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caspian_maclean) wrote2006-10-10 11:50 am
caspian_maclean) wrote2006-10-10 11:50 am
Folk corollaries
These are some things I came up with a couple of months ago.
Look before you leap.
He who hesitates is lost
Therefore:
Get lost before you leap
Practice makes perfect
But nobody's perfect
Therefore:
Nobody has ever practiced
There's no such thing as a free lunch
The best things in life are free
Therefore:
There's no such thing as the best lunch
If we further postulate the existence of at least one lunch, it follows that there is an infinite sequence of lunches of improving quality, because if you ever got to the end of the sequence, you would have found the best lunch.
Look before you leap
Never look a gift horse in the mouth
Therefore:
Never leap into the mouth of a gift horse
Look before you leap.
He who hesitates is lost
Therefore:
Get lost before you leap
Practice makes perfect
But nobody's perfect
Therefore:
Nobody has ever practiced
There's no such thing as a free lunch
The best things in life are free
Therefore:
There's no such thing as the best lunch
If we further postulate the existence of at least one lunch, it follows that there is an infinite sequence of lunches of improving quality, because if you ever got to the end of the sequence, you would have found the best lunch.
Look before you leap
Never look a gift horse in the mouth
Therefore:
Never leap into the mouth of a gift horse