This rests on the peculiarity of (American ?) English
that it uses 'positive' in the sense of certain or
sure. I don't know of any other language that use
positive in this sense.
O.K.
--- Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Two atoms are walking down the street. One says,
"Uh oh, I've lost an
electron." The other says, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm positive."
Mike Geary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ursula Stange" <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:24 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Tuesday Joke
> Two atoms walking down the street.
> One says, "I've lost an electron."
> The other says, "Are you positive?"
>
> (or am I missing something?)
>
> Simon Ward wrote:
>> Two atoms walking down the street.
>> One loses an electron.
>> The other says: "You're positive."
>> [I thankyou]
>
>
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