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Is Roy Tennant smarter than Chuck Norris is tough? -- jaf Sent from my iPad On Jun 5, 2012, at 1:51 PM, "Roy Tennant" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Roy Tennant is too smart to have an official position on this. Best to work it out yourselves. :-) > Roy > > On Jun 5, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Ethan Gruber <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> The begs the question, what is the official Roy Tennant position on baloney >> vs. bologna? May I suggest a viaf-like resource for food, in which I may >> prefer the baloney label while allowing my data to be cross-searchable with >> bologna records? Is there an RDF ontology for this??? >> >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Kevin S. Clarke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:55 PM, BWS Johnson <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>> Bacon == Seal of Approval >>>>> Bologna == Seal of Disapproval >>>>> Salami == Seal of No Approval Needed >>>>> >>>> >>>> This has some serious flaws. I'm concerned about the relationships >>> between the desirability of the bespoke seals as they relate to the appeal >>> of the meats themselves. While yea, bacon is nearly universal in its >>> appeal, that one seems on the mark. Alas, bologna as the seal of >>> disapproval might fall a bit short. While one might jump to proffer spam in >>> its place, Hawai'ians quite like spam, leaving us all in a bit of a >>> quandry. Olive loaf, perhaps? And while salame is a most excellent meat, >>> perhaps fois gras more aptly conveys the aboutness of not giving a damn >>> about one's approval or lack thereof. >>>> >>>> What say you cataloguing mafia? Surely we must honour the aboutness >>> of meat and approval lest we needs OCLC to intervene more often than is >>> strictly necessary in our mortal affairs. >>> >>> I'm vegan now, but having eaten it as a child, may I suggest chicken >>> livers for the Seal of Disapproval? Blech! And, as a vegan, I'd >>> stretch bounds of the Seal of No Approval Needed to tempeh. That >>> seems appropriate. >>> >>> Fwiw... >>> Kevin >>>