<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 15 April 2007 - Volume 04</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_marless@gmx.de" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">"M.-L. Lessing" <<a href="mailto:marless@gmx.de">marless@gmx.de
</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L "Philosophy" 2007.04.15 (03) [D/E]</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" id="mb_1">
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<div><font size="4"><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Jacqueline
Bungenberg de Jong wrote:</span></font></font></div><span class="q">
<p><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;" lang="NL">Q: Wat is het verschil tussen een dood
vogeltje ? </span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">(What is the difference between a dead
bird?)</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;" lang="NL">A: Zijn ene pootje is even lang.
</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">(Its one leg is of equal
length)</span></font></p></span></blockquote>
<div>It reminds me of things one hears every day, like "the couple loved each
other" or "Europa hat sich miteinander ausgesöhnt". Two are needed for the verb,
but the subject is only one, containing a multitude. The difference in the
riddle is: Two are needed for the comparison, but the subject is only one,
containing only one -- one bird, one leg. Is the joke really philosophy or
just a satire on such phrases as the above? </div>
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<div><font size="4">Marlou</font></div></div>
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