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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Use irony and a paradox in the same sentence.
It's not as easy as you think.
( , Tue 29 Jul 2008, 15:45, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
It's not as easy as you think.
( , Tue 29 Jul 2008, 15:45, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
I rather think Joeseph Heller managed it:
The US Airforce wouldn't allow you to fly bombing missions if you were insane; if you didn't mind flying bombing missions you must be insane; if you didn't want to fly them you must be sane and therefore it was OK for you to fly them.
If that's not an ironic paradox, then I'm a flying Dutchman
( , Tue 29 Jul 2008, 15:50, Reply)
The US Airforce wouldn't allow you to fly bombing missions if you were insane; if you didn't mind flying bombing missions you must be insane; if you didn't want to fly them you must be sane and therefore it was OK for you to fly them.
If that's not an ironic paradox, then I'm a flying Dutchman
( , Tue 29 Jul 2008, 15:50, Reply)
How about irony, a paradox AND grammer?
I think the old story fits here.
"An English teacher was discussing double negative, and how two negatives make a positive, such as 'I ain't done nuffin'. However, she said, the opposite isn't true - two positives don't make a negative.
'Yeah, right' came the call from the back of the class"
I think we could claim the "yeah, right" as paradoxical, and I certainly think it's oronic to prove an Enlish teacher wrong about grammer!
( , Tue 29 Jul 2008, 22:29, Reply)
I think the old story fits here.
"An English teacher was discussing double negative, and how two negatives make a positive, such as 'I ain't done nuffin'. However, she said, the opposite isn't true - two positives don't make a negative.
'Yeah, right' came the call from the back of the class"
I think we could claim the "yeah, right" as paradoxical, and I certainly think it's oronic to prove an Enlish teacher wrong about grammer!
( , Tue 29 Jul 2008, 22:29, Reply)
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