# Silly Syllogisms

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**Created:** [May 3, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-syllogisms/657433 "2013-05-03T18:16:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-syllogisms/657433/1 "2013-05-03T18:16:38Z")

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For no good reason I can remember offhand, the other night I had occasion to use this old thing

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4955169&postcount=36](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4955169&postcount=36)

> [@](#):
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> #36 06-11-2004, 10:52 AM  
> zamboniracer  
> Charter Member Join Date: Aug 2003  
> Location: Above the Uecker seats.  
> Posts: 4,450
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> RIP Ray. You will be sorely missed.
> 
> Back in high school logic class the teacher used this as an example of a flawed syllogism:
> 
> 1. God is love.
> 2. Love is blind.
> 3. Therefore, Ray Charles is God.
> 
> To this day I can’t find the flaw in this argument.

It felt like an opportunity to try for other such nonsense.

Know any?

Want to make some up?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-syllogisms/657433/2 "2013-05-03T18:20:28Z")

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War is hell. (Wm. Tecumseh Sherman)  
Hell is other people. (Jean-Paul Sartre)  
Therefore, haters gonna hate!

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-syllogisms/657433/3 "2013-05-03T18:34:48Z")

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Nothing is better than eternal bliss.  
A ham sandwich is better than nothing.  
Therefor, a ham sandwich is better than eternal bliss.