Here's an old post for you.
 

So you guys like old posts? Here's one I made back in 2000. I just had to reprise it because it's so funny.


Before the Super Bowl today, I had two boys varsity rec league games. In the second one, A1 was getting a little rough and Coach B kept complaining. At one point, A1 pushed B1 and my partner called the foul.

Coach B immediately said we've got to stop A1 from being so rough. My partner (the "infamous Dave") told the coach that he did call the foul. The coach said that's not enough.

"OK", said Dave. "How about we throw him out of the game, suspend him for life, blow up his car, burn down his house and then shoot his dog? Would you be happy then?"

I cracked up.

Sounds like a country song.....

It's missing the reference to a plastic jug of tequila or Kentucky bourbon though.

With the full moon & lunar eclipse, only moonshine would fill the bill tonight.

Don't We Have A Redundancy Department ???
 

Redundant. Lunar eclipse will suffice.

No, they're not. Really. They're not.

It couldn't be a country song.... it doesn't mention mama or prison

It's implied.

+1

Or trains or pickup trucks

I think car could be substituted for pickup in this case...especially if we're talking about a Trans-Am or '69 Charger.

Or a Firebird (mullet not included).

That sits so well with your signature it should be criminal.

Or an El Camino...

Can't Happen Any Other Way ...
 

All lunar eclipses occur during a full moon. Every single one of them. No such thing as a crescent, gibbous, first quarter, last quarter, or new moon, lunar eclipse.

Rule reference?

However, a full moon CAN occur without a lunar eclipse. And there was a full moon before and after the event.

Of course...just like a solar eclipse can only happen during a new moon.

It's possible (I'm not going to look it up) that under a very strict definition, a "full moon" lasts only an instant. The moon would be a waxing gibbous the instant earlier and a waning gibbous an instant after.

But it is also factual that a lunar eclipse is a subset of the full moon.

Astronomy Today ...
 

My B.S and M.S. in Earth Science. Twenty years of teaching high school Earth Science.

Correct. It happens quite often. Ten to thirteen times a year, usually eleven per year.

As well as during the event. The moon was still in its full phase during the entire eclipse.

Correct.

OK. Maybe redundant was the wrong word. "With the full moon & lunar eclipse" is kind of like saying, "I've got a five cent nickel (referring to 21st century American coins). I'm sure that mbyron will be along shortly to tell us what was wrong, if anything, with the statement, "With the full moon & lunar eclipse".

Always Listen To bob
 

Yes. However a specific phase, like full, first quarter, last quarter, or new, is often considered to last one day. Cool reference to waxing gibbous, and waning gibbous. I wish more people were as scientifically literate.

Sounds good.

Right. And Billy said that "full moon and lunar eclipse" was redundant. He meant "wordy." Just saying "lunar eclipse" would be sufficient.

No it's not. Neither a lunar eclipse nor a full moon is a set, so neither can be a subset of the other. :p

Perhaps you mean that the set of lunar eclipses is a proper subset of the set of full moons? It makes more sense to say this without set theory, IMO.

I think I'm going to have a great game tonight. This thread is making me a better official. :D

Education Is The Key To Success ...
 

Didn't you want to type your post in a blue font?

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Not unless he wants to be spatchcocked too.....:eek:

I Need A Place To Sleep ...
 

I would have never, in a million years, guessed that this would have turned into a cooking forum. Never. I would have bet my house on it.

I just hope he doesn't end up mooning the crowd, which would eclipse all of his prior embarrassments in life.

Sha-Na-Na ...
 

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We have pictures of you so-called "mooners!" And just because the pictures aren't of your faces doesn't mean we can't identify you! At this very moment, those pictures are on their way to Washington, where the FBI has experts in this type of identification. If you turn yourselves in now, you may escape a federal charge!

mbyron: Thanks. It works.