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Oxymorons
Re: Oxymorons
lewist wrote:In a local chemists - We prosecute all shoplifters.
Work it out!
I can't ?
Re: Oxymorons
is it that they prosecute all would-be shoplifters?jaywhat wrote:lewist wrote:In a local chemists - We prosecute all shoplifters.
Work it out!
I can't ?
- Tetenterre
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Re: Oxymorons
I assumed that it was that Boots cannot possibly prosecute all shoplifters; how, for example, do they prosecute either (a) those they don't catch or (b) those who shoplift from, say, Prada (if there is one) in Ulan Bator?
Steve
Quantum Theory: The branch of science with which people who know absolutely sod all about quantum theory can explain anything.
Quantum Theory: The branch of science with which people who know absolutely sod all about quantum theory can explain anything.
Re: Oxymorons
lewist wrote:In a local chemists - We prosecute all shoplifters.
Work it out!
Ah, impossibly inclusive!
"Look forward; yesterday was a lesson, if you did not learn from it you wasted it."
Me, 2015
Me, 2015
Re: Oxymorons
maybe it is a statement of intent rather than of actuality. No wonder the Bible (a bit longer than Boots' statement) is so hard to interpretTetenterre wrote:I assumed that it was that Boots cannot possibly prosecute all shoplifters; how, for example, do they prosecute either (a) those they don't catch or (b) those who shoplift from, say, Prada (if there is one) in Ulan Bator?
Re: Oxymorons
sad humor
Laugh often/love much;leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child,a garden patch,or a redeemed social condition;play w/enthusiasm & sing w/exultation;know even 1 life has breathed easier because you lived. This is success.B.A.Stanley
Re: Oxymorons
Perhaps an oxymoron is a stupid person from Oxford Yewniversity