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To: betty boop
Why do people want to compare apples and oranges?

Because what they really want to talk about is oranges, and comparing apples to oranges is a way to turn a conversation about apples into a conversation about oranges?

134 posted on 08/21/2012 5:54:12 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic
Q.: Why do people want to compare apples and oranges?

A: Because what they really want to talk about is oranges, and comparing apples to oranges is a way to turn a conversation about apples into a conversation about oranges?

Beats me, dear tacticalogic. Anyhoot, I wasn't the one who invited Newton to this party....

157 posted on 08/22/2012 2:38:55 PM PDT by betty boop (We are led to believe a lie when we see with, and not through the eye. — William Blake)
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