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Thread #156742   Message #3695546
Posted By: Joe_F
20-Mar-15 - 01:26 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Untrue sayings
Subject: RE: Folklore: Untrue sayings
There are also sayings that are not false, but "vacuously true" (as logicians say): true only because they include an impossible condition:

If you put salt on a bird's tail, it cannot fly away.
If you kiss the very tip of your elbow, you will change sex.