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Brondesbury Fox
Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
"Time Fly's Like an Arrow. Fruit Flies Like A Bannana." What are you on about? The whole reason it's funny is that the word is flies in both sentences. Colin McKenzie .... whose fruit flies also like peppermints, chocolate, and jam. |
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Brondesbury Fox
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McKenzie writes Edward Cowling London UK wrote: "Time Fly's Like an Arrow. Fruit Flies Like A Bannana." What are you on about? The whole reason it's funny is that the word is flies in both sentences. Just goes to show your Mum was wrong. You can read and you can concentrate on something for more than 5 seconds :-) Get rd of the awful rash and there's hope for you yet. -- Edward Cowling "Time Fly's Like an Arrow. Fruit Flies Like A Bannana." |
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Brondesbury Fox
Colin McKenzie wrote Edward Cowling London UK wrote: "Time Fly's Like an Arrow. Fruit Flies Like A Bannana." What are you on about? The whole reason it's funny is that the word is flies in both sentences. Indeed. But the sentence is not only a funny but also a demonstration that for language understanding and translation some world or encyclopedia knowledge is needed since the reader has to know that "fruit flies" exist but "time flies" don't. Correcting the errors :- || "Time flies like an arrow. || Fruit flies like a banana." -- Mike D |
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