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Nietzsche declared

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Nietzsche declared

(when he asked for his supper)

That: 'I am famished 

and that is a fact.''

His landlady retorted:

''Until the rent's sorted,

you'll have to make do

with an interpretation

or two

or you-

can get yourself packed!''

 

words and painting T Carroll

reworked

◄ Philosophy made difficult #2

Plausible deniability ►

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Mon 10th Mar 2014 11:49

Tommy, inside your first quotation marks, it will read more accurately if you make the tense present:"I am famished/and that is a fact." It balances the landlady's direct words. Also, IMO, this usage strengthens the humour.

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