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From: tainter@ihlpg.UUCP (Tainter)
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Subject: Re: How many 4 cent stamps in a dozen
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 17:51:59 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 17:51:59 1986
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> > > ...  Now, fellow idiots, is the following statement true or false:
> > > There are three 4 cent stamps in a dozen (4 cent stamps).
> > > 	Moronically yours, Richard Harter, SMDS Inc.
> > No.
> > {hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!perkins          --Henry Perkins
> Sorry, its true.  There also happen to be 9 more but there are 3
> 					Addison ihnp4!ihlpa!ibyf

I assume he was answering the query "is the following true or false".
Since it is expressed in the language English,
 "There are three 4 cent stamps in a dozen (4 cen stamps)."
is neither true nor false and so "No." is the correct answer.
--johnathan a. tainter