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« Last Edit: November 09, 2024, 01:55:55 pm by Hippocrates »
There are known knowns which, had we known, we would never have wished to know. It is known that this also applies to the known unknowns. However, when one attends a hearing, Mr Rumsfeld's idea that there are also unknown unknowns fails to apply because, anyone who is in the know, knows that unknown unknowns are purely a deception otherwise known as an aleatory experience or also known as a lottery. I know that I know this to be a fact and, in this knowledge, I know that I am fully prepared to present my case but, paradoxically, in full knowledge that the unknown unknowns may well apply.
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ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι ε

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Re: Lost in translation: good job I left The Valleys years ago.
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2024, 05:11:23 pm »
Relevance of a 16 year old article?
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Re: Lost in translation: good job I left The Valleys years ago.
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2024, 10:29:35 pm »
It reminds me of the Monty Python "foreign phrase book" sketch, when the foreign tourist asks a passer-by something like "pleazze foendal mai buttoks cheeky cheeky"and passer-by replies "down to the traffic lights, first on the left and it's on the right".

Very funny.
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