Science in Sesame Street

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Enigma Send message Joined: 15 Mar 06 Posts: 628 Credit: 21,606 RAC: 0	Message 277524 - Posted: 7 Apr 2006, 15:44:54 UTC Science in Sesame Street Mathematics in Sesame Street How did Big Bird and Mr.Snuffleupagus know this stuff in 1969 AD... Lucky guesses? ;) Belief gets in the way of learning ID: 277524 ·

Enrique Arratia Send message Joined: 23 Jun 99 Posts: 54 Credit: 811,444 RAC: 0	Message 277584 - Posted: 7 Apr 2006, 18:18:55 UTC - in response to Message 277524. Science in Sesame Street Mathematics in Sesame Street How did Big Bird and Mr.Snuffleupagus know this stuff in 1969 AD... Lucky guesses? ;) OH MY GOD!!! Praised be the characters of Sesame Street! Good one! Thanks! There are three basic types, Mr. Pizer, the wills, the won'ts, and the can'ts. The wills accomplish everything, the won'ts oppose everything, and the can'ts won't try anything. ID: 277584 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 277591 - Posted: 7 Apr 2006, 18:42:51 UTC - in response to Message 277524. How did Big Bird and Mr.Snuffleupagus know this stuff in 1969 AD... Lucky guesses? ;) TOUCHE... Maybe they watched Mr Rogers neighborhood... ;) ID: 277591 ·

Enigma Send message Joined: 15 Mar 06 Posts: 628 Credit: 21,606 RAC: 0	Message 277772 - Posted: 8 Apr 2006, 2:55:42 UTC - in response to Message 277591. I still dont have an answer to my simple question..... :-( How did Big Bird and Mr.Snuffleupagus know this stuff in 1969 AD... Lucky guesses? ;) TOUCHE... Maybe they watched Mr Rogers neighborhood... ;) Belief gets in the way of learning ID: 277772 ·

Enigma Send message Joined: 15 Mar 06 Posts: 628 Credit: 21,606 RAC: 0	Message 277785 - Posted: 8 Apr 2006, 3:56:53 UTC oops double post :-) Belief gets in the way of learning ID: 277785 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 277832 - Posted: 8 Apr 2006, 7:27:23 UTC - in response to Message 277772. I still dont have an answer to my simple question..... :-( Maybe their puppeteers were simply yanking their chain(s)... ;) ID: 277832 ·

Chuck Send message Joined: 1 Dec 05 Posts: 511 Credit: 532,682 RAC: 0	Message 278324 - Posted: 9 Apr 2006, 4:52:13 UTC Last modified: 9 Apr 2006, 4:52:42 UTC Well NO, Big Bird ALWAYS knew the snuffleupagus existed! How did he knowthat back in the 70's?!?!?! It must have been divine knowink!! :-> ;-() "-< #%@ ;( :) :9 Never Forget a Friend. Or an Enemy. ID: 278324 ·

Enigma Send message Joined: 15 Mar 06 Posts: 628 Credit: 21,606 RAC: 0	Message 278325 - Posted: 9 Apr 2006, 4:53:48 UTC - in response to Message 277832. I still dont have an answer to my simple question..... :-( Maybe their puppeteers were simply yanking their chain(s)... ;) How could there be a bird which is 8'2" in the first place, and how could he know how to write poetry and ice skate?? Belief gets in the way of learning ID: 278325 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 278372 - Posted: 9 Apr 2006, 5:36:13 UTC - in response to Message 278325. How could there be a bird which is 8'2" in the first place Today's biggest flying bird: Wandering Albatross Flying reptile that lived at the time of the dinosaurs: Pterosaur Kinda makes 'Big Bird' look more like 'Tweety Bird'... ;) ID: 278372 ·

Misfit Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0	Message 278393 - Posted: 9 Apr 2006, 6:36:12 UTC - in response to Message 278372. How could there be a bird which is 8'2" in the first place Today's biggest flying bird: Wandering Albatross "The length of the body is between 110-135m," Wow, a nest as big as a stadium! me@rescam.org ID: 278393 ·

Enigma Send message Joined: 15 Mar 06 Posts: 628 Credit: 21,606 RAC: 0	Message 278426 - Posted: 9 Apr 2006, 9:21:41 UTC - in response to Message 278393. How could there be a bird which is 8'2" in the first place Today's biggest flying bird: Wandering Albatross "The length of the body is between 110-135m," Wow, a nest as big as a stadium! I think that's Cm fellas, not M. Wiki has had a unit of measurement error..... even so, i don't see any ice-skate or poetry reading birds. AND big bird dont fly (c'mon, everyone knows that! even the skeptics). And we ain't talk'n about any big-bird-osaurus.... this is here and now... Belief gets in the way of learning ID: 278426 ·

