| Author | Message | ||
| Ed Mason (Logician)
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"So get another one!" | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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The first one broke? Is unusable? Died? Got lost? Went away? Doesn't meet specifications? Won't sing? Won't fly? Won't shine? Ate the pear in the tree and choked on it? | ||
| Ed Mason (Logician)
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The first one broke? it didn't break, as such Is unusable? correct Died? Got lost? Went away? FA Doesn't meet specifications? yesish Won't sing? Won't fly? Won't shine? Ate the pear in the tree and choked on it? O...k...FA to all of these | ||
| Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
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Could the one being addressed get another one? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Anything to do with duchess potatoes? | ||
| Ed Mason (Logician)
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Could the one being addressed get another one? certainly Anything to do with duchess potatoes? no | ||
| Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
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IS "it" an object? If so, is the density greater than 1g/ml? | ||
| Ed Mason (Logician)
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IS "it" an object? yes If so, is the density greater than 1g/ml? ...I don't know what 1g/ml is - most probably though, the answer's yes | ||
| Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
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Was it unusable when it was created? | ||
| Ed Mason (Logician)
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Was it unusable when it was created? no | ||
| Tommy Petersson (Tommyp)
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Is the density higher than that of water?  | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Anything to do with Monty Python? Does it have a hole in it? Is it animal / mineral / vegetable? | ||
| Ed Mason (Logician)
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Is the density higher than that of water? yes Anything to do with Monty Python? as far as I know, it unfortunately does not Does it have a hole in it? yes, it does Is it animal / mineral / vegetable? it is a mineral | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Hmm... Is it a bucket? | ||
| Tommy Petersson (Tommyp)
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Does it have the form of a torus? | ||
| Ed Mason (Logician)
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Hmm... Is it a bucket? yes!!! Do you wish to finish it off then? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is this relevant? There's a Hole in My Bucket Liza: Henry! Fetch me some water! Henry: There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza, dear Liza There's a hole in my bucket dear Liza, a hole. Liza: Well, fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, Well, fix it dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it. Henry: With what shall I fix it ... Liza: With a straw dear Henry ... Henry: The straw is too long ... Liza: Well, cut it dear Henry ... Henry: With what shall I cut it ... Liza: With an axe dear Henry ... Henry: The axe is too dull dear Liza ... Liza: Well, sharpen it dear Henry ... Henry: With what shall I sharpen it ... Liza: With a stone dear Henry ... Henry: The stone is too dry dear Liza ... Liza: Well, wet it dear Henry ... Henry: With what shall I wet it ... Liza: With water dear Henry ... Henry: In what shall I fetch it ... Liza: In a bucket dear Henry ... Henry: There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza ... | ||
| Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
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Is the title relevant? | ||
| Ed Mason (Logician)
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OK, it's fairly obvious that Simon has got it, so I will declare a ***** SPOILER ***** This does indeed come from 'There's a Hole in my Bucket', the words for which have been kindly reproduced above by Simon. As can be seen, the song uses circular paradoxical logic - Henry's bucket has a hole, but to repair it the bucket is needed - but there is of course a hole in that bucket. Reading this song prompted my thought, which is the statement - "So get another [bucket]!" The title is indeed relevant - the names Liza and Henry are also the names of the principal cast in 'Pygmalion', where 'Enry 'Iggins has the self-imposed task of turning Liza from a Cockney flower-girl to a duchess with Queen's English. | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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I like your logical line of thought Logician :-) For some reason I seemed to hit straight onto your wave length! | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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As a child I could never understand how you could fix a bucket with straw.... | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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As an adult I still have difficulty with it .. unless it happens to be a straw bucket |
