On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:08:31 -0800, Shelley Tremain wrote something like:
This is not quite right:
>an epistemology is a theory about knowledge
>an oncology is a theory about *being*
>metaphysics is the study of *reality*
Well, OK, but it's not far wrong!
Take the epistemology:
Actually, it's where you go e- (out of) the piste (a way, or as the
Italians say, a vagina) and end up with a -mology (a kind of mumbled
apology, as in "thsarternoo'ntha HousaCummns Priminsta Toniblare gayvana
mology fortha failyaov Sadma Sainta disclose whereheed hiddentha
DubyaEmdee")
An oncology -- this is a theory of pigs (from the Greek oinkos, a mass or
lump that oinks). The theory holds that Shakes ain't just written by
Bacon. Shakes IS Bacon.
(An Oncology should not be confused with a Conchology, which is a theory of
shells, or shelly missiles).
"Metaphysics" is in fact the fourth term in the medieval series, "Lies;
Damned Lies; Statistics; Metaphysics; ...
There has recently been a learned debate, in the Annals of Hypothecated
Conundra, as to whether the fifth and sixth terms should be "Military
Intelligence" and "Advanced Mathematics" -- or vice versa (a rather rude
kind of Latin poem, which cannot be further discussed on a decent family
discussion list).
Incidentally, for someone alleged to have sold his soul for thirty pieces
of tv prime time, I thought Tom Shakes-Bacon has defended himself with good
sense, grace and humility. (Of course, we know that all this is merely
sprayed on by a young person from Cosmetics; but in an increasingly
blunkettised environment, surely the lies of the camera tell some universal
truth, provided we divide it by the square root of the height of the Great
Pyramid)
[okay, some of the recent contributions are impossible to parody, one can't
even plagiarise them properly, let alone take the epistemology, since Mark
read the riot act...]
m99m
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