Reductio ad absurdum of question or proposal

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Reductio ad absurdum of question or proposal.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Reductio ad absurdum of question or proposal. · view the constellation · filed as J1290

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Question answered by absurd counterquestion Tide inquires whether moon is up. Minnow seeing absurdity of question (since tide could not be up without the moon) tells the tide to wait till he gets a drink and he will tell Reductio ad absurdum of proposal

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