"So what did he say next?" I asked.
"'Did you know that a cow produces 60 litres of saliva per day?' the Pope asked Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.'
"Is that true?"
"Which, that he said it or that the Pope asked that or that a cow secretes that much saliva?"
"Any of 'em. All of 'em."
"No and yes."
I paused and thought this over. Finally, I decided to go for broke. "Hey, so what kind of a stupid logic puzzle is this, anyway?"
The knave considered this carefully, then responded crisply: "A purple one. With green polkadots."
Re: How much saliva?
Date: 2004-07-16 10:48 pm (UTC)How Much Saliva?
"So what did he say next?" I asked.
"'Did you know that a cow produces 60 litres of saliva per day?' the Pope asked Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.'
"Is that true?"
"Which, that he said it or that the Pope asked that or that a cow secretes that much saliva?"
"Any of 'em. All of 'em."
"No and yes."
I paused and thought this over. Finally, I decided to go for broke. "Hey, so what kind of a stupid logic puzzle is this, anyway?"
The knave considered this carefully, then responded crisply: "A purple one. With green polkadots."