Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Roderick for the hermeneutical win. So I guess she was talking about the whimpering Temeraires of the mind, “tugged to their last berth to be broken up.” [There was supposed to be a clever JPG of Turner’…

While I admit that “husk” fits somewhat better, it’s possible that she did mean “hulk” in the (metaphorical) sense of “A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to o…

In reply to mlyoung57. “Jack and the Beanstalk” appeared as “The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean” in 1734. “The Incredible Stalk” is shorter than both. LikeLike

In reply to merjet. To think that Jimmy Wales, a graduate of IU Bloomington, would allow such a thing on his site… LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. Well, I did go to grad school in Indiana. But the closest thing to corn in South Bend was the ethanol plant. I think a bigger problem for “The Incredible Stalk” might be legal rather than aesthetic, since it sounds a…

In reply to merjet. The Wikipedia page says, “Husking of corn is the process of removing its outer layers.” “Dehusking” or “unhusking” fits better. Putting on a dress is “dressing”; taking it off is &#82…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Clearly, you are not from the Midwest. The Incredible Stalk would be a nifty anti-hero or super-hero send-up. But, uh-oh, now maybe I’ve wandered from the Romanticist path (and into the Pit of the Irrational)? Commence …

In reply to merjet. You’re absolutely right on both points. I don’t know how, after a lifetime of eating corn-on-the-cob, I’ve managed to confuse husks with stalks. But I have. They were drained, embittered stalks whimpering occasion…

“Husk” seems to fit better. “Husk” per the Urban Dictionary is “A person who has no substance, personality, character or knowledge. An empty shell of a human.” However, a corn husk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husk…