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Dustin comments on Bed time stories with clear concepts - Less Wrong Discussion

21 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 01 September 2013 12:26PM

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Comment author: Dustin 02 September 2013 01:12:33AM 3 points [-]

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales has a recursive story. I can't remember how it goes exactly, but its something like:

The Giant tells the Englishman that he's going to grind his bones when the Englishman finishes his tale, so the Englishman tells the tale about where the Giant tells the Englishman that he's going to grind his bones when the Englishman finishes his tale, so the Englishman tells the tale about where the Giant tells the Englishman that he's going to grind his bones when the Englishman finishes...

It contains other irreverent takes on classic fairy tales.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 02 September 2013 05:33:54AM 3 points [-]

Nice. Especially so because of the catcha that it has to go on infinitely for a happy end.