Reading through the local paper this week I came across the above jewel of Cartesian logic. By falling off the wagon the poor guy was simply complying with .... and not violating .....the court order as stated in the text........ and yet the judge threw him in the slammer anyways !! After all the court order forbad his abstaining from booze and drugs !! Damned if you do , and damned if you don't , I guess !!
an order is an order, no matter what he did.
ReplyDeletethis might be a perfect example of someone that needs to quit, that can't.
perhaps the judge saved the girlfriend from a worse outcome...nice guy eh.
Hey Celeste... the guy surely has a drinking problem to say the least. I was simply chuckling at how the journalist wrote up the first four lines .... the wording I mean..... especially the part " not to abstain ".... lol.
ReplyDeleteWhat a dream for a true boozer...«a court order NOT to abstain from alcohol» LOL
ReplyDeleteBingo and right on , Rebqah..... a court order made in heaven for any blue-blooded respectable boozer !!
ReplyDeleteWhat a hoot!! Poor guy!!
ReplyDeleteThe guy should take this article in to the judge and appeal! He might have a case. lol
ReplyDeleteThe things you can read in the paper... lol
ReplyDeleteI read that 4x and though it didn't make sense, it didn't click as to what it was that was wrong with the wording. thank you for clearing this up for me.
ReplyDeleteSeems to me all he would have had to do is take the blame and admit that he bought it, since the reporter leaves us dangling.
Can this judge make house calls in Ohio?? **LOL**
ReplyDeleteJulie Ann , Mona , Cindy , Celeste and Jim..... thank you for the comments .... The local newspaper here is full of folksy .. downhome language with everyone involved being named.... and believe me there are some very unusual dialogues between the accused and the judge reported in full by journalists... some good , some utterly lousy ! I love reading the details mentioned ..... which usually smell of local sarcasm , etc
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