The Nietzsche Family Circus

Rob Wynne

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Oct 14, 2006, 5:27:38 PM10/14/06

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Another exercise in surrealism, this generator pairs random Family
Circus panels with random Nietzsche quotes:

http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/

Enjoy!

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Paige

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Oct 14, 2006, 6:52:09 PM10/14/06

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Those are wonderful! Terrific idea; using quotes from philosophers as
cartoon captions. Oh, the possibilities!

Mary Worth:
One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is
going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life.
(Satre)

Dilbert:
Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified
for centuries, is the stiff-necked adversary of thought.
(Heidegger)

Get Fuzzy:
We are what we repeatedly do.
(Aristotle)

Paige

Dann

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Oct 14, 2006, 8:53:02 PM10/14/06

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On 14 Oct 2006, Rob Wynne said the following in news:eDcYg.8$34.378
@eagle.america.net.

> Another exercise in surrealism, this generator pairs random Family
> Circus panels with random Nietzsche quotes:
>
> http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/
>
> Enjoy!
>

http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=44&q=101

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Parallax

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Oct 15, 2006, 11:08:24 AM10/15/06

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Dann wrote:
> On 14 Oct 2006, Rob Wynne said the following in news:eDcYg.8$34.378
> @eagle.america.net.
>
>> Another exercise in surrealism, this generator pairs random Family
>> Circus panels with random Nietzsche quotes:
>>
>> http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>
> http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=44&q=101
>

It certainly gives a new perspective on the characters...
http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=56&q=238
http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=72&q=133

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Parallax

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Oct 15, 2006, 11:10:06 AM10/15/06

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Dann wrote:
> On 14 Oct 2006, Rob Wynne said the following in news:eDcYg.8$34.378
> @eagle.america.net.
>
>> Another exercise in surrealism, this generator pairs random Family
>> Circus panels with random Nietzsche quotes:
>>
>> http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>
> http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=44&q=101
>

Is this thing truly random? Some of these quotes are matching up a
little *too* well.
http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=110&q=112

Bobcat

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Oct 15, 2006, 11:34:52 AM10/15/06

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Parallax wrote:
> Is this thing truly random? Some of these quotes are matching up a
> little *too* well.

The Infinite number of monkeys factor, perhaps? - Which reminds me of
the Bob Newhart sketch in which he's a "monkey monitor" hired to check
the output of those infinite number of monkeys at their typewriters in
the experiment to see if they'll eventually write all the great books
of the Western World. Monitor Newhart checks a few rows of monkey
typewriters, but finds only garbage. Finally he stops at one monkey and
calls out something like "I think we have something here! Let's see...:
'To be... or not to be... that is the gzornenplat!'"

Bobcat

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Oct 15, 2006, 11:47:24 AM10/15/06

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> Parallax wrote:
> > Is this thing truly random? Some of these quotes are matching up a
> > little *too* well.

Bobcat wrote:
> The Infinite number of monkeys factor, perhaps? - Which reminds me of
> the Bob Newhart sketch in which he's a "monkey monitor" hired to check
> the output of those infinite number of monkeys at their typewriters in
> the experiment to see if they'll eventually write all the great books
> of the Western World. Monitor Newhart checks a few rows of monkey
> typewriters, but finds only garbage. Finally he stops at one monkey and
> calls out something like "I think we have something here! Let's see...:
> 'To be... or not to be... that is the gzornenplat!'"

After I posted that I checked the monkeys theory in Wikipedia. It
mentions the Newhart sketch, (but says the monkeys type only
Shakespeare and spells gzornenplat differently). It also has something
more on topic for this newsgroup: - that in Dilbert, Dogbert tells
Dilbert that his report would take "three monkeys, ten minutes".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem#Stand-up_comedy

John Duncan Yoyo

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Oct 16, 2006, 3:41:40 AM10/16/06

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On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:27:38 GMT, Rob Wynne <d...@america.net> wrote:

>Another exercise in surrealism, this generator pairs random Family
>Circus panels with random Nietzsche quotes:
>
>http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/
>
>Enjoy!

They seem to apropos to be random. My favorites so far are-
<http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=152&q=184>,
<http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=71&q=205>
and <http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=20&q=134>
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ronniecat

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Oct 16, 2006, 9:23:21 AM10/16/06

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Recklessly refusing to invoke the Fifth Amendment, on Sat, 14 Oct 2006

21:27:38 GMT, Rob Wynne <d...@america.net> wrote:

>Another exercise in surrealism, this generator pairs random Family
>Circus panels with random Nietzsche quotes:
>
>http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/
>
>Enjoy!

http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=39&q=180

You have to wonder who Jeffy is calling with this alarming revelation,
and why; and how much - or little - Thel knows of the impending
crisis.

ronnie

nickelshrink

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Oct 16, 2006, 9:58:12 AM10/16/06

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"Rob Wynne" <d...@america.net> wrote in message news:eDcYg.8$34....@eagle.america.net...

> Another exercise in surrealism, this generator pairs random Family
> Circus panels with random Nietzsche quotes:
>
> http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/
>
> Enjoy!
>

This is just WAY too much fun.

http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=72&q=126

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Oct 16, 2006, 3:22:55 PM10/16/06

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This one may be a little TOO on the nose:

http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=22&q=52

Ron Parker

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Oct 16, 2006, 5:53:13 PM10/16/06

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On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:27:38 GMT, Rob Wynne wrote:
> Another exercise in surrealism, this generator pairs random Family
> Circus panels with random Nietzsche quotes:
>
> http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/

Another one that's a lovely coincidence:

http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=152&q=23

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Rusty

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Oct 16, 2006, 7:51:38 PM10/16/06

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jason....@gmail.com wrote:
> This one may be a little TOO on the nose:
>
> http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=22&q=52

Heh, I got the same quote, yet a different panel. And it still works:

http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=86&q=52

(ignore the last post I made, I pasted the wrong link)

John Ockerbloom

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Oct 17, 2006, 10:01:38 AM10/17/06

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>That's funny, I got this one, same quote, different panel, yet same
>theme.
>http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=22&q=52

My little bit of experimentation suggests that the panel is determined
by the c=?? parameter and the quote by the q=?? parameter. Which means
that while picking randum numbers will give you a random quote, you
can also hand-pick a "good" juxtaposition once you know what quote
or panel each number goes with.

John Mark Ockerbloom
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