Errors

ERRORS


Popes are infallible.
God inspired  Pope Urban VIII to say that Galileo was in error.
The idea is infantile, unintelligible.
Either God was wrong,  or Urb’s inspiration was not from God’s furor,
Or are Popes  not  infallible?


Gasoline is inflammable and  volatile.
If we throw a match into the gastank  this is an error.
The idea is unintelligible, infantile 
Either the match is to blame, or the idea is somebody else’s terror, 
Or is gasoline  not inflammable and volatile?


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NOTE

“Inflammable”   is UK  English for “flammable”   in  US   English.
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Mehta Avatar
June 29, 2011 at 12:47 PM
What deep and meaningful expression with sarcastic humor, Sydney
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