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A sign in the daycare room at the local Y

02.18.2010 by David Murray // 2 Comments

"Ask before doing anything."

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  1. Rueben says

    February 18, 2010 at 11:04 am

    In theory, wouldn’t the act of asking be considered doing something. Therefore, I would need to ask if it’s okay for me to ask to do something. And since I can’t do that, I can’t do anything. Which would make we want to leave. But then leaving would be doing something, and I’d need to ask and…
    well, then I’m a five-year-old stuck in hell.

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  2. David Murray says

    February 18, 2010 at 1:14 pm

    Granted, Rueben, it is a toughie.
    (I enjoy imagining what unthinkable crime one kid committed–stealing an airplane and flying it into an office building perhaps?–that exasperated a downtrodden Y worker to post the Universal Ask.)

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