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Ken’th:
> A duck went into a bar and asked for some crackers. The waiter said no. The
> next day he came into the bar and asked for crackers again. The waiter said
> no, again. The next day he came in again and asked for crackers. The waiter
> said no. The next day the waiter said if you ask for crackers one more time
> I will nail your beak to the counter. The next day the duck asked if the
> waiter had any nails, “No,” said the waiter. The duck then asked “Do you
> have any crackers”

Lovely, nearly fell off my seat… :-)

But [and nowhere near as good a tale] did you hear about the Heideggerian
who entered the Eliminatist Lounge bar and went up to the Eliminatist In
Waiting and asked him:

What is a thing?

The Waiter replied:

There is no such thing as “a thing”.

The Heideggerian thought a while and then asked:

What is “a thing”?

The Waiter, exacerbated, waited not and replied:

There is no such thing as “”a thing”".

The Heideggerian smiled, thought a while and then asked:

What is “”"a thing”"”?

The Waiter didn’t even wait for the Heideggerian’s sentence to end before
exclaiming:

If you don’t stop asking me “what is a thing” I’ll give you something
painful to think about!

The Heideggerian remained silent for a few minutes and asked:

Does “something” exist?

The Waiter exploded:

No, there is no such thing as “”something”"!

The Heideggerian smiled and asked:

What is a thing?

‘gards

michaelP

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