Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Garage Sale - Arguments for $1

sharp looking fellow in hat with sign advertising argumentsManon pointed out this fellow with a smart hat and a sign advertising arguments. I had to take photos. But there was no way I was going to buy an argument. I get way more arguing than I need just paying for internet service, never mind what comes with my job.

"How much for an argument?" I asked.

"A dollar for five minutes..." he said.

"That's awfully high," I said.

He pointed out several reasons why it wasn't so high including that he gave high quality arguments and the price was lower than he made TAing.

"I just got a free argument from you," I said and snapped another shot.

"Think of it as a sample," he replied.

I asked, "What qualifies you to sell arguments."

"Seven years of studying philosophy," he replied.

I gave the poor bugger a toonie and wished him good luck.

The Argument Sign - text is included in post
ARGUMENTS All Kinds Including (but not limited to):

No Unreasonable Topic Refused

- Metaphysical Disputations - Ethical Quandaries - Theological Schisms - Semantic Bombast - Lovers' Quarrels

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/28/2008 8:47 am

    That's hilarious!
    By the way, I'm so happy to see you've picked up the pace on your blogging. Things are positively HOPPING around here now.

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  2. Milan5/28/2008 10:05 am

    Man: An argument isn't just contradiction.

    Mr Vibrating: It can be.

    Man: No it can't. An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.

    Mr Vibrating: No it isn't.

    Man: Yes it is! It's not just contradiction.

    Mr Vibrating: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.

    Man: Yes, but that's not just saying 'No it isn't.'

    Mr Vibrating: Yes it is!

    Man: No it isn't!

    Man: Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes.

    (short pause)

    Mr Vibrating: No it isn't.

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  3. David Scrimshaw5/28/2008 9:37 pm

    Zoom: You know me, I just want to keep my public happy.

    Milan: I didn't want to ask if he was paying homage to the Monty Python sketch. Because I figured it would turn out that either (a) everyone else was asking the same question, or (b) being a youngster, he doesn't know the sketch.

    But, it would have been great if he had a friend down the block selling abuse and another one selling beatings over the head.

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  4. Andrea...5/30/2008 8:35 pm

    Haha... I know him! You would have gotten your money's worth.

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  5. David Scrimshaw5/31/2008 12:26 pm

    Andrea, if you are talking to him, I'd be happy to attach his name to the photos. But only if he wants.

    And you can tell him I was joking with the "poor bugger" comment. I'm actually all in favour of the study of philosophy. It's the science of everything after all.

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  6. Mark6/02/2008 1:38 pm

    I know him as well, and hit him with the Monty Python thing as soon as I saw him that day. ;)

    Mark

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