Comments on: Branding the Axolotl http://www.zenoli.net/2007/05/branding-the-axolotl/ High Weirdness in Low Places Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: paul http://www.zenoli.net/2007/05/branding-the-axolotl/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 paul Sat, 26 May 2007 16:02:17 +0000 http://www.zenoli.net/2007/05/branding-the-axolotl/#comment-1774 I admit that I've never thought of a <i>pomme de terre</i> as a "creature of the land," but perhaps that is due to excessively narrow thinking. I admit that I’ve never thought of a pomme de terre as a “creature of the land,” but perhaps that is due to excessively narrow thinking.

]]> By: Conrad http://www.zenoli.net/2007/05/branding-the-axolotl/comment-page-1/#comment-1768 Conrad Sat, 26 May 2007 05:39:57 +0000 http://www.zenoli.net/2007/05/branding-the-axolotl/#comment-1768 How about Danish / Rose of Muhammad Pastry, French fries / freedom fries, etc.? Not an animal, I suppose. Someone once had a discussion with me online about how differently Aristotle might have thought if he had been Chinese, say, or Mexican. I said that if he were Mexican he would have been called Aristotl. That was in lieu of something serious to say on the matter. How about Danish / Rose of Muhammad Pastry, French fries / freedom fries, etc.? Not an animal, I suppose.

Someone once had a discussion with me online about how differently Aristotle might have thought if he had been Chinese, say, or Mexican. I said that if he were Mexican he would have been called Aristotl. That was in lieu of something serious to say on the matter.

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