"How many angels dance on the head of a pin"? . + caption

[mythyc]

Just when you think you've heard them all, I learned a new expression today.

Caption this while you're at it:

[DangerDave921]

1. LOL

No caption. BUT -- it was a pretty easy question. Your husband made $800k paid by a foreign body to promote a trade deal you profress to disagree with. Care to explain?

[AspenRose]

2. That was painful to watch.

eom

[goldcanyonaz]

3. Dear Lord those followers on the Obama Underground are fucking nuts.

[shadowknows69]

10. We're nuts?

It was your candidate laughing like an insane person not Obama.

[goldcanyonaz]

11. Come on, most of us here are certifiable It's good to laugh at ourselves.

[snooper2]

4. caption

"I am the nominee, I AM the nominee, I AM THE NOMINEE"

[L0oniX]

23. She needs a pair of these slippers....

[samdogmom]

5. Not sure I can come up with a good caption--but WOW(!)--talk about being thrown by a question!

She can't defend her husband's activities????? Give me a break! If she wasn't smart enough to figure out this hornets' nest for herself--why didn't anyone in her campaign alert her that she would be getting questions about Bill and his ties to Columbia?

Trust me--we DO NOT NEED ANOTHER CLUELESS LEADER IN OUR COUNTRY!

[chill factor]

30. The problem is....

Hillary did not defend her husband's actions - she laughed and giggled and laughed again - waved her arms around but never did answer the question put to her.

[samdogmom]

36. touche!

It was the perfect "Gotcha" moment.

She FAILED this test with flying colors!

On Edit: Welcome to DU!

[Poll_Blind]

6. I'm still trying to figure this one out but I honestly don't think there's an answer.

"How many angels dance on the head of a pin"?

  Anyone else trying to give her the benefit of the doubt- and just failing to come up with any coherent explanation? Not that I expected one after the actual stammering she did while attempting to come up with some sort of answer.

  It's ben a long time since I actually heard someone stammer like that- it was right off some cheezy sitcom they play in The Hell for Democrats.

PB

[Abacus]

7. "I gotta thank George for showing me how this tunnel vision stuff works!"

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

8. Scornful description of a tedious concern with irrelevant details.

Scornful description of a tedious concern with irrelevant details; an allusion to religious controversies in the middle ages. In fact, the medieval argument was over how many angels could stand on the point of a pin.

http://www.bartleby.com/59/4/howmanyangel.html

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

9. This one is interesting...

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., pauses while speaking at a news conference at Pittsburgh International Airport in Pittsburgh, Thursday, April 10, 2008.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

[goldcanyonaz]

14. What's so interesting about it? She looks concerned, and rightfully so for our nation.

[GarbagemanLB]

15. 'for our nation'? I'd say she sees her chances at becoming president swirling down the drain.

[chill factor]

31. No..I think it just makes her look old

being older then Hillary myself - I can see the bags, the sagging muscles, the wrinkled skin - I recognize them all - what is most upsetting is how glazed her eyes are - I cannot imagine what she would be able to do at 3:09 AM when she looks this exhausted in the middle of the day - I know political campaigns can be tiring - but she is quite a contrast to the bouncy image of Senator Obama

[Alter Ego]

12. "Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

[BlooInBloo]

24. Ok, Jack. :)

[Armstead]

13. If you're as rich as the Clintons, I guess $800,000 is the head of a pin

[MyNameGoesHere]

16. For the uninformed or google challenged.

The question how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? is an example of an ontological argument. It has also been at times used as a trite dismissal: of medieval angelology in particular, of scholasticism in general, and of particular figures such as Duns Scotus and Thomas Aquinas.<1> Another variety of the question is How Many Angels Can Sit On The Head Of A Pin?

It is still a matter of discussion whether this precise topic has a historical foundation, in actual writing or disputation from the European Middle Ages. One theory is that it is an early modern fabrication<2>, used to discredit scholastic philosophy at a time when it still played a significant role in university education. James Franklin has raised the scholarly issue, and mentions that there is a seventeenth century reference in William Chillingworth.<3> This is earlier than a reference in the 1678 The True Intellectual System Of The Universe by Ralph Cudworth. The modern currency in English (usually a needle, rather than a pin) may date back to Isaac D'Israeli.





Why is Superman checking out my ass?

Banned from using a Signature photo.

[mythyc]

17. "Maybe if I channel Arnold from Total Recall I can get the hell outta here...."

[C_U_L8R]

18. On the head of a PIN ???

Ohhhhhhhh.
I thought it was on Penn's head

[mythyc]

19. pin-head penn-head

i think you're onto something....

[FlyingSquirrel]

20. "I can't believe I never divorced him!"

[L0oniX]

21. "Oh ...this mask is much better".

[Coexist]

22. "apply directly to the forehead."

[silverweb]

25. It's actually a pretty old expression.

In ancient days of yore, theologians supposedly actually sat around the Vatican debating this sort of stupid stuff, and the expression has come to be a "trite dismissal" of a question. _more_

[mythyc]

26. yeah, i looked it up once i heard it and thought that was neat

interesting that's what her mind produces when put on the spot in this situation

[silverweb]

29. Exactly.

She invokes the idea of a question that has no answer and attempts to trivialize the whole topic in that way.

It was a really stupid move on her part, I think -- another sign of being her own worst enemy.

[JVS]

34. I think that question is just a fabrication.

A more likely question would be "Do angels defecate?"

[silverweb]

35. LOL

:D

[kevinmc]

27. Having Flashbacks from that Fire-fight in Bosnia ..... gonna go Rambo any minute,,, n/t

[crankychatter]

28. it just hurts too much to even look at this photo

I'm a wise ass and I can't make myself see the humor in this

I guess I'm sympathetic

get this poor lady out of the spotlight - do an intervention - take her on vacation

just make it stop

[mythyc]

32. she's the only one who can do that, and has shown herself completely unwilling to do so

i'm not sympathetic, any more than I am for the kid who gets caught cheating on a test (which is basically what happened here)....

[quantass]

33. k&r

[Bonobo]

37. She cackled like a madwoman. It was hard to watch.