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{{g}}Not so much [[celery]] as meatloaf. Objects in the rear-view mirror may appear closer than they are. | {{a|g| | ||
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}}Not so much [[celery]] as meatloaf. Objects in the rear-view mirror may appear closer than they are. | |||
A statement that ought to be so blindingly obvious at any point in time (other than the [[apocalypse]]) that you would really like to think [[lawyer]]s would not expect the [[Chicken licken|sky to fall in on your head]] if you | A statement that ought to be so blindingly obvious at any point in time (other than the [[apocalypse]]) that you would really like to think [[lawyer]]s would not expect the [[Chicken licken|sky to fall in on your head]] if you don’t say it. | ||
And there’s the irony: if the sky ''does'' fall in on your head, because you didn’t say it, then [[Q.E.D.]], the [[rapture]] ''has'' arrived, and past results ''would be'' a guarantee of future performance (since all data would exist, and could be extrapolated) but for the fact there ''is'' no future. | And there’s the irony: if the sky ''does'' fall in on your head, because you didn’t say it, then [[Q.E.D.]], the [[rapture]] ''has'' arrived, and past results ''would be'' a guarantee of future performance (since all data would exist, and could be extrapolated) but for the fact there ''is'' no future. | ||
Oh, lord, this is another one of those {{t|paradox}}es isn’t it. | Oh, lord, this is another one of those {{t|paradox}}es isn’t it. | ||
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Not so much celery as meatloaf. Objects in the rear-view mirror may appear closer than they are.
A statement that ought to be so blindingly obvious at any point in time (other than the apocalypse) that you would really like to think lawyers would not expect the sky to fall in on your head if you don’t say it.
And there’s the irony: if the sky does fall in on your head, because you didn’t say it, then Q.E.D., the rapture has arrived, and past results would be a guarantee of future performance (since all data would exist, and could be extrapolated) but for the fact there is no future.
Oh, lord, this is another one of those paradoxes isn’t it.