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It is my opinion, having studied all the ancient texts, that exactly seven angels, no more, no less, can dance on the head of a pin.
Obviously, this number is necessary for any square-dance (and that is the only sort of dancing an angel would do, after all) because it allows three sets of partners and one caller-outer-person. Any more and some would get pushed off the pin.
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quote:Originally posted by Black Mage: It is my opinion, having studied all the ancient texts, that exactly seven angels, no more, no less, can dance on the head of a pin.
Obviously, this number is necessary for any square-dance (and that is the only sort of dancing an angel would do, after all)
You are, sadly, mistaken. Angels do NOT square dance. They do the Hora.
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No! No! The Waltz is written in Tempus Perfectus. (Triple Time) a square dance (besides being square) is written in Tempus Imperfectus (Duple Time) and therefore not holy at all
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"Obviously, this number is necessary for any square-dance (and that is the only sort of dancing an angel would do, after all) because it allows three sets of partners and one caller-outer-person. Any more and some would get pushed off the pin."
The "caller outer person" (heh) is part of the band, and therefore does not stand on the head of the pin.
If seven can dance on the pin, you'd have an unpaired dancer. Which is OK, if you're dancing the Hora.
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The whole question is trivial. You take the area of a two dimensional projection of an average angel onto the head of a pin, and divide it into the area of the pin's head. That gives you the number.
<sigh> What are they teaching kids these days...
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It's not just the area of the angel, you have to lay out little Arthur Murray footprints on the head of the pin. And the decision as to which dance is critical. The tango takes up a lot more space than the macarena.
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No. The angel's dance the Macarena. I mean, who didn't? Everyone did the Macarena at least once.
Edit: I think that Glenn might agree.
( I have a confession to make. I didn't read all the way to the end of Glenn's post, thus I did not notice his mention of the Macarena.)
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What about that new craze. The dance in which the song people narrate exactly what they should do. You know, "Jump, Jump again, Left foot, Right foot, Jump Again, Cha Cha y'all, Cha Cha Again. Now turn around. Left foot, y'all."
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quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers: What about that new craze. The dance in which the song people narrate exactly what they should do. You know, "Jump, Jump again, Left foot, Right foot, Jump Again, Cha Cha y'all, Cha Cha Again. Now turn around. Left foot, y'all."
quote:Take it back now yal Two hops this time Two on the left Two on the right Cha Cha now yal Slide to the right Slide to the left Take it back now yal One hop this time
Pure poetry! But not necessarily angelic.
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Different spelling, Tante. Although I have been known to split into multiple personalities when pregnant. Who says ten of them aren't Jewish men?
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I don't think you understand the seriousness of this issue, littlemissattitude. Your everlasting salvation is verily at stake.
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quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: Different spelling, Tante.
Don't make me expound upon Rivka's Rules of Transliteration again.
And Tante is incorrect. It's not the hora. It's Nigun Atik. Not that it matters much -- both are circle dances. So area of the pin's head is not the question. Circumference is.
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quote:As I lack a large bosom, I am holier than all of you ladies.
And I am among the ranks of evil.
Rivka, does that apply when someone is purposefully transliterating very differently from the usual transliteration for the sake of a bad pun?
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kq, possibly not. However, I have seen people actually use that particular spelling of this word . . . Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Different spelling, Tante. Although I have been known to split into multiple personalities when pregnant. Who says ten of them aren't Jewish men?
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