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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: Logic #26780 04/23/01 07:41 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 387 Hartsville, New York. J jimthedog enthusiast jimthedog enthusiast J Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 387 Hartsville, New York. My point was that he didn't live in Ireland. jimthedog Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Logic #26781 04/25/01 03:34 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Bangalore, India K kummini stranger kummini stranger K Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Bangalore, India Hello, `All men are mortal. Socrates was mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates.' -Found in Linux Fortune Cookies. Did someone say that academicians are humourless? Manoj Bangalore India 12°58' N, 77°39' E http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html Bangalore India 12°58' N, 77°39' E http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Comic relief #26782 04/26/01 01:32 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky One out of every three persons is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of two of your best friends. If they are OK, then it must be you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Comic relief #26783 04/26/01 02:15 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 R Rouspeteur member Rouspeteur member R Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 My mother always said that the youngest of my older brothers was her Chinese baby despite his blond hair and blue eyes. Around the time he was born in 1962 an article appeared in the Montreal Gazette stating that one out of every five children born today was Chinese. Since here was her fifth child he must therefore be Chinese. (She was kidding.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Comic relief #26784 04/26/01 04:13 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England (She was kidding.) So you say, so you say. Are you certain? The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Comic relief #26785 04/26/01 05:44 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Bangalore, India K kummini stranger kummini stranger K Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 18 Bangalore, India Jackie wrote: One out of every three persons is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of two of your best friends. If they are OK, then it must be you. No, that's not a syllogism! The first statement only says that on the average, I am suffering from a mental illness with one-third chance. I have no proof to refute that! Manoj. Bangalore India 12°58' N, 77°39' E http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html Bangalore India 12°58' N, 77°39' E http://www.geocities.com/kummini/index.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Comic relief #26786 04/26/01 11:59 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Jackie, of course, wasn't kidding. But then I happen to know that two of her friends are totally whacked out, so she must be triply sane. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Comic relief #26787 04/26/01 06:29 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie, of course, wasn't kidding. But then I happen to know that two of her friends are totally whacked out, so she must be triply sane. Dear Faldage, Aptually®, I seem to be a part of quite a variety of triangles, and in some I am definitely the only sane one. So perhaps in the others, I can get balanced out, by losing it entirely, such as when I go skinny-dipping hi, m & bor blurt amorous assertionshi s. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Logic #26788 04/27/01 11:20 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 387 Hartsville, New York. J jimthedog enthusiast jimthedog enthusiast J Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 387 Hartsville, New York. "Property is theft. Therefore theft is property. Therefore this ship is mine". - Zaphod Beeblebrox. This sort of logic is commonly found in my school. jimthedog Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Logic #26789 04/28/01 06:01 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England This sort of logic is commonly found in my school. Jimbo, this sort of logic is commonly found everywhere! Douglas Adams' ability to re-present the commonplace as humour is why the books are so popular. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 5 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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