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- From: stephena@netcom.com (Stephen Arrants)
- Subject: Re: Melinda's paradox
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.153514.18066@netcom.com>
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- References: <1992Dec21.210702.4986@tc.cornell.edu> <17720@umd5.umd.edu> <1992Dec26.130414.21347@tc.cornell.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:35:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.130414.21347@tc.cornell.edu> shore@dinah.tc.cornell.edu (Melinda Shore) writes:
- >In article <17720@umd5.umd.edu> jns@roissy.umd.edu (J. N. Shaumeyer) writes:
- >>So, if I asked ******* what you would say if
- >>I asked you whether you had a sense of humor,
- >>what would he say? Or should I ask you what
- >>he would say if I asked him whether he were
- >>a liar?
- >
- >The way it works is this, for example: if ******* was on
- >his was to Guerneville and came to a fork in the road but
- >he wasn't sure whether or not the person he was asking for
- >directions was homosexual or not, the only way he could be
- >sure of taking the correct road would be to ask the person
- >what a homosexual would say if asked. Then he'd take the
- >other fork, ensuring that he'd arrive in time for, uh,
- >tea.
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- When you get to Santa Rosa, most all roads lead to Guerneville. Highway 116 or
- River Road, it is all the same. Stop at the Cinnabar Shops for real tea.
- Anything else is just flavored water in styrofoam cups.
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