Is Roy Tennant smarter than Chuck Norris is tough?

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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
>>>