Student: Why are you a teacher, Mr. Burke? I mean, you could probably do anything.
Mr. Burke: There isn't anything more important.
Student: He said it's because he has nothing better to do.
Frazz: No, he did not, exactly.
Exact communication is truly important. This three-pronged language of ours can carry different meanings to different people, depending on who says what to whom and what intonation is used.
That actually is what he said. “A crust of bread is better than nothing.” “Nothing is better than true love” therefore, by the transitive property, a crust of bread is better than true love. Sort of like how the prefix in- can mean not or very, as in “invaluable”. Or worse, “inflammable”
Varnes about 10 years ago
There really isn’t anything that’s much better to do….Surgeons, police, and a few others I guess…
tomielm about 10 years ago
Exact communication is truly important. This three-pronged language of ours can carry different meanings to different people, depending on who says what to whom and what intonation is used.
SkyFisher about 10 years ago
That’s ’cuz we only have time to comment.
aurorawanderer about 10 years ago
That actually is what he said. “A crust of bread is better than nothing.” “Nothing is better than true love” therefore, by the transitive property, a crust of bread is better than true love. Sort of like how the prefix in- can mean not or very, as in “invaluable”. Or worse, “inflammable”
tlynnch about 10 years ago
It’s not what you say but how you say it.
Radical-Knight about 10 years ago
Yeah, Selective Hearing, or is that comprehension?