Fleder_m@u_S  +  333273 Mon, 26 Feb 07 08:55 AM Ah yeah... I found out another way this story is funny... Descartes is drunk, therefore he does not exist. Thats why he disappears. I guess this is the right way for it.... hehehe Fleder_m@u_S Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 HCMC - Vietnam Full Member 269 Who will believe in you if you don't believe in yourself?

	Lil' Ruby Rose  +  333316 Mon, 26 Feb 07 12:57 PM I don't think you've quite got it, Fledermaus! The part about the beer and the drinking is irrelevant - they're just there to set the stage.  The important part for the joke is that Descartes says "I think not".  His famous quotation is "I am thinking and therefore I exist", so the joke is that if he is not thinking ("I think not"), then he does not exist. It's not really a joke that can stand up to too much analysis, I'm discovering! Lil' Ruby Rose Joined on Wed, Dec 20 2006 Regular Member 879 Enlightenment is always preceded by confusion. Jokes

	Fleder_m@u_S  +  333347 Mon, 26 Feb 07 02:24 PM Ah, I noted that he is not thinking but it doesnt mean that he is drunk... Thats why there are some more jokes about his disappearance when he refuses somebdy. Thanx for helping me firgure out all these. Fleder_m@u_S Jokes

	Fleder_m@u_S  +  333349 Mon, 26 Feb 07 02:28 PM Below is another one relates to Descartes' disappearance... There is a huge philosopher's convention at the local hotel. All the great philosophers are there. Pascal is one of the last ones to arrive, and at the front desk he is told that his reservation was lost, and there are no more rooms at the hotel. "This is preposterous!" he exclaims. "Where can I spend the night, the entire town has no vacancies!" The desk clerk tells him that he may try to find one of his philosopher friends to share a room with him. He knocks on the first door, and Plato opens it. Pascal explains his problem, but Plato is already sharing his room with Sartre, and that's depressing enough. So, Pascal tries the next room. Descartes opens the door. He has had a long day, and is in a bit of a bad mood. Pascal asks to share the room. Descartes replies haughtily "Share my room?!? I think NOT!". And *poof*, he disappears in a cloud of anti-smoke. Fleder_m@u_S

	Ahn  +  374952 Mon, 04 Jun 07 04:28 PM I don't have any intention of spoilng this humor but it doesn't make sense. "I think, therefore I am." doesn't mean "If I don't think,  I don't exist." This is like , 'I am human, therefore I am Mammal' doesn't mean 'If I'm not human, I'm not Mammal'. Ahn Joined on Thu, Mar 1 2007 South Korea Regular Member 507