Friday, October 30, 2015

Questions that need to be answered

Brother Bob sent me an email in 1997 that asked a series of questions.  I have e found the original set of questions attributed to the late George Carlin on quotationspage.com as follows:
"If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?"  

Then I discovered a more expansive listing on izquotes.com:

Source/Notes:
As quoted in: "The new teacher's almanack: practical ideas for every day of the school year" (1980), by Dana Newmann, p. 306. Sometimes attributed to George Carlin.

Bob's full list -- 

If lawyers are disbarred and ministers are defrocked, then are
Cowboys deranged?
Song leaders disbanded?
Song writers decomposed?
Cobblers defeated?
Paralegals debriefed?
Dry cleaners depressed?
Soft drink bottlers depopulated?
Hitchhikers derided?
Twins despaired?
Pirates dispatched?
James Bond despised?
Students detested?
Railroad conductors detracted?
Plumbers dethroned?
Models deposed?
Orchard owners depicted?
Castle owners demoted?
Teachers declassified?
Organ donors delivered?
Electricians delighted?
Phobics defrayed?
Card sharks deduced?
Furnace installers deducted?
Manic depressives decried?
Fishermen debated?

All I know is that I am now unlisted.

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