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From: cagordon@watnot.UUCP (Chris Gordon)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Roosters laying eggs
Message-ID: <11500@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 11:51:48 EST
Article-I.D.: watnot.11500
Posted: Thu Feb 20 11:51:48 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 21-Feb-86 05:22:30 EST
References: <923@whuxl.UUCP> <3200013@wvlpdp> <631@well.UUCP> <151@bucsb.UUCP>
Reply-To: cagordon@watnot.UUCP (Chris Gordon)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <151@bucsb.UUCP> odin@bucsb.UUCP (Ben Page) writes:
>has taken a course in logic knows, the truth or falsehood of the premises has
>nothing to do with the validity of the argument.  Admittedly it is unsound 
>reasoning to suppose that a rooster is laying an egg, but the question does
>not say "Can a rooster lay eggs, and if so...", it says "If a rooster...".
>Thus we are already informed that the rooster has layed the egg!  It is a 
>forgone conclusion!  And negations of that fact render the whole question,
>including the answer, useless.

That VICIOUS line eater strikes again!