tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post113888149812662531..comments2024-03-06T16:31:34.975-05:00Comments on Dies Irae: Radio activityIvan the Terriblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09310595488905229264noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1138915551308795262006-02-02T16:25:00.000-05:002006-02-02T16:25:00.000-05:00Maybe one of us should hoax Harry for a bit - mayb...Maybe one of us should hoax Harry for a bit - maybe for ripping off the plot of Foucault's Pendulum. But no - he'd be all too skittish. "The deceitful are ever distrustful", as Tolkein put it.Ivan the Terriblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310595488905229264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1138912024537243432006-02-02T15:27:00.000-05:002006-02-02T15:27:00.000-05:00GB, that is one of the narrative threads of Umbert...GB, that is one of the narrative threads of Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum", a very fine book in many other respects. His claim is that it can get quite scary when people doggedly refuse to realize it's just a hoax.<BR/><BR/>--Des.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1138911581059430792006-02-02T15:19:00.000-05:002006-02-02T15:19:00.000-05:00I've often wondered what would happen if the victi...I've often wondered what would happen if the victim of a hoax doggedly refuses to believe that he's been hoaxed. God willing, it will happy to Harry one of these days.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1138899361289609932006-02-02T11:56:00.000-05:002006-02-02T11:56:00.000-05:00As we will shortly discover first hand if we're no...As we will shortly discover first hand if we're not careful...Ivan the Terriblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310595488905229264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20447280.post-1138898771687834042006-02-02T11:46:00.000-05:002006-02-02T11:46:00.000-05:00Well, Europe has been led by a confederacy of dodd...Well, Europe has been led by a confederacy of doddering dunces for a while now, you know. It's not like a lot of other people in, say, Brussels have a firmer grasp on reality than poor old Jacques.<BR/><BR/>However, when it comes to being ruled by half-senile gerontocrats, nobody beats the Chinese.<BR/><BR/>--DesarguesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com