User talk:Ben/Assume the presence of a belly-button

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Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Well thought and written. Please let me collaborate! paradoxos 02:19, 23 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you; thank you; thank you; and as I understand the notes below the edit box,* I couldn't stop you if I'd wanted to. (* "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit it.") So thank you once more, just for asking! What did you have in mind? Adding a new section? Or intermingled text? What fermenting ideas have bubbled forth from your brain? What ferment might they start in others'? Let's find out! -- Ben &ensp; TALK/HIST 10:08, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

The logical corollary of this is that bots need to be absolutely perfect at all times, and bad faith should be assumed in the event of any ambiguity. No? ;-) — FIRE!  in a crowded theatre...  15:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

This is AGF....
This reads like it should be a section in WP:AGF. The title suggests something like (in a nutshell) Assume the editor you're dealing with is a human (ie not a bot or a dormant sockpuppet).Machete97 (talk) 22:05, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

May I please tell my favorite belly-button joke here?
(If not, just delete.)

Two 5-year-olds were playing in the sandbox, watched by the mother of one of them through the open kitchen window. The children were examining their belly-buttons. One asked the other why we have belly-buttons. This being 1950s America, the mother's heartbeat quickened and she held her breath. The answer she heard:

Well, God makes babies. But just like Santa Claus, God has helpers. So when the helpers have made a batch of babies, God goes down the line and pokes each baby in the tummy and says "You're done" and "You're done" and "You're done". - Hordaland (talk) 14:48, 30 May 2009 (UTC)