The constellation
J2062 Foolish illustration of argument
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The same sky, in words
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- Absurd plans. Air-castles · J2060 entry
beneath it
- Which way the sheep shall return. One man plans to buy sheep; another says that he shall not drive them across the bridge. They quarrel over the sheep, which have not yet been acquired. A third numskull to convince them of their foolishness pours all his meal out in the water so as to show them the empty sack. "How much meal is in the sack?" he asks. "None." "There is just that much wit in your heads." · J2062.1 entry
- Foolish logician upsets ghee in argument. "Does the ghee protect the saucer, or the saucer the ghee?" · J2062.2 entry
- How was the town burned? · J2062.3 entry
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