[lit-ideas] Re: "Bleach smells like bleach"
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:42:20 EST
In a message dated 2/7/2005 1:12:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, pas@xxxxxxxx
writes:
actually 'calcium
hypochlorite' which is used as a more stable solid form (like swimming pool
tablets/pucks) of chlorination chemicals and doesn't actually smell "like
bleach", but more like chlorine and so... you are right, in your case,
"bleach (your bleach) smells like bleach (our bleach)" is inchoherent and
in fact, wrong.
OTOH, cf.
Dr Dave's Blog » If it smells like bleachâ?¦ donâ??t drink it.
... If it smells like bleachâ?¦ donâ??t drink it. ...
unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/
2004/10/24/if-it-smells-like-bleach-dont-drink-it/
If it smells like bleach, don't drink it. It may _be_ bleach.
"Million dollar baby", talking of conditionals, has a few good lines of
'interrupted conditionals', where:
Frankie: If ...
Maggie Fitzgerald [provides apodosis]
twice, but that's another story.
Cheers,
JL
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