Newest Time mag: last page, brain cartoon based on Rumsfeld quote!!

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<p>This is my very first thread creation…I just had to see if anyone else has seen the last page, #142 of the 1/29/2007 Time Magazine, Mind & Body Special Issue. The last page is the Essay page and this week it is a cartoon of the brain that is just TOO funny. </p>

<p>The artists start with the Rumsfeld quote: “There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns-the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” Then they have drawn a head, with all these different shaped areas with silly labels like:

  • Things we hope they don’t find out we don’t know
  • Things we didn’t know we knew
  • Things we didn’t know we had to know
  • Things I can imagine I might know
  • Never forget</p>

<p>and on and on. I don’t even know which one is my favorite, there are so many that make me laugh out loud. Not just the whole political parody, but, how true it is about every day life. (Reminds me of the New Yorker cartoon of the greater New York buroughs that all ended in “stan.” ) There is one that might appeal to a few CC parents when the kids were a tad younger:

  • Things the kids know we were hoping they wouldn’t know for another couple of years
    or even this one:
  • Things we hope they don’t find out how we know</p>

<p>So, give yourself a laugh and take a look at the last page of Time next time you have Time! Share your favorite here if so inclined!</p>

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<p>I will check it out. But you reminded me of 2 things. One is, I have an animated gif of the male brain, but it might be a little racy for this forum! </p>

<p>And 2, many many years ago a dear friend told me the following that I still remember:</p>

<p>If you don’t know you don’t know, you think you know.</p>

<p>If you don’t know you know, you think you don’t know. </p>

<p>I think that just about covers it!</p>

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<p>That’s great NJres…</p>

<p>based on the tepid response, perhaps not a lot of Time subscribers here? </p>

<p>on the road all day…will see tonite if anyone else found this humorous!</p>

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<p>I don’r get Time at home but what you’ve posted I like. ;)</p>

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<p>I don’t get Time, but I think I might have seen this cartoon in some end of the year wrap up of best cartoons of the year.</p>

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<p>Maine–I can’t believe you mentioned that cartoon. I saw it last night and had the best laugh in a long time. It’s one of those drawings you do have to see to enjoy. It was especially funny the way they put “Donald Rumsfeld, Philosopher” after his quote.</p>

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<p>Here’s a link to the PDF file of the cartoon: <a href=“http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/pdf/20070129_essay.pdf[/url]”>http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/pdf/20070129_essay.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I printed it out and am saving it for my D to share in Phych class next year…</p>

<p>thanks for the link</p>

<p>I get time, but my mom hogs it</p>

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<p>Mezzomom,
thanks for the link to the actual cartoon…I just downloaded it…got to send it to some folks at work…
Glad you laughed Compassionatemom…because I still smile when I think of some of the brain areas…
I can always count on you Cur, to have a nice reply …
off to tennis! have a good evening…</p>

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<p>Thanks for the link. omg! He actually said all that! It’s in quotes. Imagine my feeling of deja vu. My friend told me the lines I wrote above when we were in high school. :)</p>

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<p>thanks to Maineparent and Mezzomom: that was great!</p>

<p>I like the pair of glasses floating around in the very middle. Glasses: things we think we’ve lost but are actually on top of our head.</p>

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<p>Yes, the glasses! Especially recognizable…</p>

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<p>My favorite is “things we knew a minute ago”. I just experienced that when I went upstairs to get something and forgot what it was by the time I got there! :)</p>

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<p>There really are so many wonderful “areas” in this brain shot…

  • Things I’m almost sure I know</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Irrecoverable</p></li>
<li><p>Things we hope we don’t know</p></li>
<li><p>Things things think we think they think</p></li>
<li><p>Things</p></li>
<li><p>Things I thought were beyond knowing</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Wish I could remember them all…ha ha…</p>

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<p>

These two areas seem to be taking up increasingly larger parts of my brain… :confused:</li>
</ul>

<p>MP~<br>
Thanks for sharing this…it is priceless! :slight_smile: ~b.</p>

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<p>I’m with alwaysamom, favoring the “Things I knew a minute ago.” Likely because this is currently the largest portion of my brain if it includes the part housing words-I-most-certainly-know-and-can-picture-the-item-but-cannot-come-up-with-the-word-at-this-particular-moment.</p>