Comments on: Lemmings http://tar.weatherson.org/2004/11/29/lemmings/ Donate to Oxfam: <a>Australian link</a>, <a>New Zealand link</a>, <a>UK link</a>, <a>US link</a>. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:37:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David http://tar.weatherson.org/2004/11/29/lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 David Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:30:23 +0000 http://www.weatherson.org/wp-tar/?p=1355#comment-2749 Main Entry: lem·ming
from Webster’s Dictionary:

“Pronunciation: ‘le-mi[ng]
Function: noun
Etymology: Norwegian

: any of various small short-tailed furry-footed rodents (as genera Lemmus and Dicrostonyx) of circumpolar distribution that are notable for the recurrent mass migrations of a European form (L. lemmus) which often continue into the sea where vast numbers are drowned”

You know I’m not happy about the job market for philosophers and all (which explains my current nonacademic job), but I’d never describe all of you tenured (or tenure-track) philosophers as furry-footed rodents who run into the sea and are drowned.

I just can’t bring myself to do that. ;)

]]> By: L. A. Paul http://tar.weatherson.org/2004/11/29/lemmings/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 L. A. Paul Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:11:31 +0000 http://www.weatherson.org/wp-tar/?p=1355#comment-2748 yeah, I have to admit, sometimes I feel like a lemming. Especially as I work on this book manuscript. yeah, I have to admit, sometimes I feel like a lemming. Especially as I work on this book manuscript.

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