33 -0400, Phil wrote: >> >> The cross is just a bulls eye... > > Could be. Mithras, Jesus, Ra... they've all been associated with that > symbol, and they're all reputed to have risen from the dead. > > Further evidence of BlackkJet's deeply spiritual nature. Funny that you mention that on Rosh Hashona Ruben -- http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society." "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.< You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one." © Copyright for the Digital Millennium
From: Phil on 20 Sep 2009 21:25 On 2009-09-20 20:23:34 -0400, Ruben <ruben(a)www2.mrbrklyn.com> said: > On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:21:33 -0400, Phil wrote: > >>> >>> The cross is just a bulls eye... >> >> Could be. Mithras, Jesus, Ra... they've all been associated with that >> symbol, and they're all reputed to have risen from the dead. >> >> Further evidence of BlackkJet's deeply spiritual nature. > > Funny that you mention that on Rosh Hashona > > Ruben Pure coincidence, I'm sure. And all sorts of people have deeply spiritual natures. It doesn't mean they're not insane or idiots.
From: mrbrklyn on 23 Sep 2009 13:33 On Sep 14, 2:20 am, "blackje...(a)aol.com" <blackje...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Sep 13, 2:25 pm, Uncle Abogado® <siempredelira...(a)googlelaw.net> > wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:15:36 -0700 (PDT), "blackje...(a)aol.com" > > > <blackje...(a)aol.com> wrote: > > >On Sep 8, 12:48 pm, "Element" <no...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > >> "tmp" <t...(a)nowhere.net> wrote in message > > > >>news:4aa689ee$0$22540$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > > > >> > skater...(a)gmail.com wrote: > > >> >> Do you think Paris will do any better running this organization? If > > >> >> you think Fred has no clue, then wait until Paris takes the reins.. > > > >> >> The best we can hope for here is they sell the team. And quite > > >> >> honestly if they sold it now, the only ones i can see buying it is the > > >> >> Dolans which is a fate far worse than death. > > > >> > I don't know......does Seinfeld have enough money to buy them? > > > >> > At least he could pick out a better suite for himself, and the press > > >> > conferences would be more entertaining... > > > >> Mark Cubn? > > > >Donald Trump? In reality there are plenty of billionaires out there > > >that no one's ever heard of with the fund to buy an MLB team. How many > > >people knew of Fred Wilpon or Nelson Doubleday before they bought the > > >team? Not too many. > > > People who could read had most likely heard of Doubleday (Doubleday > > bookstores, publishing, etc.). > > > Clearly, you were outside that particular demographic. > > > -- Uncle A® > > > 26*!! 26*!! 26*!! > > Just because someone has the last name Doubleday doesn't necessary > mean that its Doubleday publishing, now does it? Case in point, Nelson > Doubleday no longer had ownership of Doubleday Publishing at the time > he purchased the Mets. Oh wow ! I didn't know Doubleday was also the publisher AND next someone will tell me he was related to Abner Doubleday HIMSELF! Hah!
From: mrbrklyn on 23 Sep 2009 13:40
On Sep 15, 11:38 pm, "blackje...(a)aol.com" <blackje...(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Sep 15, 10:10 pm, Phil <p...(a)nomail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 2009-09-15 21:50:54 -0400, Ruben <ru...(a)www2.mrbrklyn.com> said: > > > > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:34:58 -0400, Phil wrote: > > > >> On 2009-09-15 00:41:12 -0400, Ruben <ru...(a)www2.mrbrklyn.com> said: > > > >>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:46:22 -0700, blackje...(a)aol.com wrote: > > > >>>> Nelson Doubleday had absolutely nothing to do with Doubleday > > >>>> publishing > > > >>> Dead people should SHU THE HELL UP > > > >> Nonsense. Necromancy is an ancient and honorable profession. But dead > > >> people definitely should tell the truth when conjured. > > > > I thought dead people ONLY tell the truth when they are conjured. > > > I've heard that said. Maybe it depends on your use of the word > > "conjure". But if you don't conjure them, what does it matter? > > Ok Phil was right. I was only going by Wikipedia. I take back what I > said about Doubleday and the Mets. As for whether the dead tell the > truth or not, its the being's own preference Yeah - blame it on Wikipedea rather than your own stupidity to not be aware of a commonly known FACT. Ruben |