The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59418   Message #1696920
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
18-Mar-06 - 10:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
I don't have what Rapaire has, which is what Stilly had.

I have squat.

Having squat is worse than having nothing. You see, if you have nothing and then get rid of it, you don't have nothing, which is a double negative and, hence, a positive. If you don't have nothing* then it follows that you must have something. But, if you have squat and get rid of it, it makes no difference because having squat and not having squat are the same thing.


* "Don't have nothing" should not be confused with "don't got nothing" which is an important lyrical component of many blues songs.