If you are lucky enough to look under 18 you will have to prove it. (Sign in a shop selling alcohol) |
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Added: June 2004 |
Comments:
| MrTrilby - 1st February 2006 12:21
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| The sentence is asking you to prove that you're lucky enough to look under 18. That's illogical! (Especially as what they want proof of is that you are *over* 18 anyway!)
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| RonBee - 25th November 2006 06:14
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| My impression is that if you are lucky enough that you look like you are under 18 that you will have to prove that you look like you are under 18. Too much beer can lead people to come up with totally illogical sentences.
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| virve - 16th January 2007 11:08
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| Nicely put, anyway, but unfortunately the idea goes astray.
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| Stryfe - 9th February 2007 00:31
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| To me, "logical sentence" refers to the grammar, which is fine, despite a missing not-so-important comma. The idea behind the sentence, however, is loopy, if not illogical.
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| Dan - 7th July 2007 08:47
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| Like Ron and Mr. Trilby said, you can simply add a dis- in front of "prove" to make the sentence logical.
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| karinchik - 22nd July 2007 21:48
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| I saw it in TESCO!
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| RonBee - 9th February 2008 22:15
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Not really logical, because ID is required to prove a person is of legal age not to prove a person isn't of legal age. It is an interesting sign though, and perhaps humor is intended.
~R
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| ladybird987 - 20th July 2008 18:12
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| To me, it's clear. If you are lucky to be over 18 and still to look under 18, you will have to prove that you are over 18, for it's taken for granted that if you look under 18, you are under 18.
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| Blind_Poetics - 22nd July 2008 22:22
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| I've seen this sign in a ABC store window. TOTALLY ILLOGICAL!
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