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    ARGUING WITH DUCKS

    By Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 3:15pm |

    Daffy Duck.svg

    THE DUCK’S CALENDAR

    Duck Dynasty is currently filming some movie about

    the importance of JC in our lives.

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/si-robertson-duck-dynasty-atheists

    During this interview with one of the ducks, we are informed

    that every time we ‘sign a calendar’, we affirm the existence of

    not only the ‘True God’ but our belief in JC.

    I do not know about you folks, but I cannot recall the

    last time that I signed a calendar.

    There is some truth in what the duck says, as we can discover

    by examining our current calendar.

    AD-BC

    First of all, we usually give today’s date as:

    July 7, 2015.

    We hardly ever give today’s date as:

    July 7, the Year of Our Lord, 2015.

    We hardly ever give today’s date as:

    July 7, 2015 AD (Anno Domini).

    When we are speaking of historical times, we

    may from time to time ‘give’ a date like:

    March 15, 44 BC (before Christ)

    However, a Jew or a Hindu or a Muslim or Buddhist or whatever…might render

    this date as March 15, 44 BCE (before the Common Era).

    Similarly, we might give the date of when Rome burned as:

    July 18-19, 64 AD or July 18-19, 64 CE.

    SO DEPENDING UPON THE PUBLISHER, DATES DIFFER!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero#Great_Fire_of_Rome_.2864_AD.29

    Let us move onto the monthly calendar.

    January originally celebrated the God Janus.

    Janus was the God with two heads; one facing backward

    and one facing forward.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January

    February was created by the ancient Romans from the Latin

    Februarius which might be translated as the month of purification.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February

    March was created by the Ancient Romans in praise of the God

    Mars. The God of War for chrissakes!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March

    April comes from the Latin Aprilis which means

    ‘the opening’.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April

    May comes from the Greeks down to us as a dedication

    to a fertility goddess named Maius. God bless fertility. For Chrissakes.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May

    June obviously comes from the Romans as a salute

    to the Queen of the Gods, Juno.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June#Etymology_and_History

    July of course comes to us from the Romans as a

    dedicated month to Julius Caesar.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July

    August of course comes to us from the Romans and is

    dedicated as a month to Augustus Caesar.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August

    September is from the Latin ‘septem’ which only

    signifies the number 7 and since our September

    Is our 9th calendar month we must comprehend the

    fact that calendars have changed many times over the

    Millennia.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September

    October, I assume comes down to us from the Latin for

    the number 8.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October

    November of course comes from the Latin for

    9.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November

    December just means tenth month.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December

    DAYS OF THE WEEK

    Sunday comes to us as the Day of the Sun

    for chrissakes.

    Monday comes to us as the Day of the Moon

    For chrissakes.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday

    Tuesday is dedicated to the Norman God Tyr.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday

    Wednesday is hump day for chrissakes!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday

    Thursday is dedicated to the Norse God Thor, you

    Idiots.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday

    Friday is for grilling.

    And the Goddess Frig?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday

    Saturday obviously is dedicated to the

    Roman God Saturn. The  god of agriculture for the Romans (and Greeks)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(mythology)

    CONCLUSION

    I aint even going to get into issues concerning AM or PM.

    Your objections might be that all I used to document all this

    piece of tripe is from Wiki.

    I really do not care. Do you really wish for someone to spend five years arguing with a duck?  For chrissakes?

    There is a purpose to this trite blog.

    Really.

    How does one argue with a duck?

    How the hell does one argue with climate change deniers?

    How the hell does one argue with folks like Beck or Rush or Gohmert…?

    But the real purpose of this mess is that YOU CAN NEVER WIN AN

    ARGUMENT WITH A GODDAMN DUCK.

    THE END.

     

     

    Comments

    You forgot ... Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Day ...


    by MrSmith1 on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 4:47pm

    All righty then!

    And I have had to cook old Hamburger to keep it from the rot and TOMORROW IS PASTA DAY.

    All righty then. I am prepared. hahahahahah

    But I refuse to pray prior to indulging. hahahah

    (By the way Mr. Smith, you don't think Ducky is going to be mad, do you?)

     

    (Quack, quack!)


