Identity of the non-existent

[Charles Doyle]

Though I can't find my copy of Catch-22, I'm sure there's an episode in which Yossarian and another character (perhaps a nurse) engage in a heated argument about the nature of the God whom neither believes in.

BTW: In Larry's joke, the clause "You'll have to take it [coffee] without milk" sounds strange to me; I would say (and therefore expect to hear) "You'll have to HAVE it without milk."  I believe I have heard the query, from a coffee vendor, "How do you take it?" but "How do you want it?" would sound a lot more normal.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:52:18 -0400
>From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>Subject: Re: ah/ awe
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>At 11:55 AM -0400 10/3/06, Charles Doyle wrote:
>>If we're going to be scientific, it is important to establish with precision the identity of the substance that the moon is not made of . . . .
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>>--Charlie
>
>Indeed...
>
>"I'd like a cup of coffee without cream."
>"Sorry, we're out of cream.  You'll have to take it without milk."
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>L
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>>---- Original message ----
>>>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:13:57 EDT
>>>From: RonButters at AOL.COM
>>>Subject: Re: ?  ?  ?  Re: [ADS-L] ah/ awe
>>>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>>>In a message dated 10/3/06 11:09:54 AM, cdoyle at UGA.EDU writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>  Green PEAS??
>>>>
>>>
>>>Sorry, I should have said, "the opinion that normal people from Connecticut have a monophthongal vowel in the word 'right' has the scientific status of a theory that the moon is made of green CHIVES."

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