Golfing around
A man, caught in his own lie about an affair, finds his alibi of working late debunked by his wife's keen observation of his grass-stained shoes. Meanwhile, an MIT linguistics professor's assertion about double positives is humorously challenged b...

'Where have you been?' demanded his wife when he entered the house. 'Darling,' replied the man, 'I can't lie to you. I've been having an affair with my secretary. I fell asleep in her bed and didn't wake up until eight o'clock.'
The wife glanced down at his shoes and said, 'You liar! You've been playing golf!'
Definitely Maybe
An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. 'In English,' he said, 'a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn't a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative.'
A voice from the back of the room said, 'Yeah, right.'
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