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Philosophy

1font00Rene Descartes walks into a bar. 02font02br
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01font00The bartender says "hey rene, how's it going?"02font02br
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01font00rene replies "fine, thanks."02font02br
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01font00the bartender asks him, "hey, would you like a beer?"02font02br
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01font00rene replies to the bartender, "i think not!"02font02br
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01font00and disappears.02font0-
  

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0Hi,02br
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00I had to read it twice to get it...05000 Aniway, its cool.02br
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0 I dun get it, can anybody explain to me?0-
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00 I think its a pun of "a beer" and "disappear". In english, dis -frefix is used to make a word with opposite meaning, and in this case Descartes use it to negative "a beer". It sounds like "disappear". I think maybe the phylosopher is haunted by... phylosophy ^^02br
00 Thats what I got...02br
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0Hi,02br
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00There is a very famous saying by Descartes. If you can do a little research on the Net and find out what that is, it will explain the joke.05002br
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00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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0 It largely relies on the accepted English translation of 01i00cogito ergo sum02i00 as "I think, therefore I am". In terms of epistemology, it would more appropriately translated as "I am thinking, and therefore I exist" - but this doesn't work for the punchline. 0-
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0'Je pense, donc je suis'02br
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00This is an all time favourite! 050010id1
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0Another version:02br
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00Descartes walks into a bar.02br
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00He orders two drinks and finishes them.02br
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00Descartes replies,"I think not." and disappears.0-
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0 01font00Ah yeah... I found out another way this story is funny... Descartes is drunk, therefore he does not exist. Thats why he disappears. 02br
00I guess this is the right way for it.... hehehe 05002br
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0I don't think you've quite got it, Fledermaus!02br
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00The 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 01b01i00not02i02b00 thi
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