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{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} I think it looks more like Shrek with his ears eaten off. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55495: Kristine Harley — 12/28  at  03:06 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} I dern't see a face at all, avast. It is supposed t' be that comely wench face, right? (Heh.) Maybe th' thief di'nae see th' resemblance, either. Maybe th' person who stole it were bein' just hungry, and homeless. Now, that would be a real tribute t' Mother Theresa, in me opinion. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55496: — 12/28  at  03:06 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} The closest thin' t' a rational theory o' valuation is economics, and accordin' t' that, 'tis worth whatever th' market will pay fer it. The delusions o' its owner probably dern't help much, but th' delusions o' prospective buyers can make it as valuable as they think it is. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55498: — 12/28  at  03:15 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} Mother Teresa? And swab the deck! Don't ye think 'tis a lot more like this lubber? (The one in th' middle, not quite safe fer work...)

http://www.ralf-koenig.de/en/drawin's/scrib10.html

PS: I got confirmation word "probe", strange are th' way's o' th' Lord Chance. DS {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55500: Mrs Tilton — 12/28  at  03:23 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} <i>Do th' delusions o' its owner add value t' it?</em>

Emm, well, they might, actually. Intrinsically, th' Mother Teresa Bun is worth whatver any small piece o' stale pastry is worth, i.e., approachin' nil. Yaaarrrrr! Arrrr! But then, th' intrinsic value o' (say) van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' isn't much more -- 'tis whatever th' value o' a couple o' sticks and a bit o' oilstained auld cloth is. In each case, th' material value is nothin' (or virtually nothin'), and th' vast majority o' th' actually obtainable value inheres solely in whatever people are willin' t' pay fer th' thin'. This notion is especially obvious when we're talkin' about artworks (and I suppose we could call th' Portrait o' Mother Teresa in Baked Grain-Derived Modellin' Medium an artwork, in th' broadest sense -- found art, if ye will); but a lot o' economists would say that's th' only true measure o' th' value o' anythin'.

In fact, th' owner in this case (a Jew and hence unlikely t' think th' bun looked like th' dead nun thanks t' a miracle) probably thought th' thin' nothin' more then a curiosity (indeed, he might have been displayin' it only out o' a sense o' postmodern ironic hipness), with a chest full of booty. But let's assume arguendo that he really did believe th' bun looked as it did because o' th' direct intervention o' th' almighty. If th' bun has no value, that is not because he is delusional, but because nobody else shares his delusion. If sufficent numbers o' other people shared th' delusion, and shared it t' a sufficiently strong degree, th' bun might well be worth quite a lot (one could easily find out by puttin' it on th' block at eBay). The ornery cuss'd still be delusional; he'd just be a deluded person with a valuable asset. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55501: — 12/28  at  03:36 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} "Maybe th' person who stole it were bein' just hungry, and homeless. Now, that would be a real tribute t' Mother Theresa, in me opinion."

Nay, in order fer this t' be a tribute t' that comely wench, th' homeless lubber would have t' stay hungry and enjoy his sufferin'. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55502: — 12/28  at  03:36 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} Accordin' t' evolutionary theory, stale bread should have a selective pressure towards resemblin' religious figures since otherwise it gets tossed out in th' trash.

But if that's true, then why do we still have stale bread that doesn't resemble religious figures?

Answer that, ye smarty-pants Darwinists! {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55503: — 12/28  at  03:38 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} Now, now Patrick, dern't go aroun' and shatter peoples' illusions about Mother Theresa (who I consider a pretty vile person, becuase o' that comely wench principle stance o' people havin' t' suffer). {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55504: — 12/28  at  03:38 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} The cost o' a delusion? And hoist the mainsail! Last I heard, it were bein' somethin' like $177 million a day fer th' delusion in Iraq. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if TRUE} {/if} #55505: jinx — 12/28  at  03:41 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} Oh, some delusions can be agreed upon by enough people t' create tremendous "value."

