2007-02-03 10:37:09 · 12 answers · asked by Double O 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
yes it does! That's a good point...why didn't i ever think of that?
2007-02-03 10:46:25 · answer #1 · answered by vampire_aidan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An older version goes like this: "Which would you rather have, eternal universal peace with complete bliss, or a ham sandwich? I'd rather have a ham sandwich, because nothing is better than eternal universal peace, and a ham sandwich is better than nothing!"
The English language (actually, it's more a reflection of the human mind than any particular language) uses negative nouns and pronouns in two ways that seem similar, but aren't quite the same:
|--: As a simple absence, lack, or opposite:
"Nobody was in the room" = "Zero people were in the room".
|--: As a totalizing negation of the entire thought:
"Nobody is perfect" = "It is not the case that anybody is perfect"
2007-02-03 14:11:22 · answer #2 · answered by Joe S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That would depend on whether you are a reverse image trapped in my mirror, but then if you are my opposite image and are indeed perfect would then that make me as your opposite by the same token imperfect; in which case It must also equate that I am therefore also a somebody?
Since I have no reliable evidence that I am a somebody I believe our arguments in the time honoured manner of algebra cancel each other out, which worryingly suggests that we both cease to exist thereby breaking down the fragile fabric of the space time continuum and bringing to an abrupt end all existence in this dimension as we know it!
Perhaps Yahoo or Microsoft can sort it out? Either way if they are our saviours that means we are really deep in the poo!
Looks hopefully to the horizon for Mozilla Thunderbird Firefox, Linux, and Cliff Richard! lol
2007-02-03 11:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by keithanthony0169 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The fact that I am responding to somebody means that you are no longer nobody and are therefore no longer perfect.
Sorry to spoil your perfect day.
2007-02-03 10:42:38 · answer #4 · answered by barrytabrah 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Based on grammar and logic, yes. Depends on whose definition of perfect you want to use.
2007-02-03 10:41:26 · answer #5 · answered by St N 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is 'perfect'. However, we tend to see the negative more than the positive, so we do not see that our positives and negatives are balanced. That balance is perfection.
2007-02-03 10:53:21 · answer #6 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No that's another nobody.
2007-02-03 10:46:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good one, I bet you wish you were. Hey, I don't know you, maybe you are.
2007-02-03 10:39:47 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the answer above this one...smart...
2007-02-03 10:46:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
wow that's pretty clever i guess u r
2007-02-03 10:55:12 · answer #10 · answered by Lovechan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