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niyad

(113,095 posts) Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:52 AM Sep 2012

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"if his IQ were three points higher, he would be lint"

a line from a book I read many years ago, which, to me at least, is a fair assessment of many of the reichwingnuts.

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"if his IQ were three points higher, he would be lint" (Original Post) niyad Sep 2012 OP

Minds untroubled by thought. longship Sep 2012 #1

Their minds can be compared to Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #5

except that not even a wind is blowing through that emptiness niyad Sep 2012 #11

Really? Lint? That's awfully harsh! Speck Tater Sep 2012 #2

NOT CABBAGE!!!!!!! PossumSqueezins Sep 2012 #6

cruciferous vegetables have anti-cancer properties, so they are quite useful. cannot say niyad Sep 2012 #8

ROFLMAO!!!! lexx21 Sep 2012 #3

LMAO!!! BattyDem Sep 2012 #4

it has stuck with me for lo these many years. pity there is so much occasion for it. niyad Sep 2012 #9

If you are going to raise the subject, don't discount the Lounge pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #7

oh my. . . niyad Sep 2012 #10

longship

(40,416 posts)

1. Minds untroubled by thought.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:58 AM

Sep 2012

That's the way I see it.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)

5. Their minds can be compared to

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 02:23 AM

Sep 2012

An intellectual plain that stretches to the far horizons, vast and sere, where a cold wind blows non-stop, and is devoid of any inhabitants.

niyad

(113,095 posts)

11. except that not even a wind is blowing through that emptiness

Reply to Ikonoklast (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:14 PM

Sep 2012

Speck Tater

(10,618 posts)

2. Really? Lint? That's awfully harsh!

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 01:06 AM

Sep 2012

They are certainly at least a little higher in I.Q. than lint. Cabbage, maybe. Possibly Brussel Sprouts.

PossumSqueezins

(184 posts)

6. NOT CABBAGE!!!!!!!

Reply to Speck Tater (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 03:50 AM

Sep 2012

I read some weird study years ago that supposedly demonstrated that cabbage had some awareness of it's surroundings. Can you say the same about lint or George W. Bush?

niyad

(113,095 posts)

8. cruciferous vegetables have anti-cancer properties, so they are quite useful. cannot say

Reply to Speck Tater (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 10:42 AM

Sep 2012

the same about the pukes.

lexx21

(321 posts)

3. ROFLMAO!!!!

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 01:25 AM

Sep 2012

BattyDem

(11,075 posts)

4. LMAO!!!

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 02:05 AM

Sep 2012

I love that line!

niyad

(113,095 posts)

9. it has stuck with me for lo these many years. pity there is so much occasion for it.

Reply to BattyDem (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 10:43 AM

Sep 2012

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

7. If you are going to raise the subject, don't discount the Lounge

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:12 AM

Sep 2012

When more responses come in, you'll know you've heard from the EXPERTS on the subject of lint...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018190633

niyad

(113,095 posts)

10. oh my. . .

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 10:44 AM

Sep 2012

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