Comments on: Equivocation and Contest Time http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/ Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:29:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Trivium Pursuit » Blog Archive » Our Very First Podcast http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-8901 Trivium Pursuit » Blog Archive » Our Very First Podcast Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:36:27 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-8901 [...] Welcome to our very first Trivium Pursuit podcast. Hans and I will be working on these together — he’ll take care of all the technical parts of the podcast and I’ll do the posting. This first podcast is pretty short and simple — an excerpt from one of our seminars. Let me know if it works for you and don’t forget to enter the Equivocation Contest. [...] [...] Welcome to our very first Trivium Pursuit podcast. Hans and I will be working on these together — he’ll take care of all the technical parts of the podcast and I’ll do the posting. This first podcast is pretty short and simple — an excerpt from one of our seminars. Let me know if it works for you and don’t forget to enter the Equivocation Contest. [...]

]]> By: bookmoth http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-8893 bookmoth Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:51:51 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-8893 God is love Love is blind Therefore, God is blind Different meanings of "is" and "blind" moth God is love
Love is blind
Therefore, God is blind

Different meanings of “is” and “blind”

moth

]]> By: mistresninos http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-8857 mistresninos Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:42:49 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-8857 An aspirin will make noisy children go away because noisy children are a headache and aspirin makes headaches go away. An aspirin will make noisy children go away because noisy children are a headache and aspirin makes headaches go away.

]]> By: George http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-8043 George Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:29:02 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-8043 All you really need to do is read any Amelia Bedelia book. That said, here's an example from a poetry book my 13 year old son has called a "A Light in the Attic" by Shel Silverstein. It is a famous knock knock joke called, "The Meehoo With an Exactlywatt": Knock, knock! Who's there? Me! Me who? That's right! What's right? Meehoo! That's what I want to know! What's what you want to know? Me who? Yes, exactly! Exactly what? Yes, I have an Exactlywatt on a chain! Exactly what on a chain? Yes! Yes what? No, Exactlywatt! That's what I want to know! I told you - Exactlywatt! Exactly what? Yes! Yes what? Yes, it's with me! What's with you? Exactlywatt - that's what with me. Me who? Yes! Go away! Knock, knock... All you really need to do is read any Amelia Bedelia book. That said, here’s an example from a poetry book my 13 year old son has called a “A Light in the Attic” by Shel Silverstein. It is a famous knock knock joke called, “The Meehoo With an Exactlywatt”:

Knock, knock!

Who’s there?

Me!

Me who?

That’s right!

What’s right?

Meehoo!

That’s what I want to know!

What’s what you want to know?

Me who?

Yes, exactly!

Exactly what?

Yes, I have an Exactlywatt on a chain!

Exactly what on a chain?

Yes!

Yes what?

No, Exactlywatt!

That’s what I want to know!

I told you - Exactlywatt!

Exactly what?

Yes!

Yes what?

Yes, it’s with me!

What’s with you?

Exactlywatt - that’s what with me.

Me who?

Yes!

Go away!

Knock, knock…

]]> By: Amy http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-8039 Amy Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:09:33 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-8039 Okay, here goes. I don't know if this counts because it isn't a famous one or anything, but I read your contest last night, and then this morning this happened with my 8 yo. Mom: "Agamemnon had twice as many heroes in his army as Hector did. If Hector had 4 heroes, how many heroes did Agamemnon have?" -pause- Mom: "Now repeat the problem back to me." Son becoming irritated: "What?" Mom: "What's the problem?" Son: "Mom, the problem is, I can't remember what you said." -laughter- Amy Okay, here goes. I don’t know if this counts because it isn’t a famous one or anything, but I read your contest last night, and then this morning this happened with my 8 yo.

Mom: “Agamemnon had twice as many heroes in his army as Hector did. If Hector had 4 heroes, how many heroes did Agamemnon have?”
-pause-
Mom: “Now repeat the problem back to me.”
Son becoming irritated: “What?”
Mom: “What’s the problem?”
Son: “Mom, the problem is, I can’t remember what you said.”
-laughter-

Amy

]]> By: Trivium Pursuit » Blog Archive » We Need You! http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-7963 Trivium Pursuit » Blog Archive » We Need You! Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:17:58 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-7963 [...] Jenig has submitted an example of the Fallacy of Equivocation (also called Doublespeak or Ambiguity) for our logic contest, but we need more examples. Here are a few to help you get started. [...] [...] Jenig has submitted an example of the Fallacy of Equivocation (also called Doublespeak or Ambiguity) for our logic contest, but we need more examples. Here are a few to help you get started. [...]

]]> By: JenIG http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-7877 JenIG Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:50:50 +0000 http://www.triviumpursuit.com/blog/2006/12/04/equivocation-and-contest-time/#comment-7877 I think everybody is afraid to enter your contest. Ok, i will have a crack at it. I'm framing this as an ad in a magazine: Are you always <b>having a cow</b> about the little things in life? I shant tell you *not* to have a cow, because sometimes something will happen and you'll just <b>have a cow</b> -- it's inevitable. So GloryCow is here to help. We sell top rate, sterile, home-birth equipment so you can have a cow safely and comfortably at home. *Milking equipment sold separately. There. How's that? Look, if you're going to open these things up to the public then you need to be prepared for non-IQ participants. I think everybody is afraid to enter your contest. Ok, i will have a crack at it.
I’m framing this as an ad in a magazine:

Are you always having a cow about the little things in life? I shant tell you *not* to have a cow, because sometimes something will happen and you’ll just have a cow — it’s inevitable. So GloryCow is here to help. We sell top rate, sterile, home-birth equipment so you can have a cow safely and comfortably at home. *Milking equipment sold separately.

There. How’s that? Look, if you’re going to open these things up to the public then you need to be prepared for non-IQ participants.

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