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| VoVat |
Posted - 07/02/2004 : 17:46:28
Do you prefer to use BC and AD, or BCE and CE? Please explain your answer.
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
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| SpudBoy |
Posted - 07/04/2004 : 22:27:54
May I suggest you revise the Mayan calendar to reflect this cycle?
*festoon* |
| TarTar |
Posted - 07/04/2004 : 22:22:47
I use an entirely different system actually.
BBF, DBF and NFB.
BBF is Before Black Francis. That would make 1987 the year 00. some might say it should be 01, but I disagree... others might say that the Pixies were playing in 1985, but as far as I know Charles Thompson didn't begin using the pseudonym Black Francis until 1987.
DBF would be During Black Francis, from what we know as 1987 to the very end of 1992. Since the Pixies broke up so early in 1993, I figure that what we know as 1993 falls into the
NFB, Now Frank Black. This was from what we know as 1993 to 2004 when the Pixies officially began touring. Now... I don't know what the hell to call it. A continuation of the DBF years, which ended at the year 05 going into the year 06.
"There is a new craze in the nation/ it is lamination/ we like to laminate/ we laminate our driver's license/ so cannot be changed" |
| SpudBoy |
Posted - 07/04/2004 : 21:05:03
Yes, the creator of the BC comic strip is a far-right conservative. He also is a devout christian and has no qualms about devoting strips to various scripture quoting (although usually in the context of a particular topic), or moral parables per his own agenda (unless it involves the cavegirl with the hooters - then it's ok to have the guys drool and such). Evil stuff for the funny pages, and not very forgiving, cheek turning, or un-judgement-passing. Like most organized political groups and religions that espouse such values. Besides, how can the guy with the pegleg quote the new testament if the setting is before the time of Jesus? I smell a rat.
I use BC and AD, because one reference point is as good as another as long as there is common understanding.
*festoon* |
| BLT |
Posted - 07/04/2004 : 20:15:09
http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/C/Common-Era.htm |
| fudd |
Posted - 07/04/2004 : 13:41:03
Color me clueless. What do BCE and CE stand for?
Re: the comic strip: pretty dumb, but you gotta love the guy with the wheel motoring around with no motor.
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| TarTar |
Posted - 07/04/2004 : 11:42:28
Neo-hippy?
"There is a new craze in the nation/ it is lamination/ we like to laminate/ we laminate our driver's license/ so cannot be changed" |
| BLT |
Posted - 07/03/2004 : 23:14:48
Pigpen certainly looked like a liberal. |
| TarTar |
Posted - 07/03/2004 : 21:11:23
I'm a big fan of... the Pigpen. As in the character, from Peanuts.
Okay, not really. Don't dislike him, but not a big fan. Hmmm... which cartoons did I like when I used to read them daily? I liked a lot of them, but many were inconsistent. I probably didn't get a lot of them at the time. I remember Frank and Ernest being pretty unique. And of course Calvin and Hobbes. Far Side. Doonesbury. Curtis had it's moments. Garfield. Hell, even Blondie had some good ones. There's one more and I can't think of the name of it, or any of the characters. I remember For Better Or Worse. That was okay. Jeez... there's one I can't think of. It had a man, his wife, and their daughter, who always wore a hat. They were kind of depressing. I want to say Dengar but I know that's not it. Not Hagar the Horrible. Oh well.
"There is a new craze in the nation/ it is lamination/ we like to laminate/ we laminate our driver's license/ so cannot be changed" |
| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 07/03/2004 : 20:50:22
BCE and CE because it proper in the academic world of scholars, not religious at all...
giocare al golf? |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 07/03/2004 : 19:41:09
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat
Isn't the creator of "BC" (the comic strip) a conservative or something?
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo.
I have no idea. All I know is that I vehemently hate it.
Ok, maybe vehemently hate is too strong a characterization...
mmm... nah!
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| VoVat |
Posted - 07/03/2004 : 18:04:04
To answer my own question, I'm somewhat divided. I can see why people prefer secular names for the two ages, so as not to alienate those of other religions. On the other hand, there's no denying that our years really DO date from when Jesus Christ was (allegedly) born, so, if they truly wanted to be non-religious, wouldn't they come up with a different calendar entirely? On the other hand, a shift like that would be really confusing. So...I don't know really know. I guess I'm fine with either one.
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 07/03/2004 : 16:03:21
what? |
| VoVat |
Posted - 07/03/2004 : 13:33:43
Isn't the creator of "BC" (the comic strip) a conservative or something?
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 07/03/2004 : 02:49:05
Well if the B-52's say BC, thats good enough for me.
Kind regards,
Simon
Admissions |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 07/02/2004 : 21:42:23
A rather inane comic strip.
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| BLT |
Posted - 07/02/2004 : 21:32:53
BC
My name's Aaron
Her's is Betty
Our boy is a Charlie,
So the neighbours sing "hooray for ABC"
ABC forever, each endeavour that I do, I do to keep together
A+B+C
BC, Betty, Betty, get back here
BC, Charlie, Charlie, get back here
You're conveniently forgetting our little wedding
So much for our ABC
Say hello to instability
Everyone we know is shifting to, is shifting fro,
With the exception of we 3, we're ABC
Aaron, Betty, Charlie, here today and here tomorrow,
I can hear them sing "Here, here" for ABC
BC, Betty, Betty, get back here
BC, Charlie, Charlie, get back here
Three was never crowded, our little house did
House three handsomely
BC, Betty, Betty, get back here
BC, Charlie, Charlie, get back here
You're conveniently forgetting our little wedding,
Our honeymoon beside the sea
You just cannot believe in ABC
If you can't believe in ABC,
You can't believe, you can't believe, you can't believe, you can't believe
Rumours spread like tumours,
Too too fast and too too true
Oh, Betty, Charlie, Betty, Charlie don't you leave
BC, that takes care of ABC
BC, that takes care of ABC
Once the fixture of the ages, the Yellow Pages start with baby's needs
BC, back to swinging in the trees
BC, back to crawling on my knees
Aarons here without a Betty
Without a Charlie
So much for our ABC
So much for our stability
So much for our stability
So much for our A+B+C |
| TarTar |
Posted - 07/02/2004 : 18:40:28
BC and AD, of course. That's the shit I learned growing up. That's why!
"There is a new craze in the nation/ it is lamination/ we like to laminate/ we laminate our driver's license/ so cannot be changed" |
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