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Five "and"s in a row
Inkwash Started conversation Nov 23, 2000
A painter had painted a sign for the pub called "The Dog and Ducks", but when painting the name he hadn't left enough space between 'Dog' and 'and' and 'and' and 'Ducks'.
Five "and"s in a row
Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat Posted Mar 20, 2001
There should be "between" between the third and fourth "ands".
Sorry to be a pedant, but that's my nature (
Ann Robinson-style).
Five "and"s in a row
Is mise Duncan Posted Mar 20, 2001
When explaining that boolean logic is sometimes reversable, the teacher quoted the similarity of NOT (OR and AND) and AND and (NOT OR).
(OK - it's gibberish, but there's a lot of Ands in it)
Quick joke:
Q:How many logic gates does it take to change a lightbulb?
A:Many ANDs make light work 
Five "and"s in a row
Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat Posted Mar 21, 2001
*screams in bemusement*
Does that actually make any sense whatsoever? Oh well.
Is there a Lightbulb Joke competition (like the Haiku Challenge)?
Five "and"s in a row
Spiff Posted Sep 20, 2001
As a fellow pedant, I can't agree that the word "between" is necessary between the "ands".
The situation is correctly described, and an observer can reasonably state that, "There should be spaces between "The Dog" and "and" and "and" and "Duck".
Five "and"s in a row
Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat Posted Sep 21, 2001
Er... I meant that *strictly speaking*, there should be another 'between'.
All this pedantry is really starting to spoil the joke.
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Five "and"s in a row
- 1: Inkwash (Nov 23, 2000)
- 2: Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat (Mar 20, 2001)
- 3: Is mise Duncan (Mar 20, 2001)
- 4: Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat (Mar 21, 2001)
- 5: Spiff (Sep 20, 2001)
- 6: Pete, never to have a time-specific nick again (Keeper of Disambiguating Semicolons) - Born in the Year of the Lab Rat (Sep 21, 2001)
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