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Post by 9 on Jun 16, 2008 10:45:22 GMT -5
For the eternal struggle of Molluskian recognition will never end until they have a homeland of their own. This brought a tear to me eye and a lump to me throat.
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Post by Chris on Jun 16, 2008 13:20:47 GMT -5
Sorry, I must have misinterpreted.
[glow=red,2,300]AND broken seashells aren't allowed to participate
Hey, dummy, do you want to count STICKS too?[/glow]
I asked about several pieces of a broken shell being counted as ONE, and I could have sworn your stance on that was NO!
That's all I'm asking for. I'm not asking for a shell broken into 20 pieces to be counted as 20, I'm asking for ONE!
That being said, Shells WIN!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 16, 2008 13:29:12 GMT -5
I already conceded a long time ago counting a broken shell as one, at least the main body of such. But, if that main body is in the sea and only broken slivers are on the beach, no, the broken pieces do NOT count, nothing does. It has to be the resemblance of a shell. Lets not get ridiculous here.
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Post by Chris on Jun 16, 2008 13:38:21 GMT -5
OK, so wait a minute....if you have ONE shell broken in 20 little pieces, none of which on it's own resembles a shell, then you don't get representation for ONE shell?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 16, 2008 13:41:11 GMT -5
Of course not, just like if you have a pile of logs in someones backyard for the fireplace, you dont count them as ONE tree.
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Post by 9 on Jun 16, 2008 13:41:17 GMT -5
Tom is an oppressor of Molluskian recognition.
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Post by Chris on Jun 16, 2008 13:53:17 GMT -5
Yeah, but again, back to my original point.....when a shell makes its way out of the water it is EXPONENTIALLY more at risk of being broken into multiple little pieces than a tree is at risk of being reduced to a pile of logs.
As a matter of fact, I would submit that a shell out from under the protective barrier of the sea stands a greater than 90% chance of being broken into multiple little pieces.
You're not giving the shells a fighting chance.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jun 16, 2008 14:00:34 GMT -5
when a shell makes its way out of the water it is EXPONENTIALLY more at risk of being broken into multiple little pieces than a tree is at risk of being reduced to a pile of logs.
Well, isnt that just too bad.
Im playing the worlds smallest violin over here.
Bottom line, I asked a question, I knew there were more trees all along, but some of you had to argue that cause thats what you guys do. Why dont you just admit I am correct, and we can move forward.
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Post by kingdzbws on Jun 16, 2008 14:15:39 GMT -5
WE SHELL OVERCOME!!
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Post by 9 on Jun 16, 2008 16:04:45 GMT -5
Why dont you just admit I am correct, and we can move forward. Yeah, why can't everybody be more like Balls?
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Post by Chris on Jun 16, 2008 23:18:42 GMT -5
Because I don't think you're correct. I shell never give up the fighting the good fight.
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Post by jwmcc on Jul 21, 2008 11:18:50 GMT -5
So I was with Jen this past weekend in Ocean City, NJ and the second we were near the beach...thousands upon thousands of sea shells, and most of them were intact. Considering how long beaches are along the coasts of every continent, it's clear that seashells out number the amount of trees on this great Earth. Jw
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jul 21, 2008 11:29:34 GMT -5
Argument already rebutted.
Are you forgetting the miles and miles of land....without coastline? What about the spate of trees lining the blocks of suburbia, from whence I sit right now? Your "coasts of the continent" are cancelled out by the swaths of forestry.
And not all coastline has shells all over....in fact, some coastline is lined with TREES!
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Post by Chrissy on Aug 5, 2008 16:14:30 GMT -5
TJ, refresh my memory, do shells found underwater count?
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Post by Ms. Jericho on Aug 5, 2008 16:21:35 GMT -5
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Chrissy on Aug 5, 2008 16:29:54 GMT -5
LOL! I was hoping for one of TJ's grumpy responses, but that will do. ;D
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 5, 2009 0:08:27 GMT -5
So here is even more fodder to my obvious argument of there being more trees than seashells. Found this nugget in this latest edition of AMERICAN HISTORY, in a piece on the state of Maine.
Maine alone has 17,800,000 acres of trees!!!!!!! The Goddamned state is 90% FOREST. This amount of trees is monolithic. There is no beach in the world with 17,800,000 acres of shells.
You guys on the other side need to give this up already.
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Post by 9 on Jan 5, 2009 8:32:24 GMT -5
But there would be far more shells in a hypothetical acre of shells than there are trees in an acre of trees.
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Post by MSBNYY on Jan 5, 2009 8:50:05 GMT -5
Exactly. You could fit thousands of small shells in the same space it would take to fill one tree.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 5, 2009 10:15:24 GMT -5
You guys are conveniently not getting it. Maine is 90% forest. Those acres are NOT hypothetical, they are full of trees. And, again, as I said, there is nowhere where you would find acres of shells clogged together.
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Post by 9 on Jan 5, 2009 10:51:56 GMT -5
Nowhere, other than both coasts.
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Post by Chris on Jan 5, 2009 13:20:58 GMT -5
"there is nowhere where you would find acres of shells clogged together."
Ehhh...the beach?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 19, 2009 12:00:36 GMT -5
Yet another boost for trees, which seemingly sprout up neverending.
"Catch a movie, boost trees. For ever person who sees the movie EARTH on opening week, Disney said it will plant a tree. The movie, out on Earth Day, launches Disneynature, the first new Disney film label in 60 years. Narrarated by James Earl Jones and with music by Styx, the movie tells the story of three animal families' journey through the planet."
Trees win again!
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Post by Lindsey on Mar 20, 2009 1:42:17 GMT -5
Stupid trees and stupid styx. OH SNAP! TREES AN STICKS! SNAP! HA!
it's 3am...
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Post by MSBNYY on Mar 20, 2009 6:40:35 GMT -5
I have 2 shells in my apartment. No trees. There are more shells.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 20, 2009 7:10:20 GMT -5
AGAIN, indoor shells and trees do not count, we went over this already. Should i count the 8 small potted trees in my office right now, which incidentally does not contain any shells? On top of that, what kind of gaylord has SHELLS in his apartment? Do you put them to your ear to hear the sounds of the sea before you go to bed with your mermaid blanket?
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Post by Lindsey on Mar 20, 2009 8:45:39 GMT -5
Maybe he places them gingerly around his living room, so that when he watches the little mermaid, or Nights in Rodanthe, he feels more 'there'.
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Post by MSBNYY on Mar 20, 2009 9:39:46 GMT -5
Wait a minute--because I picked up two perfectly in tact shells from the beach, and brought them home, they are disqualified. SHENANIGANS!!! FUZZY MATH!!!!
I decided after all my trips to Turks, I was entitled to shells. After all, whenever I go there, I have a shell of a good time!
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Post by 9 on Mar 20, 2009 10:04:14 GMT -5
After all, whenever I go there, I have a shell of a good time! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Post by Lindsey on Mar 20, 2009 10:07:04 GMT -5
After all, whenever I go there, I have a shell of a good time! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Thanks for covering that. I was too busy banging my head on the table to type anything.
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