Drinks Debater Pillows

'I managed to crack a smile during the first 15-minures but the last 45-minutres were a bust!

"She's fine. She just needs some tofu."

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

Dialogue

Difference of Opinion

'Think how all that chatting is affecting global warming.'

'May future generations forgive you for eating that sausage...'

"Now that's a win."

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

"Must everything with you be a landmark decision?"

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

"You know why they make these straws so big? It's a scam to make you drink fast so you can finish quicker and order more."

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.'

Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.

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

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

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

'I suppose you're entitled to your opinion, but I still say that Shemp was the greatest of them all.'

'Do I believe in evolution? - Well, I suppose we should get it over with.'

Like Minded

Do you go for Hannity or O'Reilly? Tough call. O'Reilly's presence is so big, fearless. Whereas Hannity has a wicked fast tongue and such inner strength. As symbolized externally by his jawline. O'Reilly is so tall. Something strange is happening. Coulter's a bit masculine for my tastes. Ditto. HOJ.

A bunch of global warming skeptics want to join eco club. It's a school organization. You have to let them in. But they just want to harass us with selective facts! Today: Eco club. So? Debate is good. You have :An Inconvenient Truth" to counter their arguments. Oh. Great. Now we'll have to read it.

Debating Society. I can accept that money is speech as long as we can agree that some spending is like yelling fire in a theater.

And now, for a rebuttal.

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions

'You're cute when you blow your cool.'

'My opponent hates cats.'

Global warming debate.

Today on the Ask Sadie Show, we'll be addressing one single topic: Wondering. In my day, when a body said I wonder why dust bunnies are called dust bunnies, it led to all sorts of delightful speculation. We could while away hours debating whether it was a marketing ploy by big broom ... or whether it dated back to Napoleon, who had a fetish for dirty rabbits. And if we were lucky, opinions could get so heated that fisticuffs would ensue. Wondering is just one of many lovely human experiences utt

If You Can't Beat Them

The last word.

Approved Debate Questions

Debate Club Note

Antibiotics versus probiotics: A battle of wills.