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Inescapable Conclusions
30 Sillygisms
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1. Talk is cheap.
2. The best things in life are free.
3. Ergo: Conversation may be overvalued.
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1. Middle class people have vacations in summer.
2. The wealthy go skiing or head south when it’s cold.
3. Ergo: Only the very rich and very poor are tanned in winter.
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1. The Freudians say money is feces.
2. The Supreme Court says money is speech.
3. Ergo: Out of which orifice does money talk?
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1. Ex Africa semper aliquid novi.
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2. Nihil novi sub sole.
3. Ergo: The sun never shines in Africa.
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1. All happy families are alike; unhappy families are each different.
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2. We are all equal in the presence of death.
3. Ergo: All dead families are happy.
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1. The Devil is in the details.
2. Speak of the Devil, and there he is.
3. Ergo: Do not read your contract aloud.
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