{"id":773,"date":"2009-06-12T14:12:47","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T19:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalitynow.com\/blog\/?p=773"},"modified":"2009-06-12T14:12:47","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T19:12:47","slug":"woo-by-the-ton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalitynow.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/12\/woo-by-the-ton\/","title":{"rendered":"Woo by the ton!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given that folks in the Skeptic, Science, and Atheist communities generally refer to new age healing, astrology, homeopathic “remedies,” and other spiritual-type wackiness as “woo,” I found this sign near my house very, very humorous.<\/p>\n

\"woopellets\"<\/p>\n

Woo for $299 a ton! That sounds like a great deal for the Discovery Institute<\/a>… although, on second thought, they might be the suppliers.<\/p>\n

On a side note, my 8-year-old daughter found the sign really funny, too, after I explained the “woo” bit. Now she laughs every time we drive by it.<\/p>\n

I think maybe I’ll buy a $6.00 bag and see if it can do something about this problem I’ve been having with my aura…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Given that folks in the Skeptic, Science, and Atheist communities generally refer to new age healing, astrology, homeopathic “remedies,” and other spiritual-type wackiness as “woo,” I found this sign near my house very, very humorous. Woo for $299 a ton! That sounds like a great deal for the Discovery Institute… although, on second thought, they … <\/p>\n

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