Several paintin's by Picasso rank among th' most expensive paintin's in th' world. On May 4, 2004 Picasso's paintin' Garçon à la pipe were bein' sold fer USD $104 million at Sotheby's, thus establishin' a new price record (see also List o' most expensive paintin's). Arrrr! From answers.com

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{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if TRUE} {/if} #55506: Chris Clarke — 12/28  at  03:51 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} What's gold worth? {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if TRUE} {/if} #55507: — 12/28  at  03:52 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} I think I found where th' thief put it <a href="http://www.kurtknoll.com/fungv17.jpg>right here</a>

mmmm tree fungus. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55509: Kristine Harley — 12/28  at  04:05 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} Shatter away, Patrick, since that bun, datin' from 1996, were bein' coated in shellac, by Davy Jones' locker! And th' homeless lubber would be stealin' from th' hand that doesn't really feed that scurvey dog... I were bein' bein' sarcastic (and makin' a joke about eatin' a different body part). Aye, I know a few dark thin's about Mother Theresa, fer instance, that comely wench associations with right-win' dictators. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55510: Chuko — 12/28  at  04:23 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} I have seen th' bun! Even as an athiest, I were bein' profoundly moved by th' shellacked pastry, and th' letter from Mother Teresa's convent askin' that th' bun not be used fer personal gain.

Seriously, th' coffee shop is just off campus - th' joy o' this bun is in th' irony, like watchin' bad movies. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55511: — 12/28  at  04:28 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} shorter jinx:

I do no like th' Picasso.

So thees means that hees paintin's, they are no good, eh?

Therefore, peeples that like hees paingtin's, they are th' deluded, no?



Short answer: no.

so. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55512: — 12/28  at  04:53 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} Miraculous or not, it would be cool t' find a cinnamon bun that looked like Charles Darwin. Or Dread Cap'n PZ. Dressed as Mother Theresa. In a pirate suit. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55515: — 12/28  at  04:59 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} It's a lot easier t' see if ye look at this:

http://www.indiana.edu/~jkkteach/P335/nunbun.html

But, t' me, it looks more like Dopey than a nun. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55516: — 12/28  at  05:01 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} Since th' bun resembles a profile by virtue o' misalignment in foldin' and uneven distribution o' 'tis tasty cinnamon fillin' (two reproducible manufacturin' defects), me question is:

Why weren't th' shop sellin' "Replicas o' th' famous Mother Teresa Bun" complete with letters o' authenticity, on Ebay?

They could have moved any non-Teresaesque buns as "silhouette rolls" in th' store.

And th' comparison t' Picasso isn't valid, with a chest full of booty. The bun were bein' a product o' chance convergence o' manufacturin' errors. A paintin' is a product o' goal-oriented effort.

Equatin' th' two is like sayin' a lottery-winner and a entrepreneur-millionaire are both th' same sort o' person just because their bank accounts match. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55517: Tobin — 12/28  at  05:05 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} It blows me mind that people not only see thin's like this (mostly th' religious types), but let alone get obsessed o'er them.

I guess that's why icons are such a powerful draw. {/if}

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{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} I think th' "nun bun" thin' were bein' tongue-in-cheek since th' very beginnin'. I mean, it really looks like a caricature o' th' famous nun... not as solemn as a "true" manifestation would have t' be. {/if}

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{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} My idea is that th' bun WAS Mother Theresa. The winsome lass were bein' reincarnated as a donut as a judgment on that comely wench life as a human. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55524: — 12/28  at  07:03 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} I would like t' concur with what Mrs. Tilson said above. My impression watchin' th' owner on Olbermann were bein' that he viewed it as just bein' a little oddity that, if it brought people t' his little coffee shop and tourists t' th' town, were bein' not hurtin' anyone. The ornery cuss said that th' "nun bun" brought a lot o' people t' th' town and even credited it with "revitalizin'" th' town's tourism, I'll warrant ye. How much o' that is true, I dern't know, but there's absolutely no indication that th' owner harbors any delusions about some intrinsic holiness or miraculousness in th' pastry. {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55530: — 12/28  at  07:54 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} I am reminded o' Elton John's tribute song on th' death o' Mutha Teresa. 'Sandals in th' Bin'.

(Congratulations t' Elton on his recent marriage btw.) {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55534: Ophelia Benson — 12/28  at  08:26 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} You missed th' one about th' ten-year-auld piece o' cheese on toast with a bite taken out, that bears an uncanny nonresemblance t' th' virgin Mary. Fire the cannons! (And how does anybody know what she looks like anyway?) {/if}

{if FALSE} Trackback: What's the monetary value of a delusion? Tracked on: () at {trackback_date format="%Y %m %d %H:%i:%s"} {/if} {if TRUE} {if FALSE} {/if} #55536: — 12/28  at  09:20 PM {/if}
{if FALSE} {/if} {if TRUE} Basic economics.., by Davy Jones' locker. What adds value t' anythin', is people's willingness t' pay fer it. A piece o' stale bread is worth as much as ye can get any sucker t' cough up fer it on e-Bay.

So, get out th' wonder bread and a solderin' iron, and make a picture o' Elvis.

-jcr {/if}