ThatOwlWoman (02-25-2018)
ThatOwlWoman (02-25-2018)
An old geezer became very bored in retirement and decided to open a medical clinic.
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He put a sign up outside that said: "Dr. Geezer's clinic. Get your treatment for $500, if not cured, get back $1,000."
Doctor Young, who was positive that this old geezer didn't know beans about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get $1,000. So he went to Dr. Geezer's clinic.
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Dr. Young: "Dr. Geezer, I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me?"
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Dr. Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in Dr. Young's mouth.”
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Dr. Young: “Aaagh!! This is Gasoline!"
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Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your taste back. That will be $500.”
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Dr. Young gets annoyed and goes back after a couple of days figuring to recover his money.
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Dr. Young: "I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything."
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Dr. Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth."
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Dr. Young: "Oh, no you don't -- that is Gasoline!"
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Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your memory back. That will be $500."
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Dr. Young (after having lost $1000) leaves angrily and comes back after several more days.
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Dr. Young: "My eyesight has become weak. I can hardly see anything!!!!"
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Dr. Geezer: "Well, I don't have any medicine for that so, here's your $1000 back." (giving him a $10 bill)
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Dr. Young: "But this is only $10!"
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Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be $500."
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Moral of the story: Just because you're ‘Young’ doesn't mean that you can outsmart an ‘old Geezer’!
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Remember: Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to tick us off.
Happy now?
Common sense is not a gift, it's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it.
No...when you don't know and acknowledge you don't know...it means you are an adult.
If you don't know and pretend you do...by disguising the fact that you are making a blind guess and calling it "I believe...""...
...it means you are a chump.
Hey...chumps like you have a place in society. Just don't clog up the storm drains.
Leonthecat (02-25-2018), ThatOwlWoman (02-25-2018)
Leonthecat (02-25-2018)
We have the intellect to imagine the finality of our own demise but do not have the sophistication to overcome our survival instinct and accept it.
Solution? Magical thinking and childish promises of everlasting life.
Ergo, religion.
rac·ist
rāsəst/noun
a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
Ask yourself honestly if this describes what you believe to be true.
If the answer is yes, you are a racist.
PMP has "faith" that 1st century, middle east goat farmer's superstitions were an accurate assessment of the universe, because that is what he was told as a child.
He also has "faith" that Trump is an intelligent conservative.
He has a lot of "faith" and very little else.
We have the intellect to imagine the finality of our own demise but do not have the sophistication to overcome our survival instinct and accept it.
Solution? Magical thinking and childish promises of everlasting life.
Ergo, religion.
rac·ist
rāsəst/noun
a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
Ask yourself honestly if this describes what you believe to be true.
If the answer is yes, you are a racist.
ThatOwlWoman (02-25-2018)
Plus that sounded awfully insincere. "Hmm, I don't know for sure if the God everyone talks about is real. But just in case, I'm going to say that I believe so if it *is* true, I'll get some kind of ____. But if it's not true, I'm not out anything." Reminds me a lot of a kid who still believes in Santa but hears kids at school saying Santa isn't real.
What I'd like to know is why a belief in god(s) is always entwined with a belief in an afterlife, in Western religions. Why does there have to be a god in order for some bit of us to continue to exist after the meatspace body is gone?
The driving force behind most religion...is an abject fear of death by the adherents, OW.
They are afraid.
That is why the often say that there are no atheists in foxholes. (They think if you are terrified enough...you will accept the idea of a god.)
Also why they claim that on the death bed...people convert.
MY GUESS: The are wrong on those two things MOST of the time.
Leonthecat (02-25-2018)
The idea of death is indeed terrifying even for those who are sure there's some sort of afterlife. It just makes sense: an organism that doesn't fear extinction isn't going to last long enough to pass on its genes to the next generation.
As a nurse I've attended the last moments of those passing on; have not seen any sudden conversions. As a human who has had two near-death experiences herself, I can tell you that at those times my only and overwhelming concern was what was going to happen with my children if I didn't make it.
Gotcha68 (03-09-2018)
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