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15 May 2008, 10:00 am

You're either a Parakeet or not a Parakeet.

You're either a Turnip or not a Turnip.

You're either a rock or not a rock.

You're either a human or not a human.

You're either a toad or not a toad.

You're either a bird or not a bird.

You're either a State or not a State.

Et cetera... Videtisne veritas sunt?

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15 May 2008, 10:04 am

Try making your own.

Pattern is: "Either [this] or not [this]"

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15 May 2008, 10:06 am

You're either a continuity error or not a Delia Smith Cookbook.

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15 May 2008, 10:32 am

SotiCoto wrote:

You're either a continuity error or not a Delia Smith Cookbook.

That doesn't distribute quite the same...

Are all continuity errors Delia Smith Cookbooks?

You're either correct or incorrect.

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15 May 2008, 5:47 pm

You're either smart or not smart.

You're either dumb or not dumb.

You either live on the 45th north parallel or you don't live on the 45th north parallel.

You either have taken Euclidean Geometry or you have not.

You are either fully French or not fully French.

You are either wise or unwise.

You are either proud or humble.

You are either this or not-this.

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15 May 2008, 7:31 pm

It is either not unlike or it is not not unlike.

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15 May 2008, 7:34 pm

You're either a believer in the law of the excluded middle or you're not...

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15 May 2008, 7:58 pm

I would be for things that aren't graduated.

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15 May 2008, 8:01 pm

You either are or not right

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15 May 2008, 8:10 pm

Some things there are more options to:

"You're either right-handed, left-handed, ambidextrous, or ambilevorous."

(Ambilevorous is a new word which means "both hands left",
whereas ambidextrous means "both hands right".)

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15 May 2008, 9:42 pm

You're either Quatermass or not Quatermass.

You're either a blond or not a blond.

You're either straight or not so straight.

Hmmm....

You're either an ugly flaming troll or not an ugly flaming troll.

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15 May 2008, 9:55 pm

you're either a Neil Diamond fan or you're not.

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15 May 2008, 9:57 pm

You're either cute or real cute.

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15 May 2008, 10:25 pm

You're a member of all sets that contain themselves as a member or you're not.

:wink:

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15 May 2008, 10:50 pm

Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:

You're a member of all sets that contain themselves as a member or you're not.

:wink:

Or perhaps better:
You're either a member of the set of all sets that don't contain themselves as a member or you're not.

(Welcome, and epic win for surrealism and Russel's Paradox all in your first post)

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15 May 2008, 11:37 pm

You're either on WP or you're not.

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