Posted to tcl by colin at Wed Jan 04 01:31:39 GMT 2012view raw

  1. Percy: You know, they do say that the Infanta's eyes are more beautiful than the famous Stone of Galveston.
  2. Edmund: Mm! ... What?
  3. Percy: The famous Stone of Galveston, My Lord.
  4. Edmund: And what's that, exactly?
  5. Percy: Well, it's a famous blue stone, and it comes ... from Galveston.
  6. Edmund: I see. And what about it?
  7. Percy: Well, My Lord, the Infanta's eyes are bluer than it, for a start.
  8. Edmund: I see. And have you ever seen this stone?
  9. Percy: (nods) No, not as such, My Lord, but I know a couple of people who have, and they say it's very very blue indeed.
  10. Edmund: And have these people seen the Infanta's eyes?
  11. Percy: No, I shouldn't think so, My Lord.
  12. Edmund: And neither have you, presumably.
  13. Percy: No, My Lord.
  14. Edmund: So, what you're telling me, Percy, is that something you have never seen is slightly less blue than something else you have never seen.
  15. Percy: (finally begins to grasp) Yes, My Lord.