katydee comments on Rationality Quotes August 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: katydee 03 August 2013 06:34:02AM *  9 points [-]

The tired and thirsty prospector threw himself down at the edge of the watering hole and started to drink. But then he looked around and saw skulls and bones everywhere. "Uh-oh," he thought. "This watering hole is reserved for skeletons."

Jack Handey

Comment author: Manfred 05 August 2013 09:14:05AM 6 points [-]

So good even dead people want to drink it.

Comment author: Document 06 August 2013 05:28:23PM 2 points [-]

(Reference.)

Comment author: linkhyrule5 05 August 2013 05:55:03AM 0 points [-]

To be fair, if you see a watering hole surrounded by skeletons, it probably means the water's toxic.

Comment author: katydee 05 August 2013 07:40:05AM 6 points [-]

That's the joke.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 05 August 2013 06:40:11PM 1 point [-]

Ah. I thought it was something like "I won't drink from this because it's reserved for skeletons (and will therefore die and perpetuate the cycle)," which was just bizarre enough to be a joke.

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