2. There's a philosophical question about whether something exists if it's not being observed, which led to this limerick:
There was a young man who said, "God Must find it exceedingly odd To think that the tree Should continue to be When there's no one about in the quad."
Ronald Knox's reply:
"Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd; I am always about in the quad. And that's why the tree Will continue to be Since observed by, Yours faithfully, God."
3. There was a young curate of Salisbury, Whose behaviour was halsbury-scalsbury; He went around Hampshire Without any pampshire, Until his bishop compelled him to walsbury.
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Date: 2012-09-17 03:45 pm (UTC)2. There's a philosophical question about whether something exists if it's not being observed, which led to this limerick:
There was a young man who said, "God
Must find it exceedingly odd
To think that the tree
Should continue to be
When there's no one about in the quad."
Ronald Knox's reply:
"Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd;
I am always about in the quad.
And that's why the tree
Will continue to be
Since observed by, Yours faithfully, God."
3. There was a young curate of Salisbury,
Whose behaviour was halsbury-scalsbury;
He went around Hampshire
Without any pampshire,
Until his bishop compelled him to walsbury.
Tell me if you need this decoded, heh. :-)