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 4:57pm

    Mad?  Naaaahh.


    by MrSmith1 on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 5:36pm

    I hereby render unto Mr. Smith, the Dayly Cartoon of the Day Award for this here Dagblog Site, given to all of him from all of me. hahahahahahah

    Siwy duck. hahahahah

    Siwy huntsman. hahahaha


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 6:12pm

    The calendar is based on Jesus?  And we're supposed to sign calendars?  How is it we did not know this until a dynasty of ducks showed up?  Was this God's plan all along?


    by Ramona on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 7:25pm

    Ahhhhh but God and Ducks work in mysterious ways.

    hahahahhah


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 7:45pm

    Really great post. You comprehensible refuted that jackass duck. You should try to submit it to a site like Salon or Slate.


    by ocean-kat on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 7:47pm

    Ohhhhhhh, this is where I abide, Ocean.

    hahahahah

    Thank you.

    Remember, this is all based upon Wiki.

    hahahahahah


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 7:53pm

    Does remind me of a haiku I wrote at Dagblog on June 27, 2105 Anno Domini as an offering to the Queen of Gods, Juno on the day of his greatness Saturn:

     

    barks at sunflowers,

    argues with dandelions,

    such is sweet grandpa


    by Elusive Trope on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 8:10pm

    Oh I got to be Grandpa this week.

    Do you recall how sweet those babies smell and how soft to the touch?

    Well the 8 month old likes me and the three year old aint too sure. hahahha

    But I still argue with dandelions and debate the ducks.

    hahahahahahah


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 8:22pm

    Richard, you are in the position of Bugs Bunny dealing with Daffy Duck. Bugs cannot expect Daffy to act rationally because that is not Daffy's nature. Daffy is always ready to explode/implode. The Duck Dynasty guy probably sells stuff at public appearances so he imagines everyone signs calendars. He sees JC when he is signing. This makes no sense to most of us but we are talking about Daffy Duck. Daffy would be hard pressed to accurately quote scripture and place it in context, but in his world if you do not see JC in the calendar, it is your problem. Bugs realizes that Daffy is an idiot and ignores the duck's rants. Bugs simply figures out how to use the duck's irritable nature against the fowl.

    You are not going to get a rational argument out of the Duck Dynasty guy on JC, homosexuality, racial issues, etc. There is not common sense to be had. Use Bugs as your example in handling Daffy duck. Chillax.

     

     


    by rmrd0000 on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 8:39pm

    hahahahahah

    Well, Mr. Smith used the huntsman, and that this obviously did not work. hahahhah

    And then again, no one offered me a cable show (probably because I really cannot grow a beard) and no one has ever asked me to sign a calendar or a colander. haahah


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 8:46pm

    I spent too many years fashionably dressed in camouflage and boots to care what that bunch of ducks has to say about anything. They have turned camouflage into something undignified and trashy. Quack!!! Humph....


    by trkingmomoe on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 9:16pm

    hahahahahahah

     

    quack quack. ha


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 9:28pm


     Bugs:  This ain't wabbit huntin' season, Doc.

    Elmer Fudd: It's not?

    Bugs: No, it's duck huntin' season.

    Daffy: That, sir, is an in-mitigated frab-rication. It's wabbit season.

    Bugs:  It's Duck season

    Daffy: It's Wabbit season

    Bugs:  Duck season

    Daffy: Wabbit season

    Bugs: Duck season.  

    Daffy: Wabbit season

    Bugs: Wabbit season

    Daffy: Duck season

    Bugs: Wabbit season

    Daffy: I say it's duck season. And I say fire!

    (Elmer fires, shooting Daffy.)

    Daffy: (To Bugs:) You're despicable.


    by MrSmith1 on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 10:16pm

    You have me laughing so hard...this all sounds like a take from a repub debate.

    hahhahahaahh

    Oh, and its got to be deshpicable. hahahaha

    Siwy wabbit. hahahahah


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 10:20pm

    Momoe, you have a lot on your plate, for heaven's sake.

    Yahoo tells me I have 20 current new  emails: and there aint nothing there.

    I tried to get to facebook and see if there are current responses?

    I dunno how to do it, asw they say.

    I am lost right now.

    Maybe tomorrow you could give me a clue? 


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 10:03pm

    Richard, 

    When you are in your email.  On the left side there is a menu. Click on Social see if they are there.  Also try unread and trash. 

    Just go to face book and log in.  Once you are in, on the top bar click on your name.  That puts you on your time line.  You can also click on the top bar the world icon with a number on top of that.  That should give you all the likes and comments that are made on your time line. Just keep clicking each one on to see.  You may have to go back to the world icon each time. 

    I just usually log into face book and go to my time line.  I don't depend on email to notify me.  I have too many to mess with that. 


    by trkingmomoe on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 10:56pm

    This is two weeks too late of course.

    Unread gave me the clue, at least it got rid of the numbers problem.

    This all will take me some time

    Thank you,


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 12:53am

    This song has nothing to do with nothing.

