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Logic Joke

 * LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basis of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion -- thus:


 * Major Premise: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man.
 * Minor Premise: One man can dig a posthole in sixty seconds.


 * Conclusion: Sixty men can dig a posthole in one second.


 * Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary