Traveller: "Excuse me sir, could you tell me the way to Dublin?" Irishman: "Well, I wouldn't start from here, m'laddie." In Georgia, the story's a tad different: Lost driver to farmer met on a dirt road somewhere in the boondoks: "Excuse me sir, could you tell me how I could get back to the I-95?" Farmer (chewing thoughtfully on his pipe): "Well, you cyan't gyet dare from heere." Stories told by Walter in the course of teaching Education students something of the nature of validly drawn conclusions in argument. Walter: "So you see, you can't get to the conclusion given the evidence provided in the premises. The inference is invalid." Brittany: But Megan did! She just said so. Walter: Well, yes, but Megan is different ... Procrastinating in the face of a pile of students' drafts on a 75 degree afternoon in the east end of St. John's, NewfoundLAND. Summer teaching - god love it. Still no polar bears. But rumours of icebergs galore! Cheers, Walter Quoting Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > --- On Fri, 8/7/11, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > "Did your mother come from Ireland? > 'Cos there's something in you Irish" > > >Cohen was born in Leeds. > > The song and fact reminds me of the blue, misty hills of Tyree: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjukQapSD0k&feature=related > > D ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html