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    and it's turtles all the way down
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    Quote Originally Posted by jugglindan View Post
    and it's turtles all the way down
    The world is a disc, atop 4 gigantic celestial elephants riding the back of A’tuin the cosmic Turtle.
    So as it is written....
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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankenWashie View Post
    The world is a disc, atop 4 gigantic celestial elephants riding the back of A’tuin the cosmic Turtle.
    So as it is written....
    Ahh, I love those books. I actually thought that "it's turtles all the way down" was also from one of the Discworld books, but it seems not (or at least not originally):
    “William James, father of American psychology, tells of meeting an old lady who told him the Earth rested on the back of a huge turtle. "But, my dear lady", Professor James asked, as politely as possible, "what holds up the turtle?" "Ah", she said, "that's easy. He is standing on the back of another turtle." "Oh, I see", said Professor James, still being polite. "But would you be so good as to tell me what holds up the second turtle?" "It's no use, Professor", said the old lady, realizing he was trying to lead her into a logical trap. "It's turtles-turtles-turtles, all the way!”
    from here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jugglindan View Post
    Ahh, I love those books. I actually thought that "it's turtles all the way down" was also from one of the Discworld books, but it seems not (or at least not originally):
    from here.
    I once deadpanned the following response to an LDS Missionary when he asked if I’d found God:
    ”Yes, But he didn’t realise he’d been lost, so we had coffee and a brief chat and agreed that I’d ignore him if he’d ignore me. Seems your branch didn’t get the memo?”
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