The Funny Farm

Yet Another Example Of Religious Insanity In Action

^{Tuesday, 29 Reckning 2006}

Pat Robertson claims he can leg press 2000 pounds. Mind you, it doesn't say he can do it all at once, although, as is typical with occult propaganda, it implies* that he does.

There seems to be a bit of a problem with PRSon's claims, though: it seems that someone has been looking up those pesky facts again, and it appears that there have been a very few of the World's Strongest Men that have approached 1000 pounds. it also appears that normal, healthy humans occassionally have problems leg pressing 400 pounds. And one person who managed to leg press over 1300 pounds burst the capillaries in his eyes when attemping this feat of strength. After working their way up to it. Which sort of makes one wonder about an eighty year old, fairly scrwany male who claims to be able to leg press half again as much with no problems.

Thanks to The Carperbagger Report and UnSpunBlog for leading us to this shining example of christian values. I'm sure Mr. Robertson's Invisible Sky Fairy will thank him for bilking his flock of mucho dinero to buy some silly protein shakes, should he be relatively accurate in his beliefs about the afterlife, and get a chance to discuss the matter up close and personal...

* - or does it infer instead of imply?** I am always mixing those two up...

** - to imply means to express or indicate indirectly. To infer means to lead to as a consequence or conclusion. Dictionary.com also offers this helpful snippet:

Usage Note: Infer is sometimes confused with imply, but the distinction is a useful one. When we say that a speaker or sentence implies something, we mean that it is conveyed or suggested without being stated outright: When the mayor said that she would not rule out a business tax increase, she implied (not inferred) that some taxes might be raised***. Inference, on the other hand, is the activity performed by a reader or interpreter in drawing conclusions that are not explicit in what is said: When the mayor said that she would not rule out a tax increase, we inferred that she had been consulting with some new financial advisers, since her old advisers were in favor of tax reductions.

So I guess I have inferred that Robertson is a hypocritical lying sack of theofascistic kimchee because of his faith-based statements with no connection to reality, and the christian broadcasting network implied that their religiously insane leader was able to leg press twice as much as the strongest men on the planet have come close to leg pressing. Sorry about that! We apologize for the inconvenience.

*** - obviously, she was not a member of the Publican Party. They would never raise taxes; they've told us so repeatedly!

Posted by (: Tom :) at May 24, 2006 05:59 PM