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Subject: Transitional logic
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Date: Sat, 18-Aug-84 13:30:57 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 18 13:30:57 1984
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(Ou sont les nettes d'antan?)

Today's plague on words:

In Willard Espy's  An Almanac of Words at Play , p. 317, there is
an example of "transitional logic":

To prove a sheet of paper is a lazy dog:  (1) A sheet of paper is an
ink-lined plane (2) an inclined plane is a slope up (3) a slow pup
is a lazy dog.

In the same spirit, here is a proof that the President is an asset:
(1) The President is a Reagan (2) a ray gun is a wipe out (3) a "Why
pout?" is a slogan (4) a slow gun is a liability (5) a lie ability
is an asset.

However, (5) an ass set is a butt on (6) a baton is a clock stick
(7) a clock's tick is a wee clink (8) a weak link is a menace.
Thus the President is a menace.  (Menace anyone?)

Actually, the President leads to a contradiction:  (1) The President
is a Reagan (2) a ray gun is a wipe out (3) a "Why pout" is a slogan
(4) a slow gun is not a ray gun (5) what is not a ray gun is not a
Reagan.

(My wife doesn't like (2) and (3) -- she doesn't see how a ray gun is a
wipe out.  For people like her:  ...(2) a ray gun is a fray zing
(3) a phrasing is a slogan...).


               Gordon Fisher