(13) A man, who has lost money and does not eat pork-chops for supper,
had better take to cab-driving, unless he gets up at 5 a.m.
(14) A gambler, who goes to bed before 4 a.m., need not take to
cab-driving, unless he has a ravenous appetite;
(15) A man with a ravenous appetite, who is depressed though in no
danger of losing, is a gambler.
Univ. "men"; a = earnest; b = eating pork-chops for supper;
c = gamblers; d = getting up at 5; e = having lost money; h = having a
ravenous appetite; k = likely to lose money; l = lively; m = logicians;
n = men who had better take to cab-driving; r = sitting up till 4.
[N.B. In this Problem, clauses, beginning with "though", are
intended to be treated as _essential_ parts of the Propositions
in which they occur, just as if they had begun with "and".]
3.
(1) When the day is fine, I tell Froggy "You're quite the dandy, old
chap!";
(2) Whenever I let Froggy forget that £10 he owes me, and he begins to
strut about like a peacock, his mother declares "He shall _not_ go out
a-wooing!";
(3) Now that Froggy's hair is out of curl, he has put away his gorgeous
waistcoat;
(4) Whenever I go out on the roof to enjoy a quiet cigar, I'm sure to
discover that my purse is empty;
(5) When my tailor calls with his little bill, and I remind Froggy of
that £10 he owes me, he does _not_ grin like a hyæna;
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(6) When it is very hot, the thermometer is high;
(7) When the day is fine, and I'm not in the humour for a cigar, and
Froggy is grinning like a hyæna, I never venture to hint that he's quite
the dandy;
(8) When my tailor calls with his little bill and finds me with an empty
purse, I remind Froggy of that £10 he owes me;
(9) My railway-shares are going up like anything!
(10) When my purse is empty, and when, noticing that Froggy has got his
gorgeous waistcoat on, I venture to remind him of that £10 he owes me,
things are apt to get rather warm;
(11) Now that it looks like rain, and Froggy is grinning like a hyæna, I
can do without my cigar;
(12) When the thermometer is high, you need not trouble yourself to take
an umbrella;
(13) When Froggy has his gorgeous waistcoat on, but is _not_ strutting
about like a peacock, I betake myself to a quiet cigar;
(14) When I tell Froggy that he's quite the dandy, he grins like a
hyæna;
(15) When my purse is tolerably full, and Froggy's hair is one mass of
curls, and when he is _not_ strutting about like a peacock, I go out on
the roof;
(16) When my railway-shares are going up, and when it is chilly and
looks like rain, I have a quiet cigar;
(17) When Froggy's mother lets him go a-wooing, he seems nearly mad with
joy, and puts on a waistcoat that is gorgeous beyond words;
(18) When it is going to rain, and I am having a quiet cigar, and Froggy
is _not_ intending to go a-wooing, you had better take an umbrella;
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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