Posted Feb 8, 2002 by Steve K.
This sounds more complicated than the theory proposed by the older woman to the philosophy professor. She said she knew what held the universe up. "It's riding on the back of a turtle." The prof asked "What holds the turtle up?" "It's riding on the back of another turtle." When the prof started to ask another question, she held up her hand and said, "It's turtles all the way down, sonny."
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Posted Sep 14, 2003 by (TonsilRevenge) My adulthood is in remission
This is one of my favorite anecdotes. The gentleman in question was a Huxley, and the occasion was a lecture at the Royal something or other of Science in the early teens of the last century.
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Posted Sep 20, 2003 by Steve K.
I'll bet that made Huxley's day ...
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Posted Nov 13, 2003 by Steve K.
Or maybe Pratchett?
From a quick Google search: "Who is Terry Pratchett? What sort of person writes about a circular world on the back of a giant star turtle supported by four elephants?"
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Posted Nov 20, 2003 by (TonsilRevenge) My adulthood is in remission
Somebody who got drunk and got a tattoo of the Thai national flag?
Or is that the Cambodian?
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Posted Nov 20, 2003 by (TonsilRevenge) My adulthood is in remission
I must  ing apologize.
It's the ing Laotian flag.
http://www.national-flags.co.uk/world-flags/allflags/la-1952.html
I knew it was somewhere in that ing neighborhood.
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Posted Dec 8, 2008 by silicon-biased-lifeform
Of course you can only ever see the turtles from a turtle perspective vortex 
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Posted Dec 11, 2008 by (TonsilRevenge) My adulthood is in remission
 
I think you just made my millenium!
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