tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post5242974795990925708..comments2023-10-29T21:04:29.911+08:00Comments on Frodology: Mormons and the UtahraptorFrodoSaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487713167316638307noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-20684389262324695312009-03-12T11:24:00.000+08:002009-03-12T11:24:00.000+08:00I hate to be a quasher but the creature that has b...I hate to be a quasher but the creature that has been identified as a dinosaur in the historic daguerrotype is actually an archeopteryx.<BR/><BR/>These creatures are still to be found in the fastnesses and solitary places of West Yorkshire, and I have witnessed them many times.<BR/><BR/>I have some digital mpeg-4 video footage of them somewhere but cannot lay my hands on them at the present time.<BR/><BR/>Dr N E MesisDr.N.E.Mesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061833345317154226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-90354575949125512412009-03-06T18:30:00.000+08:002009-03-06T18:30:00.000+08:00Irradiatus,Thanks, I appreciate that!Irradiatus,<BR/><BR/>Thanks, I appreciate that!FrodoSaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224011199139875343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-70703054793557802009-02-28T08:45:00.000+08:002009-02-28T08:45:00.000+08:00I somehow missed this when you left a comment on m...I somehow missed this when you left a comment on my blog, but it's really freaking brilliant!<BR/><BR/>Hilarious!Irradiatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02300747428070267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-55995739386951661422009-02-25T14:15:00.000+08:002009-02-25T14:15:00.000+08:00Recent scientific discussion about the possibility...<B>Recent scientific discussion about the possibility of cloning a woolly mammoth has set imaginations alight, but the joyous possibility of throwing caution to the wind by tinkering with the genomes of extinct species is not placating everyone’s fears.</B><BR/><BR/>You're damn right--we all saw what happened when velociraptors figured out how to turn doorknobs. I don't wanna see that kinda power in the hands of a woolly mammoth. Granted, they're not carnivores, but . . . they look way mean.<BR/><BR/><B>Its classification was welcomed as filling a void in evolutionary theory between the turkey-like scariness of Velociraptor and the holy-fucking-shit-is-that-thing-real scariness of the aptly named Giganotosaurus.</B><BR/><BR/>Laymen's terms! Is that too much to ask?<BR/><BR/><B>On one occasion, a Utahraptor was even convicted of bank fraud – ok, maybe that's far enough with the allegory.</B><BR/><BR/>Meh. You coulda gone farther.<BR/><BR/>I plan to use "Mormon Threshold" around a Mormon coworker. She's pretty lapsed, but still. Should be fun.Rachel E. Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680726406269892054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-87547134836679040082009-02-23T09:50:00.000+08:002009-02-23T09:50:00.000+08:00PersonalFailure,I have some lint and a receipt whi...PersonalFailure,<BR/><BR/>I have some lint and a receipt which I forgot to take out of my pants last time I washed them. How many raptor repelling rocks can I get for that?<BR/><BR/>Please, feel free to use Mormon Threshold. After all it's a scientific term! I'd appreciate it if you link to this post when you do, but otherwise, knock yourself out!FrodoSaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224011199139875343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-82688969493140148392009-02-22T21:31:00.000+08:002009-02-22T21:31:00.000+08:00I am going to Utah tomorrow with my Utahraptor rep...I am going to Utah tomorrow with my Utahraptor repelling rocks. Utahraptors have never been seen in Pennsylvania, clearly as a result of these rocks I hold in my hands, which I will sell for the low, low price of . . . what do you have in your pockets, again?<BR/><BR/>And Mormon Threshold is definitely going to be used in future posts of mine.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-13065393366926694392009-02-21T13:34:00.000+08:002009-02-21T13:34:00.000+08:00Flipsix,I had to Google that, but having done so, ...Flipsix,<BR/><BR/>I had to Google that, but having done so, I can say that it definitely looks like the kind of thing I would watch (and enjoy), and also that yes, the Mormons take that story very seriously. After all, you'd need to be serious around dinosaurs wouldn't you? What with all the sharp, pointy teeth and all. And the syphilis. North American dinosaurs were early vectors of syphilis. Incredible, I know.<BR/><BR/>Yunshui,<BR/><BR/>Thanks I was quite pleased with that. We should be able to order society based on who is which side of the Mormon Threshold. John Travolta, Dr. Bisconti, and David Blaine to the right; Mormons on the knife edge; everyone else to the left.<BR/><BR/>Piggy,<BR/><BR/>The Mormons didn't notice the dinosaur in their midst at first either. Much to their lasting dismay...FrodoSaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224011199139875343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-33037456683576158752009-02-20T23:13:00.000+08:002009-02-20T23:13:00.000+08:00Sorry - 3 comments - excessive I know...but I just...Sorry - 3 comments - excessive I know...but I just noticed the dinosaur in your historic Mormon photograph and it's sensational. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-83348519068754714712009-02-20T23:10:00.000+08:002009-02-20T23:10:00.000+08:00P.S. best bell curve I ever did see. Is it a cliff...P.S. best bell curve I ever did see. Is it a cliff off which lemmings jump, to splat into their next lives as Mormons?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-59366198127082647742009-02-20T23:07:00.000+08:002009-02-20T23:07:00.000+08:00I'd really like to see Jurassic Park IV: 'Raptors ...I'd really like to see Jurassic Park IV: 'Raptors and that frilly-spitting-dragon-dennis-nedry-killer come to BYU campus'.<BR/><BR/>The annoying lawyer and whiny Lex would be replaced by Mormon missionaries in standard-issue black pants, white shirt, black tie. There would be NO sexual tension between Alan and Ellie, though occasionally she'd show a saucy glimpse of her temple garments.<BR/><BR/>Frodo Scribe - please more mormon + dinos!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-91496278567729828202009-02-20T22:00:00.000+08:002009-02-20T22:00:00.000+08:00So let me get this straight, the Mormons hold "The...So let me get this straight, the Mormons hold "The Valley of the Gwangi" sacred as a historical documentary, and not some half-baked King Kong rip-off?flipsix3https://www.blogger.com/profile/12695018946681561891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699230795490231936.post-22607675442332488942009-02-20T21:43:00.000+08:002009-02-20T21:43:00.000+08:00I think you may have just introduced a new term in...I think you may have just introduced a new term into the field of theology. The idea of the "Mormon Threshold" (defined as the point at which evidence required for a belief is minimised in inverse proportion to the absurdity of said belief) could be a useful shorthand in future religious discussions. As in: "In passing the Mormon Threshold, William Lane Craig demonstrates the inherent instability of the Kalaam Argument", or, "As Ray Comfort approaches the Mormon Threshold, we see an increasing desperation enter his polemic."<BR/><BR/>I like it!yunshuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304997933466961058noreply@blogger.com