40 thoughts on “TSZ get together”

1. Syria?

2. Mung,

   That’s what it’ll say on your invite.

   What countries do you think best represent TSZ, UD and ATBC, Mung?

3. Richardthughes:
   Mung,

   That’s what it’ll say on your invite.

   What countries do you think best represent TSZ, UD and ATBC, Mung?

   TSZ: Canada, of course
   UD: is Deliverance a country
   ATBC: Monty Python’s England
   Mung: Oz

4. See you in hell 😉

5. Nottingham, of course.

6. The First International Conference on Intelligent Design
   University of Nottingham
   Honorary Chairperson: Elizabeth Liddle

   There has long been a debate among Intelligent Design (ID) proponents as to whether ID is peachy, or ID is swell. The purpose of this conference is not to settle the dispute, but to bring forth the strongest arguments for both positions. [Blah-blah, woof-woof.]

7. Tom English: but to bring forth the strongest arguments for both positions

   Some things to carry them in.

8. petrushka: Some things to carry them in.

   We’re looking for fresh arguments.

9. Arf. I could do nottingham. We could book the University of Nottingham’s cafeteria and pretend they endorse us.

10. Richardthughes: We could book the University of Nottingham’s cafeteria and pretend they endorse us.

    It would be cheaper if we simply met in the cafeteria for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. That would leave the rest of the day for cultural activities.

11. Wait! They probably have a pub on campus.

12. Maybe a few:

    

13. Do we need the Sheriff’s OK, or is having Robin with us sufficient?

14. Patrick,

    It should be owned by the university. There’s Mooch Burger Bar in the student union building. Probably not right. Nottingham has four conference facilities.

    (Need to work Robin Hood into the conference theme.)

15. Tom English: (Need to work Robin Hood into the conference theme.)

    Being evil incarnate, I would consider wearing a hood. Maybe we all should.

16. Rob from the secular, and give to the poor in spirit.

17. Tom English:
    Rob from the secular, and give to the poor in spirit.

    It’ll just be those details of pathetic level.

    They’re too much for IDists.

    Glen Davidson

18. walto: Being evil incarnate, I would consider wearing a hood. Maybe we all should.

    I’d go with an eye patch — maybe two. Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960):

    On his way to (or from) the Crusades, Robin Hood is shipwrecked but saved by pirates who plan to return him home in order to ransom him to his father. The pirates’ ship, however, sinks in a storm. Robin washes ashore (in England?) and learns that his father has been killed by the evil usurper, Brooks. Robin also meets a childhood sweetheart, Karin. The pirates now wash ashore as well. They decide to aid Robin in his efforts to overthrow Brooks.

    YouTube clip. Robin Hood (Lex Baxter) was Tarzan from 1949 to 1953.

    Surely we can get the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to sponsor the event.

19. Richardthughes: Arf.

    Aargh! (Warming up for International Talk Like a Pirate Day, September 19.)

20. [ETA:

    GlenDavidson: It’ll just be those details of pathetic level.

    ]

    Funny thing is, I actually have proved a Conservation of Information theorem that makes much better sense than the one that Dembski, Ewert, and Marks regard as their crowning achievement.

21. How about Oxford?

22. How about a cruise ship?

23. Mung:
    How about a cruise ship?

    That shit will never float.

24. petrushka: How about Oxford?

    Lizzie’s not a fan of Dawkins, as I recall. Meyer and Axe were both at Cambridge. There was some sort of ID meeting at Cambridge, a few years ago. Then again, “How do pirates divide treasure? – & other Oxford interview questions.”

    Dual-track conference: pro-ID sponsored by the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, anti-ID sponsored by the Richard Dawkins Foundation?

25. Mung: How about a cruise ship?

    Pirates commandeering the Ark of Noah is a fantastic idea.

26. “The Pirate and the Penguin is a droll modern take on Mark Twain’s classic children’s tale The Prince and the Pauper. Penguin has had it with the South Pole. He’s bored with the ice, bored with the fish, and bored with the communal escapades of his feathered fraternity. A free spirit, Penguin longs for adventure. Pirate, on the other hand, wants no part in raucous, adventurous ways. Treasure? Conquest? Exploration? Bah. He longs for a simple life, free from the endless travel. When these two misfits meet, they discover the solution to all their problems. Patricia Storms’ gift for characterization and keen eye for detail results in a book that is both a delightful adventure and an appealing parable about finding contentment.”

27. The Ark Encounter would be good, if it’s still open.

28. Rich,

    Arf. I could do nottingham. We could book the University of Nottingham’s cafeteria and pretend they endorse us.

    But then Dembski couldn’t attend. They revoked his cafeteria privileges.

29. keiths: They revoked his cafeteria privileges.

    Worldwide. Forever.

30. petrushka: The Ark Encounter would be good, if it’s still open.

    Kentucky truly is the Houseboat Capitol of the World.

    Kentucky also bills itself as the Bourbon Capitol of the World and the Horse Capitol of the World. Perhaps the state will move the ark to the infield of Churchill Downs after Ark Encounter folds, and turn it into a bar.

31. Mung:
    How about a cruise ship?

    This one is more appropriate if there are any ID scientists.

32. Acartia: This one is more appropriate if there are any ID scientists.

    The ID “scientists” were first into the lifeboats.

33. Tom English: The ID “scientists” were first into the lifeboats.

    All dressed as women.

34. It occurs to me to wonder what the demographic of such a meet up would be. I think there would be a few white guys, not in their first flush of youth. Women? Ethnic minorities?

35. Alan Fox: I think there would be a few white guys, not in their first flush of youth.

    Many of us “Questioning” though.

36. Tom English:
    Patrick,

    It should be owned by the university. There’s Mooch Burger Bar in the student union building. Probably not right. Nottingham has four conference facilities.

    (Need to work Robin Hood into the conference theme.)

    Did I hear my name mentioned three times?

37. Drinks are on me if we get together here:

    Christ Church’s Casino

38. Do I have to wear a strainer?

39. Alan Fox: I think there would be a few white guys, not in their first flush of youth. Women? Ethnic minorities?

    Obviously you have Thailand in mind. Outstanding idea.

40. Mung,

    Do I have to wear a strainer?

    No, a bib.