Or that the Monkees' claim that "We're too busy singing to put anybody down", by slyly jabbing at the band's detractors, *was* in fact putting them down?
Does that strictly follow, though? They could have also sung, "We're too busy singing to being washing dishes", but that wouldn't mean that they would be washing dishes if they weren't singing, would it? On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 12:47 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Did anyone else notice, way back when, that the Beatles' affirmatory-sounding proclamation "There's nothing you can do that can't be done" is actually a tautology?
Or that the Monkees' claim that "We're too busy singing to put anybody down", by slyly jabbing at the band's detractors, *was* in fact putting them down?
Just wondering...
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