Chuck Send message Joined: 1 Dec 05 Posts: 511 Credit: 532,682 RAC: 0	Message 278612 - Posted: 9 Apr 2006, 17:12:33 UTC Big bird can talk ONLY through the will of GOD! It is GOD who created Big Bird, as a sign of his divine shitheadedness! All hail GOD and his prophet, Big Bird! :-> ;-() "-< #%@ ;( :) :9 Never Forget a Friend. Or an Enemy. ID: 278612 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 278627 - Posted: 9 Apr 2006, 18:04:08 UTC - in response to Message 278426. I think that's Cm fellas, not M. Wiki has had a unit of measurement error..... It's meters... Wiki forgot the decimal point... ;) The length of the body is between 1.10-1.35m ID: 278627 ·

Chuck Send message Joined: 1 Dec 05 Posts: 511 Credit: 532,682 RAC: 0	Message 278699 - Posted: 9 Apr 2006, 20:50:03 UTC In any event, it's quite clear that birds evolved from dinosaurs, and are related to such an extent that both classes should rightly be combined into one:dinoaves. Off to have a little Kentucky Fried Dinosaur? Never Forget a Friend. Or an Enemy. ID: 278699 ·

Enigma Send message Joined: 15 Mar 06 Posts: 628 Credit: 21,606 RAC: 0	Message 278895 - Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 5:37:09 UTC - in response to Message 278699. In any event, it's quite clear that birds evolved from dinosaurs, and are related to such an extent that both classes should rightly be combined into one:dinoaves. Off to have a little Kentucky Fried Dinosaur? But chuck, the "sesame street scriptures" never mentioned anything about evolutions so your argument is flawed. I am sorry i cannot accept that birds evolved from dinosaurs. Belief gets in the way of learning ID: 278895 ·

Chuck Send message Joined: 1 Dec 05 Posts: 511 Credit: 532,682 RAC: 0	Message 278993 - Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 12:59:56 UTC Last modified: 10 Apr 2006, 13:00:49 UTC How could I be sooo blind! Of course! Big Bird sprung up fully formed from neoprene rubber! ALL HAIL THE GREAT GOD OF NEOPRENE!!! :-> ;-() "-< #%@ ;( :) :9 (btw, Has anybody noticed how all my posts seem to have such high negative numbers, while Jeffrey's has such high positives? Must be the will of Allah, since I'm sure, I'm sure nobody other than Jeffrey is rating them...) Never Forget a Friend. Or an Enemy. ID: 278993 ·

Enrique Arratia Send message Joined: 23 Jun 99 Posts: 54 Credit: 811,444 RAC: 0	Message 278995 - Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 13:00:49 UTC - in response to Message 278612. Last modified: 10 Apr 2006, 13:10:05 UTC Big bird can talk ONLY through the will of GOD! It is GOD who created Big Bird, as a sign of his divine shitheadedness! All hail GOD and his prophet, Big Bird! :-> ;-() "-< #%@ ;( :) :9 Amen to that bother! Hallelujah! Now, we need to preach to the rest of the world, open their eyes so their souls may also be saved. We'll need lots of money to reach them, send me all you've got, dig deep into your pockets, sell your house because you ain't taking anything to the afterlife in the Sesame St Eden anyways! And don't worry, Jeffrey will blow up the infidel unbelievers with a mindless repetition of fundamentalistic crap... and some dynamite for good measure and tradition's sake. There are three basic types, Mr. Pizer, the wills, the won'ts, and the can'ts. The wills accomplish everything, the won'ts oppose everything, and the can'ts won't try anything. ID: 278995 ·

Chuck Send message Joined: 1 Dec 05 Posts: 511 Credit: 532,682 RAC: 0	Message 278999 - Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 13:03:14 UTC We can reserve the terrible garbage can of Oscar the Satannic Grouch for Jeffrey - he believes in Allah, the infidel, and NOT the supreme supremacy of BiG bIrD and the SnUfFlE uPhAgUs! :-> ;-() "-< #%@ ;( :) :9 (those are the 'secret' signs of sesame street! All hail!) Never Forget a Friend. Or an Enemy. ID: 278999 ·

Es99 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0	Message 279099 - Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 16:48:19 UTC - in response to Message 278993. How could I be sooo blind! Of course! Big Bird sprung up fully formed from neoprene rubber! ALL HAIL THE GREAT GOD OF NEOPRENE!!! :-> ;-() "-< #%@ ;( :) :9 (btw, Has anybody noticed how all my posts seem to have such high negative numbers, while Jeffrey's has such high positives? Must be the will of Allah, since I'm sure, I'm sure nobody other than Jeffrey is rating them...) I'm minusing you..and so are several other people that I know of. :-) Reality Internet Personality ID: 279099 ·

Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0	Message 279279 - Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 21:46:23 UTC - in response to Message 278993. (btw, Has anybody noticed how all my posts seem to have such high negative numbers, while Jeffrey's has such high positives? Must be the will of Allah, since I'm sure, I'm sure nobody other than Jeffrey is rating them...) Don't flatter yourself chucky... I have much better things to do than create multiple accounts and abuse the rating system as some do... ;) ID: 279279 ·

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