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Re: New Brain Teaser (answer)
Posted By: Wolfspirit, on host 206.47.244.94
Date: Saturday, February 10, 2001, at 20:45:25
In Reply To: Re: New Brain Teaser (answer) posted by Faux Pas on Monday, February 5, 2001, at 06:11:36:

> > > > "It is hereby understood that you are commanded to not catch a quality of being friendly or pleasant."
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> Answer:
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> That's the name of Sandra Bullock's latest movie, _Miss Congeniality_.
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> The subject of the sentence "Miss congeniality." is you understood. Therefore, the "It is hereby understood that you are commanded" part simplifies to "You will" as in "You will sign here." That sentence is equivalent to "Sign here."
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> To miss something is "to not catch" it.
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> Congeniality is defined as "a quality of being friendly or pleasant".
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> -Faux "" Pas

Did no one tell you that this rather slippery and underhanded little bit of Miss-direction was Most Noncongenial of you? :-)

Wolf "hereby understood that I'm now a week behind in reading the Forum" spirit