Syllogisms

Lewis Carroll

1) Babies are illogical.

2) Nobody is despised who can manage a crocodile.

3) Illogical persons are despised.

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Therefore, babies can not manage crocodiles.

Steve Martin

I'm not going home tonight:

I'm going to Bananaland,

a place where only two things are true,

only two things:

One, all chairs are green; and two,

no chairs are green.

from Born Standing Up, Steve Martin

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2007