Thursday, February 21, 2008

Two States (as in conditions)

Dilbert Blog by Scott Adams
February 06, 2008 in General Nonsense | Permalink | Comments (244)
and Andy Hanson

Scott Adams:
“Humor is often about reducing things to their illogical least common denominator, and the two states [idea] forces you to do that.

“For example, I know a few people who switch exclusively between two states:
1. Talking
2. Too busy to listen

“Pick any person, or any situation, or any group . . . and see how easy it is to be funny with the ‘two states’ setup.”

Andy Hanson:
I know a few Sabbath School Teachers who switch exclusively between two states:
1. Asking a question
2. Supplying the answer

I know a few reviewers who switch exclusively between two states:
1. obsequious
2. insensitive

I eagerly await your humorous “two states” comments. Some suggestions:
I know a few bloggers or vegetarians or preachers, or conference officials, or evangelists or elders, or church members, or theologians, or creationists, or evolutionists, or theologians, or editorial writers, etc. who switch exclusively between two states:
(You get the idea, right?)

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