Can you please explain the story about the three blind men and the elephant?
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The Four Blind Men And The Elephant:\n\nFour blind men went to find out what an elephant was.\nThe first one put his hand on the elephant's trunk, and said, "I know what an elephant is! It is a long, sinuous, snake-like creature!"\n\nThe second blind man put his hand on the elephant's leg, and said, "I know what an elephant is! It is a straight, strong creature, like the trunk of a tree!"\n\nThe third blind man put his hand on the elephant's side, and said, "I know what an elephant is! It is a broad, smooth creature, like a wall!"\n\nThe fourth blind man put his hand on the elephant's tail, and said, "I know what an elephant is! It is a long, slender creature, like a rope!"\n\nWere any of them entirely right? Were any of them entirely wrong?
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I believe it relates to the time when India was part of the British Empire.  Elephants were and are used as farm animals but were also used at events and celebrations.
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By reading that story in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, you learn of faith.  I focus on all five men (a & b): the paralytic and the four men who brought him to Jesus by any means necessary.  Jesus rewarded their faith by healing the paralytic.  It's a good lesson to remember.
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I don't know but there's some interesting stuff in a book called "Take Off Your Glasses and See" by Jacob Lieberman about how there are people who are "blind" who can "see", even to describe the trees on the road they are walking on, if you are interested in other aspects of blindness.
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This is funny\n\nYou know, when I read the first two you came to my mind and I am here \n>cracking u, why?  because you have been sentenced and you are very \nmuch \n>BLIND!!!!!\n> \n> \n> \n> \n> \n> \n>\n>\n>\n>WHAT IS MARRIAGE???\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>1. Marriage is not a word.\n>\n>\n>It's a sentence (a life sentence).\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>2. Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore marriage is an \ninstitution \n>for the blind.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>3. Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor's \nDegree \n>and the woman gets her masters.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>4. Marriage is a three-ring circus:\n>\n>\n>engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>5. Married life is full of excitement and frustration: In the first \nyear of \n>marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, \nthe \n>woman speaks and the man listens.In the third year, they both speak \nand the \n>NEIGHBOUR listens.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>6. Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with \nfriends.You \n>order what you want, and when you see what the other person has, you \nwish \n>you had ordered that instead.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>7. There was this man who muttered a few words in the church and found \n>himself married. A year later he muttered something in his sleep and \nfound \n>himself divorced.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>8. A happy marriage is a matter of giving and taking; the husband \ngives and \n>the wife takes.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>9. Son: How much does it cost to get married, Dad? Father: I don't \nknow \n>son, I'm still paying for it.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>10. Son: Is it true Dad? I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn't \nknow \n>his wife until he marries her. Father: That happens everywhere, son, \n>EVERYWHERE!\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>11. Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>12. They say that when a man holds a woman's hand before marriage, it \nis \n>love; after marriage it is self-defense.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>13. When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a \n10-year \n>married man looks happy, we wonder why.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>14. There was this lover who said that he would go through hell for \nher. \n>They got married, and now he is going through HELL.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>16. When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to \nlet him \n>keep her.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>17. Eighty percent of married men cheat in America, the rest cheat in \n>Europe.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>18. After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin. They \njust \n>can't face each other, but they still  stay together.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>19. Marriage is man and a woman become one. The trouble starts when \nthey \n>try to decide which one.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>20. Before marriage, a man yearns for the woman he loves. After the \n>marriage the "Y" becomes silent.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>21. I married Miss right; I just didn't know her first name was \nAlways.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>22. It's not true that married men live longer than single men, it \nonly \n>seems longer.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>23. Losing a wife can be hard. In my case, it was almost impossible.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>24. A man was complaining to a friend: I HAD IT ALL-MONEY, A BEAUTIFUL \n>HOUSE, THE LOVE OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, THEN POW! IT WAS ALL GONE. WHAT \n>HAPPENED, asked his friend. He says MY WIFE FOUND OUT.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>25. WIFE: Let's g
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One only needs to read "Animal Farm" (by George Orwell). On the surface it appears to be just another fairy tale with animals, but it's actually an allegory about the Communist Revolution. The various characters in the book represent real historical figures or organisational entities.
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wow.  I thought I'd never have to hear of that movie/story again... i just had a test which had some questions on that in media analysis.  To bad I never read it... it prolly would have helped me on that test... but sorry, the movie didn't say, it was pretty much scilent... sorry i couldn't help you,  I just had to say something cause this is weird you brought it up.
