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Va Lefty

(6,252 posts) Sat Jan 6, 2018, 10:44 AM Jan 2018

John Cleese on stupidity (traitor don "i'm smart, a genius )

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John Cleese on stupidity (traitor don "i'm smart, a genius ) (Original Post) Va Lefty Jan 2018 OP

Cleese for POTUS! lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #1

Ineligible! longship Jan 2018 #3

Dunning-Kruger effect! longship Jan 2018 #2

Yep, in a nutshell...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #4

Cleese logic.... Tripper11 Jan 2018 #5

Best comment on that video csziggy Jan 2018 #6

To quote Donnie two scoops, I too am like really smart Victor_c3 Jan 2018 #7

Going to steal that one. keithbvadu2 Jan 2018 #8

Help yourself Victor_c3 Jan 2018 #12

K&R! 2naSalit Jan 2018 #9

Rumsfeld - there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. ... But there are also unknown keithbvadu2 Jan 2018 #10

What about things we need not to know ? eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #17

Rec +10000000000000000000000000000000000000000 BigBearJohn Jan 2018 #11

I know I'm no good at singing. nt marybourg Jan 2018 #13

Cleese has never lost his edge eleny Jan 2018 #14

The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #15

See the next video after that one, on Youtube. BSdetect Jan 2018 #16

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)

1. Cleese for POTUS!

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:26 AM

Jan 2018

longship

(40,416 posts)

3. Ineligible!

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:30 AM

Jan 2018

He is not a natural born US citizen, if he is a US citizen at all.

longship

(40,416 posts)

2. Dunning-Kruger effect!

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:28 AM

Jan 2018

Dunning-Kruger effect

Cleese is, of course, right on target.

R&

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)

4. Yep, in a nutshell...nt

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:30 AM

Jan 2018

Tripper11

(4,338 posts)

5. Cleese logic....

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:30 AM

Jan 2018

....works for me!

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

6. Best comment on that video

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:32 AM

Jan 2018

Perineum
1 year ago
Ok, ok I think I got what he's saying. So, logically...If a stupid person weighs the same as a duck... they're made of wood! And therefore....a witch!

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)

7. To quote Donnie two scoops, I too am like really smart

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:51 AM

Jan 2018

I brag any chance I get and tell people how I almost got a 100 on my IQ test!!

(Sadly, a lot of people don’t get the joke)

keithbvadu2

(36,820 posts)

8. Going to steal that one.

Reply to Victor_c3 (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:03 PM

Jan 2018

Excuse me - plagiarize.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)

12. Help yourself

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:24 PM

Jan 2018

I swiped the joke from on my father. He used to tell me it when I was a kid.

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)

9. K&R!

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:11 PM

Jan 2018

keithbvadu2

(36,820 posts)

10. Rumsfeld - there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. ... But there are also unknown

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2018, 12:17 PM

Jan 2018

Rumsfeld stated: Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. ... But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know.