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JadziaDax · 06-24-2003, 01:41 AM

A case for the Third Universal Cardinal Rule of Thumb: Never be absolute, unless absolutely necessary:

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. "In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."

A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."

06-24-2003, 01:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
JadziaDax Loser Location: who the fuck cares?	Joke of the Day - June 24 A case for the Third Universal Cardinal Rule of Thumb: Never be absolute, unless absolutely necessary: A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. "In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."