    It just underlines my current feelings about things and of course it was some corporate dumbshit ad that reminded me of this tune. (oh I had to mispell dumbshit and the software alerted me. hahahah


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 10:25pm

    For someone who doesn't do Facebook, you sure have a helluva lot of friends. I just friended you under my real name. Hope to see you there!


    by stillidealistic on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 11:33pm

    Yeah I need all the friends I can get. hahahah

    I cannot figure the damn thing out. But I keep trying and Momoe keeps attempting to help me. hahahah

    I feel like a guy with a wrench and a car.

    I have no idea what I am doing. hhahhaah

     

    I worry about being trite, but damn it is really hard to be trite using Cocker. hahaha


    by Richard Day on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 11:40pm

    Stilli, if there is any problem just write to me at

    [email protected]

    The CIA gave up on me a long time ago. hahahahahah

    I attempt to respond on facebook.

    I still cannot figure it out. hhahahaah


    by Richard Day on Wed, 07/08/2015 - 12:51am

    You know, Mr. Day, when I saw the title of this I thought 'YAY!! Ducks!'. Finally a subject I know a little something about because we have raised ducks for the last few years and have some running around the yard as I write. I have argued with them upon occasion when they wander up onto the deck, quack very loud, and scare the bejesus out of me when I'm in the kitchen trying to make lunch. Then I have to go outside and yell at them and gently sweep their cute, waddle-y butts off the porch with a broom. So, I thought I would be able to add some valuable insight to your post.

    And then I saw that it was about the interview with Si and my bubble burst. You know, those guys give rednecks a bad name.

    Also let it be known throughout the land: I do not sign my calendars. Ever.

    But, I can add to the calendar discussion. My calendar, the Indian one, has thirteen months and it goes like this:

    April               Sugar moon
    May               Sucker moon
    June                 Blossom moon
    July                 Berry moon
    August            Rice moon
    September     Changing leaves moon
    October          Falling leaves moon
    November      Freezing moon
    December      Little spirit moon
    January          Spirit moon
    February        Bear moon
    March             Snow crust moon
    March/April     Broken snowshoe moon

    I will spare you the native language version because I wouldn't want anyone to sprain their tongue.

    A curious coincidence; if you count the months/moons from March/April, which is actually the first month of the year for us, the seventh month is September. So, yes, the concept of calendars has passed through many hands, possibly even pagan hands.

    As for Si's declaration that "in life-and-death situations, atheism ceases to exist", well, that just shows how much he knows. A little over two years ago, actually in the exact same timeframe as the Boston marathon bombing and pursuit of the bombers, I was in a life-and-death situation. I was in St. Mary's Hospital in Saginaw, MI drugged out of my mind because of septicemia. It was a bad infection and a bad situation. The doctors told my family I had between a 30 and 40 percent chance of survival.

    Of course, I didn't know any of this because like I said, I was drugged out of my mind. But, I do remember thinking I might be dead. I mean, it sorta felt like how I figured dead would feel. Like nothing. And contrary to what Si might say, I did not "look around and say, ‘Oh (God) please help me.'"

    What did run through my mind was, "Oh boy, I hope all the doctors and nurses got an A on their final exam."

    For reals. That is exactly what went through my mind.

    Ok. That is enough out of me.


    by wabby on Wed, 07/08/2015 - 10:53am

    I am so glad you are still with us.  You have certainly given me something to think about. 


    by trkingmomoe on Wed, 07/08/2015 - 5:30pm

    I'm rather happy about it too, momoe. smiley

    It gave me a lot to think about, too, and in the two years it's taken me to heal I have pondered some big, big questions. No real answers; no real insights. I just appreciate the days a little more and love my family a little harder.


    by wabby on Wed, 07/08/2015 - 9:29pm

    That is really all we can do.  Watch the sun come up and appreciate what the day will bring. 


    by trkingmomoe on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 12:31am

    I had to take time and think about this Flower.

    It is deeeeep.

    We still have a Chinese New Year.

    But damn.

    We forget sometimes how we got here.

    And I, for one, am so glad you are here.

    There are many ways to look at the calendar and yet there are other calendars.

    Well done Flower.

    thank you

    I kept attempting to find a song and this is all that pulls my strings.

     

     


    by Richard Day on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 9:19pm

    This demonstrates how idiotic I am.

    I should be a duck.

    hahahhaha

    I actually put the date of origination as June.

    Hell it is July already.

    I fixed it here.

    But damn.

    This entire blog listed the wrong date.

    BUT I GOT THE YEAR RIGHT.

    HAHHAHA


    by Richard Day on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 11:34pm