Comments on: Jack Handey’s Deep Thoughts http://toweringintellect.com If you can't spell it, you probably shouldn't be here. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:17:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wassup, Beatrice http://toweringintellect.com/jack-handeys-deep-thoughts/comment-page-1#comment-128 Wassup, Beatrice Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:09:10 +0000 http://www.toweringintellect.com/jack-handeys-deep-thoughts/#comment-128 [...] Well, I don’t know. I think my exercise demonstrates that there is nothing much I can do to demolish the starchy rectitude of Ms. Warde’s determination. There is something just so right in the 20th century industrial hiaku of her statement, despite the fact that almost nothing she says is relevant to the way we work today. I invite all readers to try their hand at cracking her code, and obviously I welcome all amendments. Whether we end up with a new coherent statement offered as public service, or something more akin to Jack Handey’s “Deep Thoughts,” may be beyond our powers as individuals to affect. As we surf the waves of 21st-century design practice some of the swells may just be bigger than we are. [...] [...] Well, I don’t know. I think my exercise demonstrates that there is nothing much I can do to demolish the starchy rectitude of Ms. Warde’s determination. There is something just so right in the 20th century industrial hiaku of her statement, despite the fact that almost nothing she says is relevant to the way we work today. I invite all readers to try their hand at cracking her code, and obviously I welcome all amendments. Whether we end up with a new coherent statement offered as public service, or something more akin to Jack Handey’s “Deep Thoughts,” may be beyond our powers as individuals to affect. As we surf the waves of 21st-century design practice some of the swells may just be bigger than we are. [...]

]]> By: Stephen Bly http://toweringintellect.com/jack-handeys-deep-thoughts/comment-page-1#comment-127 Stephen Bly Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:16:13 +0000 http://www.toweringintellect.com/jack-handeys-deep-thoughts/#comment-127 How come it's always 'eeny meeny miney moe'? How about 'eeny meeny miney larry' or, 'eeny meeny miney curly'? How come it’s always ‘eeny meeny miney moe’?

How about ‘eeny meeny miney larry’

or,

‘eeny meeny miney curly’?

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