Wikipedia:How many legs does a horse have?
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My uncle once said, "Boy, do you see that horse?"
- Yessir.
"How many legs does that horse have?"
- Four.
"Now what if I say that a horse's tail is a leg, too?"
- Uh...
"If I call a horse's tail a leg, how many legs does that horse have?"
- Five?
"Boy, will you never learn? It doesn't matter what you call something. That horse still has four legs."
Sometimes when confronted with a difficult challenge we reply, That's not true! We say, That's not a (vanity page)/(rant)/(personal attack)/(tail); that's a (noteworthy article)/(discussion)/(polite comment)/(leg). But this changes nothing.
It's never enough to reply to a comment by saying You're wrong! That's not true! If it really is a leg, then show us how.
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[edit] Examples of horseshit
[edit] Proof that a horse has, in fact, an infinite number of legs
- A horse has four legs
- It has forelegs at the front
- It has two legs at the rear
- Four plus two is six, it has six legs
- Six is an odd number of legs for a horse
- Four is an even number
- The only number which is both even and odd is infinity
- Therefore: a horse has an infinite number of legs
This is just as false as calling the tail a leg...
[edit] The longer you count, the more legs a horse has
- A horse has four legs
- It has two forelegs at the front and two hind legs in the back. This makes it 8.
- It has two legs on the left side and two legs on the right side. This totals 12.
- It also has four perfectly visible legs from the below. Now we have 16 of them.
- And we even didn't start counting legs on each corner!
When arguing, make sure you add really new legs to your stand.
[edit] References
Frankfurt, Harry G. (January 10, 2005). On Bullshit (in English). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691122946.
