Black Hole Debater Mugs

Celestial Navigation

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

Dialogue

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

"Now that's a win."

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

"You can't offend me. I never mix religion or politics with reality."

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

'I'm terribly worried, Doctor - he doesn't talk back to Bill O'Reilly any more.'

'You present a very convincing argument.'

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

'Say again: a train going 50 Miles Per Hour leaves Chicago heading to a black hole where the rules of motion change as a function of distance from a singularity ... and then what?'

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

Like Minded

Stegosaurus (say the evolutionists). Nonsense (say the creationists).

'Yeah? -- Well, there's a thin line between being a strict constructionist and being a stupid jerk!'

And now, for a rebuttal.

'Is there a God? God knows...'

Sermon - why our religion is really better than yours.

''Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense' Thomas Huxley, 1825-1895.'

"Let's just drop it, Andrew, and leave it to future historians to decide which of us was right."

The last word.

Global warming debate.

"Well, by that logic no one would ever shave a clock onto a monkey."

Approved Debate Questions

'My opponent hates cats.'