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Show Reply That Should Answer Multitude of Questions During a question period following follow-ing a lecture, a man arose and put a foolish query to the speaker. speak-er. The latter replied: "The logic of your question makes me think of another. Can you tell me why fire engines are always red? You can't? Well, fire-engines have four wheels and eight men. . Four and. eight are twelve. . Twelve inches make a foot. A foot is a ruler. Queen Elizabeth was a ruler. The Queen Elizabeth is the largest ship that sails the seven seas. Seas have fish. Fish have fins. The Finns fight the Russians. The Russians are red. Fire-engines are always rushin'. Therefore, fire-engines are always red. "I hope this answers your question ques-tion also." |