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yes \n\n\nthe elephant was dizzy and the monkey fell out the tree
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LMAO  That one is too funny.\n\n\nA little blind girl goes up to her mum and says, "Mummy, mummy, when will I be able to see?" \nHer mum replies "I'll tell you what, I'll take you to the chemist and get you some special cream for your eyes and you will be able to see in the morning." \nSo off they went to the chemist, got the cream, and went home, all the while the little girl was getting more and more excited at the prospect of being able to see again. Once they got home, the mother put the cream on the little girls eyes, wrapped a bandage around her head, and took her to bed. \nThe following morning the little girl stumbled into her mums bedroom and excitedly shouted "Quick mummy, take off the bandage so that i will be able to see again." \nSo the mother slowly took of all the bandages, taking her time, and all the while the little girl was getting more and more excited. Once they were off the little girl said "But mummy, I still can't see." \nTo which the mother replied, "April fool!"
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I need know a little more about the story to answer this question.
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Here's one for ya..I was about maybe in the 3rd grade and we went on a trip to the local Zoo.. At that time.. The elephants were only chained by their ankles in a barn like setting.. We were allowed to feed them peanuts.. Well, some one put a peanut on my head and the elephants took it off w/ their trunks and I had elephant schmuck on my head for the rest of the day and trip home.. Everyone was laughing at me and I did not find it amusing at all.... Strange.. The things you remember when a question of this nature is posted.. Have a nice day!
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Curator at the Louvre is murdered.\nHarvard Professor is called in to explain the murder, which involves strange symbols.\nCurator's granddaughter shows up, rescues professor.\nTogether they uncover clues to a huge conspiracy in which the Catholic Church has buried that Jesus and Mary Magdelene had a child and there are living descendents of Jesus.\nTurns out the curator's granddaughter is a descendent of Jesus. At the end, the professor finds the resting place of Mary Magdalene.\n\nThat's the basic plot. Go see the movie. It's good.
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These are some nice websites that might help you out.\nhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=400522&in_page_id=1770\nhttp://www.gan.ca/animals/elephants.en.html\nhttp://elephant.elehost.com/About_Elephants/Senses/senses.html\nhttp://news.softpedia.com/news/Elephants-Show-Compassion-and-Have-an-Awareness-about-Death-32660.shtml\nhttp://www.sussex.ac.uk/press_office/media/media513.shtml
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The guy that has to follow an elephant around and clean up its poo. Not only is it gross, it is also fatal (and becuase of the hilariousness of it, earned a Darwin award).\n\nPADERBORN, GERMANY - Overzealous zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt fed his constipated elephant Stefan 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally let fly - and suffocated the keeper under 200 pounds of poop! \n\nInvestigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded on him like a dump truck full of mud. \n\n"The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground, where he struck his head on a rock and lay unconscious as the elephant continued to evacuate his bowels on top of him," said flabbergasted Paderborn police detective Erik Dern. "With no one there to help him, he lay under all that dung for at least an hour before a watchman came along, and during that time he suffocated. \n\n"It seems to be just one of those freak accidents that happened."
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The waterbeetle brought mud from the bottom of the sea. It began to grow into an island. The water always exists the Earth gets too populated (too heavy) and falls back into the sea.\nNow this is how the story begins in the book. As if the birds and fish have always existed.\n\nHa, I found it!
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It is a story about a young boy who is sent to a concentration camp in WWII by the Nazis and how he endures and manages to live through it all. It is a story about the Holocaust. It is brief and is an excellent read. READ it.\n\nGood luck.
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Tarzan is growing up in an African tribe. One day the chief's wife has a white baby. So the chief walks over to Tarzan, puts his hand on his shoulder and starts, 'Tarzan, you being the only white man in our tribe makes it pretty obvious who's kid that really is...' Tarzan quickly interrupts him. He points to the field where there are a number of sheep grazing and he says, 'No chief, it's not what you think! If you look at the sheep you will notice that they are all white, but over there in the corner, you will notice that one sheep bending it's head down...see it? Well as you can see it's black. Now it's all natural, see what I'm saying?' At that moment the chief of the tribe bends closer to him and whispers in his ear,'Ok ok, if you keep quiet about the sheep, I'll keep quiet about the baby!' Hahahohoheehee :)\n\nA blind guy walks into a bar and sits down at the counter. He calls the bartender and asks him if he wants to hear a blonde joke. The bartender responds, "Firstly, I am blonde. The guy behind you to the right is blonde and he is carrying a double barrel shotgun, the woman bodybuilder sitting at the next table is blonde, and both the bouncers at the door are blonde....do you still want to tell me that blonde joke then?" To which the blind guy replies, 'No, none of you will get it!\n\nA blind guy walks into a shop and starts swinging his guide dog around over his head by the leash. A woman walking past asks him what in the world he is doing to which he replies, 'I'm just looking around!'