"go figure"

[J P Maher]

It's sophistry to delete elements from the source citation.  There is no "Go, figure!" in your citations.  "Go figure!": the verb is in the imperative mood. The phrase is used "absolutely", i.e. with no links to adjacent text. This is the same game as the old wheeze about proving biblical authority for atheism by leaving outthe first 6 words from "The fool says in his heart 'there is no God'. "




 
 

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