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- HUMOR.FILTERED ---------------------------------------------- HUMOR.FILTERED - From : Leo V. Mironoff 2:5020/293 14 Jul 94 22:05:44 Subj : Horsing around (was Re: Groups of Cows) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ┌----------------------------------------------------------------------------┐ Forwarded by Leo V. Mironoff (2:5020/293) Area : ALT.HUMOR.PUNS (ALT.HUMOR.PUNS) From : mishael@teleport.com (2:50/128), Wednesday July 06 1994 16:22 To : All (2:5020/293) Subj : Horsing around (was Re: Groups of Cows) └----------------------------------------------------------------------------┘ Alexander the Great was a great general. Great generals are forewarned. Forewarned is forearmed. Four is an even number. Four is certainly an odd number of arms for a man to have. The only number that is both even and odd is infinity. Therefore, Alexander the Great had an infinite number of arms. A horse has two legs in back and forelegs in front. Two legs plus four legs is six legs. Six is an even number. Six is an odd number of legs for a horse to have. The only number that is both even and odd is infinity. Therefore, horses have an infinite number of legs. To prove: there exists a horse with 13 legs. Take all of the horses with 13 legs and paint them green. Paint the rest of the horses red. Select a horse at random. If it is green, there obviously exists a horse with 13 legs. Otherwise, set it aside an select another. If this horse is green, again, you are finished. But if it's red again--ah, now that's a horse of a different color! However, we just said it was the -same- color. Since we have arrived at a contradiction, the second horse must be green, not red, and so there exists a horse with 13 legs. And finally: Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Ergo, a ham sandwich is better than eternal happiness. Logic is your friend when properly applied. See? -- David Green "And lo, the masses turned unto Plaugg, and entreated him to help them in their hour of need. And Plaugg heard them, for his throne was not so great, or not so high as to escape the voice of the masses, and was made of second- rate materials besides, studded with elaborate baubles made of adequate cut glass. And Plaugg looked down upon the throng and speaketh. And lo, he sayeth unto them: 'Not today, I do not feel up to it.'" --Craig Shaw Gardner, "A Malady of Magicks" --- + Origin: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1 (2:50/128.0@fidonet) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- copy con com3 * Origin: - The Endless Quest - (2:5020/293)
