On 7/23/2010 8:35 AM willshak spake thus:

David Nebenzahl wrote the following:

On 7/22/2010 11:46 AM willshak spake thus:

David Nebenzahl wrote the following:

It's like Bullwinkle J. Moose so famously said years ago:

"Military intelligence? Duh ... isn't that a contradiction in terms?"

(Yes, he really did say that.)

An oxymoron

Well, according to
http://sharetv.org/shows/the_rocky_a...le_show/quotes, here's
what was said:

Rocky: Hey, what's the meaning of this?
Agent: Military intelligence. That phrase mean anything to you?
Rocky: It sounds like a contradiction of terms.

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that the quote was wrong, I was just
adding another definition.

Well, I guess I was wrong too: I always remembered that line being
spoken by Bullwinkle. Oh, well, it was a long time ago.

And yes, oxymoron (literally "sharp-stupid") is an excellent synonym.


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