Comments on: Darwin Letter Friday

By: cupblog

cupblog — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:03:00 +0000

Hey! Sorry I didn’t get to moderate this post last weekend!

I’d have to agree with many of you — it’s fantastic to see a 12-year-old version of a great thinker; he certainly wrote better than I did at that age.

Also, remember that he’s writing in a ‘memorandum book,’ not to a particular person, so grammatical considerations might have gone out the window.

Thanks for your comments! I’m much better about checking them during the week, I promise.

-J

By: AndreasB

AndreasB — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:21:59 +0000

Since there seems to some doubt about the transcription with the [burst], might the sentence actually read “Justice is a nose as big as your fist?” It would sound like a quip appealing to a 12 year old.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:11:12 +0000

I have two little brothers who seemed to go through that “stinky” mentality at the beginning stages of puberty. They refused to bathe no matter what! They began showering regularly about the time they started showing interest in girls.

Boys are gross. This is not new information to the world.

By: webescape

webescape — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:34:08 +0000

Haha tis a great insult, must remember ti use it :D

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By: barok

barok — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:13:00 +0000

Haha, that’s cute! :)

By: A. Schaller

A. Schaller — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:21:20 +0000

I think he means that there’s justice in the fact that his antagonist has to smell him (“w[ith] a nose as big as your fist”) and might very well be alluding to Stinky’s uncharitable and exaggerated opinion as to its size.

It’s juvenile, of course, but it’s pretty funny – and quite an impressive command of sarcastic humor for a 12-year old.

By: karen marie

karen marie — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:17:01 +0000

my favorite line is:

“Justice w a nose as big as your fist”

thanks for posting this.

By: peacenator

peacenator — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:35:52 +0000

Oh, Darwin. What an amusing kid.

By: Rua MacTírean

Rua MacTírean — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:16:56 +0000

wait, I just checked the title of this blog, maybe that last comment was a bit of a silly question

By: Rua MacTírean

Rua MacTírean — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:16:00 +0000

That is awesome, where did you get that book?