
06-Jul-2005, 17:05
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Re: if the economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion Quote: |
Originally Posted by flcracker "End to end" would indicate laying them down, one foot touching the next one's head.
You could lay them down "end to end" and make a line from Hong Kong to Bejing, this a "conclusion" as you have a purpose. The statement is most used to demonstrate a quantity, but in this case is irony, in that economist would "never reach a conclusion" no matter what you did with them!  | And the total length would be very long, but the conclusion would always be too far away to reach. |