2007-04-11 16:38:33 · 9 answers · asked by PANDABEAR 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
This isn't a stupid question. Anybody seeking the truth and trying to actually learn something can't ask a stupid question. If I remember the book correctly It stated something like you had to be crazy to get of combat but any body that wanted out of combat wasn't crazy because nobody wanted to be in combat. Here is the wiki link that explains it better. You should read the book someday, it is very good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22
2007-04-11 16:47:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
catch-22 has 3 definitions
1. A situation where both choices would have negative impacts on oneself.
2.An excellent and witty book about WWII
3.A extremely awesome ska band.
2007-04-11 23:42:04 · answer #2 · answered by McLovin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Came from the movie Catch 22. If he knew he was nuts it proved he wasn't because he was sane because he could realize he was nuts.
Good movie.
Now it means an endless circle of red tape.
2007-04-11 23:42:01 · answer #3 · answered by Saffernellie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions.
2. any illogical or paradoxical problem or situation; dilemma.
3. a condition, regulation, etc., preventing the resolution of a problem or situation; catch.
Origin: from a military regulation in a novel of the same name
2007-04-11 23:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by Linnygirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like being stuck between a rock & a hard place....or damned if you do & damned if you don't....check mate......catch 22.
2007-04-11 23:44:06 · answer #5 · answered by simplesimon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
^^^ they've given you some good answers. here's an example:
you're given a million dollars that you're required to give to someone you hate.
edit: not to 'suck up' but that's not a stupid question at all!
2007-04-11 23:48:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're smart enough to know you're nuts, you aren't nuts.
That's the catch. You know the truth.
2007-04-11 23:42:26 · answer #7 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure where the phrase arriginated, but it basically means there are strings attached.
2007-04-11 23:44:38 · answer #8 · answered by trhwsh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
damned if you do,damned if you don't? maybe?
2007-04-11 23:41:26 · answer #9 · answered by xenrielle1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