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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
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Subject: Re: How many 4 cent stamps in a dozen
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 05:59:00 EST
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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).
> > > No.
> > Sorry, its true.  There also happen to be 9 more but there are 3
> 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.
Huh??????  I don't understand what you wrote (for one thing, it was
obviously not German or French), but if you want to be picky, *any*
assertion is true or false: P or not P always has truth value true.

Oh, a joke?

Offensive to dumb Canadians and English speaking Canadians:

What's the capital of Canada?
	Zbfgyl Nzrevpna.
What's the automotive capital of Canada?
	Qrgebv.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720