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minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoTime flies like an arrow Fruit flies like a banana
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoWait is that second line “Fruit … flies like a banana” (parabola), or"Fruit flies … like a banana" (insects)?
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThat’s basically the joke, these sentences look very similar but the structure is very different. And you can even force both reading on both sentences. There isn’t much I know about time flies but apparently they prefer arrows.
Time flies like an arrow
Fruit flies like a banana
Wait is that second line “Fruit … flies like a banana” (parabola), or"Fruit flies … like a banana" (insects)?
That’s basically the joke, these sentences look very similar but the structure is very different. And you can even force both reading on both sentences. There isn’t much I know about time flies but apparently they prefer arrows.