Comments on: The Star of the Phillipines http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/ The Big Questions | Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:01:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The Star of the Phillipines » EppsNet: Notes from the Golden Orange http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/comment-page-1/#comment-7496 The Star of the Phillipines » EppsNet: Notes from the Golden Orange Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:37:45 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=3656#comment-7496 [...] Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: One year ago today, somewhere in the Phillipines, a reporter checked his web logs and wondered [...] [...] Steven Landsburg | The Big Questions: One year ago today, somewhere in the Phillipines, a reporter checked his web logs and wondered [...]

]]> By: Gil http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/comment-page-1/#comment-7445 Gil Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:08:23 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=3656#comment-7445 There was a great one from a while back about speculators shorting the Vietnamese dong. Can't seem to find it now, though... There was a great one from a while back about speculators shorting the Vietnamese dong. Can’t seem to find it now, though…

]]> By: Scott F http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/comment-page-1/#comment-7444 Scott F Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:03:07 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=3656#comment-7444 I read exactly six words and an acronym before cracking up at this post... oh yea and unfortunate is not the adjective for that title, we are all very lucky that this guy never took psychology. I read exactly six words and an acronym before cracking up at this post… oh yea and unfortunate is not the adjective for that title, we are all very lucky that this guy never took psychology.

]]> By: JamesL http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/comment-page-1/#comment-7419 JamesL Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:43:53 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=3656#comment-7419 "Bus On Fire — Passengers Alight" “Bus On Fire — Passengers Alight”

]]> By: Bennett Haselton http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/comment-page-1/#comment-7406 Bennett Haselton Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:44:37 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=3656#comment-7406 My favorite, from Leno: "Portable Toilet Bombed - Police Have Nothing to Go On" My favorite, from Leno: “Portable Toilet Bombed – Police Have Nothing to Go On”

]]> By: Tony Cohen http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/comment-page-1/#comment-7399 Tony Cohen Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:08:26 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=3656#comment-7399 Perhaps you have not heard of the Nigerian Russian oil and gas company...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8130334.stm Perhaps you have not heard of the Nigerian Russian oil and gas company…http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8130334.stm

]]> By: GregS http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/comment-page-1/#comment-7398 GregS Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:59:43 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=3656#comment-7398 Nice! Personally my favorites are "Prostitutes Appeal to Pope" and "British left waffles on Falkland Islands." But this is a new challenger. Nice!
Personally my favorites are “Prostitutes Appeal to Pope” and “British left waffles on Falkland Islands.” But this is a new challenger.

]]> By: Steve Reilly http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/comment-page-1/#comment-7394 Steve Reilly Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:11:24 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=3656#comment-7394 There's even a word for these headlines--crash blossoms. http://nyti.ms/bw6tR4 The linguistics blog Language Log often has posts about crash blossoms. There’s even a word for these headlines–crash blossoms. http://nyti.ms/bw6tR4

The linguistics blog Language Log often has posts about crash blossoms.

]]> By: Harold http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/comment-page-1/#comment-7393 Harold Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:01:58 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=3656#comment-7393 This one has syntactic and synonym confusion, if that is the right way to put it. My favorite headlines are "Gay sex splits bishops", refering to an eclesiastical conference, and the earlier WWII "Eighth army push bottles up German rear", possibly apocryphal, but fun anyway. (I wonder if I will see the "your comment is awaiting moderation" box?) This one has syntactic and synonym confusion, if that is the right way to put it. My favorite headlines are “Gay sex splits bishops”, refering to an eclesiastical conference, and the earlier WWII “Eighth army push bottles up German rear”, possibly apocryphal, but fun anyway. (I wonder if I will see the “your comment is awaiting moderation” box?)

]]> By: dave http://www.thebigquestions.com/2010/06/08/philstar/comment-page-1/#comment-7390 dave Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:49:40 +0000 http://www.thebigquestions.com/?p=3656#comment-7390 =] hrmmm. one wonders how you found this page. ;] one also wonders about his choice of verbs. =] hrmmm. one wonders how you found this page. ;] one also wonders about his choice of verbs.

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