Ridiculous reasons or arguments people put forward

Ridiculous reasons or arguments people put forward

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DickyC

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198 months

Friday 19th September 2014
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A mammoth was discovered frozen into a glacier. Scientists had trouble examining it because when bits were thawed out they decomposed very quickly. This, a colleague claimed, was why he would never have a freezer.

A fridge to keep things fresh for a few days, yes. A freezer to keep things edible for a few weeks or a few months, no. All because a 200,000 year old mammoth decomposed when thawed.

DickyC

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198 months

Saturday 20th September 2014
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DonnyMac said:
Maybe it had decomposed before it got frozen?
We tried him with all those arguments. He just wouldn't have it. But, then, this was the bloke who condemned any artifice among his fellow man and yet had a tattoo and a comb over. The tattoo he explained with, "Everyone had one when I had it done," but the comb over no one ever had the balls to quiz him about. This, despite it standing out perpendicular from his head like a shelf for a carriage clock in anything stronger than a gentle breeze.

DickyC

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Sunday 21st September 2014
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When we were growing up, my brother and I were frequently subjected to burnt toast. I took the pragmatic approach, scraped off the worst of the burnt and ate the toast. My brother refused to eat any of it on the grounds that the burnt bits were pure carbon and carbon is radioactive.

DickyC

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Monday 22nd September 2014
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Boobonman said:
DickyC said:
When we were growing up, my brother and I were frequently subjected to burnt toast. I took the pragmatic approach, scraped off the worst of the burnt and ate the toast. My brother refused to eat any of it on the grounds that the burnt bits were pure carbon and carbon is radioactive.
Well, burnt toast is carcinogenic so he may have been on to something...
How can man die better than facing fearful odds
For the carcinogenic breakfast and the ashes of his toast?