jokersarewild Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Courses/95c/Texts/modest.html Do you think that would work for us now? Quote RoyalOrleans is my real dad!
Feckless Wench Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 LMAO, what an excellent idea! Would certainly solve the problem of overpopulation in an instant....less starvation all round! Quote Dementia is just a state of mind.
manicmonday Posted April 18, 2006 Posted April 18, 2006 I would read it, but my adult ADD kicks in on articles that long. Reader's Digest version please. Sarcasm was alive and well in the 16th Century. I love it. Quote The dick has no conscience and the heart has no rational abilities.
jokersarewild Posted April 19, 2006 Author Posted April 19, 2006 Basically, John Swift suggests eating Irish babies so that the economy benefits. Quote RoyalOrleans is my real dad!
hugo Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Swift was a fuckin' liberal. Quote The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison
builder Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Swift was a fuckin' liberal. And the Tortoise was a republican. Your point was? Quote Persevere, it pisses people off.
jokersarewild Posted April 20, 2006 Author Posted April 20, 2006 Swift was a fuckin' liberal. I have to agree with builder here...it doesn't matter what political affiliation he was. Quote RoyalOrleans is my real dad!
hugo Posted April 21, 2006 Posted April 21, 2006 I have to agree with builder here...it doesn't matter what political affiliation he was. Yes, it does. He was a pre-Fabian socialist. They have led us far down the road to serfdom. Quote The power to do good is also the power to do harm. - Milton Friedman "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." - James Madison
jokersarewild Posted April 23, 2006 Author Posted April 23, 2006 Yes, it does. He was a pre-Fabian socialist. They have led us far down the road to serfdom. Actually, no it doesn't. The topic was "A Modest Proposal" being a good way to curtail immigration. Political affiliation doesn't matter. Quote RoyalOrleans is my real dad!
ImWithStupid Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Basically, John Swift suggests eating Irish babies so that the economy benefits. Do you think that keeping them in a box like veal calves would help keep the meat tender? Quote
jokersarewild Posted April 23, 2006 Author Posted April 23, 2006 Do you think that keeping them in a box like veal calves would help keep the meat tender? Probably, but we should season them first... Quote RoyalOrleans is my real dad!
ImWithStupid Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Probably, but we should season them first... and make sure to feed them milk with plenty of milk-fat, to get that good marbleizing in the meat. Quote
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