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From: graber@srcsip.UUCP (Rob Graber)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: How many 4 cent stamps does it take to make this funny
Message-ID: <3892@srcsip.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 02:04:28 EST
Article-I.D.: srcsip.3892
Posted: Mon Feb 24 02:04:28 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 22:20:32 EST
Reply-To: graber@srcsip.UUCP (not me)
Organization: Honeywell SRC (SIP), Mpls MN
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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.

>>>> 	Who is buried in Grant's tomb?
>>This one everyone seems to be getting wrong.
>>Last time I saw somebody buried, they were in a grave with about 6 feet of
>>dirt on top of them.  Now, that usually isn't done in tombs.  When somebody
>>is sealed inside a stone box above ground, it's known as 'entombed', not
>>'buried'.                                
>For your statement to be true, you had to have been buried with the 
>corpse. How did you get out (ya know, through the 6 feet of dirt and all)?


Ha ha ha heh.... oh my... whew.. just a sec let me catch my breath...
	
Proving once again that there is nothing in the world quite 
as amusing as English semantics.


					rob graber
					..!ihnp4!umn-cs!srcsip!graber