I got a flurry of weird messages a few days ago...
...from David Markuze, a.k.a. David Mabus, a.k.a. that bloke who was arrested again this week in Canada for threatening people online.

In the past I have also debated creationists who are convinced that basic mathematics is wrong. This particular argument was that the total capacity of Noah's Ark only needed to be the number of animals times their median size, not their mean size. Median size of 2 mice + 1 elephant = size of a mouse. Therefore for 2 mice + 1 elephant you only need an ark big enough for 3 mice.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 14:58, 12 replies)

Hmm
I would recommend to them they build one and try to insert an elephant.
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 15:18, closed)

build one and
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 16:05, closed)

Duh! You make it bigger on the inside,
but keep the outside down to mouse proportions, so that you can keep it in your shed until required.
If it was big on the outside, you'd have to leave it on the lawn, at the mercy of the elements, and passing unbelievers.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 16:19, closed)

And the elephants.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 16:24, closed)

The first four are usually OK.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 22 Nov 2012, 16:29, closed)

That's how they screwed Hannibal as well.
He'd claimed he could cross the alps if the ELEMENTS were with him.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Thu 22 Nov 2012, 16:50, closed)

If you want to wind up Noah's Ark literalists, ask them about freshwater fish and how much of the Ark was aquarium
Or how they collected the 8 million-odd species of beetle there are in the world today.

The JWs love coming to my house.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 23 Nov 2012, 11:16, closed)

It really depends
on how big the elephants are.

Maybe in olden days elephants were smaller.
(username failed moderation, Fri 23 Nov 2012, 12:38, closed)

I'm pretty sure they specified 2 elephants in the specs
but your point still stands.

I always ask how many extra animals Noah took to feed everyone for 40 days, or if unicorns were just super-tasty?
( chthonic, Fri 23 Nov 2012, 12:56, closed)

The big book of 'how the sky pixie wants you to live' specifies seven of each 'clean' animal
The 'two by two' is from a song.
Just sayin' like.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Fri 23 Nov 2012, 14:08, closed)

Perhaps
There were only 10 species of animal and everything else evolved from them.

That'll fucking confuse the creationists...
( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Sun 25 Nov 2012, 22:14, closed)

This is what some creationists actually claim!
Well, not 10 exactly, but they claim that there are far fewer "kinds" than there are species, and that evolution within a "kind" is allowed, but between "kinds" is prevented. Have a look for "micro-evolution" and "macro-evolution" if you want to find out more, but be sure to turn your critical thinking and irony shields up to 11.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Mon 26 Nov 2012, 9:12, closed)