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To: general_re
Obviously a "square circle" is something that is simultaneously both a square and a circle.

That statement is irrational, absurd, and meaningless, meaning that we've come to the end of the road.

913 posted on 05/24/2002 11:22:18 AM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: Aquinasfan
That statement is irrational, absurd, and meaningless, meaning that we've come to the end of the road.

Ah. Luckily for me, it wasn't my idea in the first place:

To: general_re

square (skwâr) n. 1. A plane figure having four equal sides.

cir·cle (sûrkl) n. 1. A plane curve everywhere equidistant from a given fixed point, the center.

Now tell me how a thing can simultaneously be both a square and a circle.

Your parlor games are getting boring.

808 posted on 5/23/02 3:19 PM Eastern by Aquinasfan
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You didn't really need me for this conversation, did you?

914 posted on 05/24/2002 11:26:29 AM PDT by general_re
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