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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-08 12:00 PM
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"Paper" and "Assets" - it's like 'military intelligence' or 'fighting for peace' -
Edited on Mon Nov-17-08 12:01 PM by seemslikeadream
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Here's what I want you to do: Get a small rubber mallet. Place your left hand on the table. Take the hammer in your right hand. Every time you start to start to form the question "Is there a best currency..." I want you to smash your fingers nice and hard. (Use a stunt double, I'm not paying for your medical bills if you're dumb enough to really do this...).

My point is to use pain to waken you to the idea that we are living in a world where the ultimate scam has been pulled by people who combine two diametrically opposed words into a phrase and then drill it into your thinking.



The words are what? "Paper" and "Assets" - it's like 'military intelligence' or 'fighting for peace' - the concepts are contradictory at some basic level that has escaped you.

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You wash up on a desert island. Nice place, sun, gorgeous beach, yada yada. Now I hand you a list of items that you can pick from to have with you on the island. See if you can find the least useful of the bunch. Ready?

An attractive member of the opposite sex.

Water

Food

Clothing

A library of good books

A shortwave radio

Flashlight

Fishing gear

Lobster trap

Tree climbing gear

A saw, hammer, and nails.

A small pile of paper with various symbols, incantations and zeros on them.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-08 12:02 PM
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1. Don't forget scissors.
They beat paper every time.
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NeedleCast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-08 12:03 PM
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2. An attractive member of the opposite sex.
Just what I need on my tropical beach...someone nagging me all the time.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-08 12:06 PM
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3. Such an odd response from someone that has this avatar
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