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I picked this up because I have a Google alert for Old Blue and Christ's Hospital. It occasionally gives me early warning of matters useful for the OBM.
If you magnify the photo you will be even more amazed that he got the spelling incorrect.
I certainly do remember Miss Mercer's Logic lessons. I've forgotten what those little triplets were called ..some of them were tautologies ?? After the whole class got grade A for logic at "O" level didn't you continue on and do A level ? I tried but it was too hard.
Syllogisms. Miss Mercer taught O level logic to the lower sixth, who took the exam after one year. I don't remember whether it was optional or whether the whole year did it. Our year was the first where some of us did A level instead - we all passed. D.R. didn't really approve - I think she thought we were showing off. I certainly was.
I wish I'd kept my notes - the only thing I really remember is the syllogisms. I think the poor penguin has fallen into the fallacy of an undistributed middle term.
I didn't do Logic, not quite sure why but possibly because I was doing three sciences and with all the lab time there was just no space.
"If a man speaks, and there isn't a woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
I clicked on the evangelist and just wept with laughter.
"Baldrick, you wouldn't recognise a cunning plan if it painted itself purple, and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing "Cunning plans are here again.""
Maggie - after I'd posted this I was worried you might be offended - being a woman of good taste, etc...
I was slightly confused that the Reverend was determined to continue - erm - standing up, when it had been made plain six times that a real Godfearing man doesn't ...
"Baldrick, you wouldn't recognise a cunning plan if it painted itself purple, and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing "Cunning plans are here again.""
