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Orac: The idiosyncratic syntax of riddles interests me. They seem to depend for their effect on solecisms and grammatical discrepancies.Vila: [totally confused] Eh?Orac: Do you have another riddle for me to analyze?Vila: You'd only spoil it.Orac: I thought you liked riddles.Vila: I do when I'm allowed to tell them properly. All you're interested in is the idiotic tintax or something.Orac: That's very clever.Vila: What is?Orac: For idiosyncratic syntax you substituted idiotic tintax. Yes, very good.Vila: [brightening] Is it?Orac: Another one, please.Vila: Right. What's the best cure for water on the brain?Orac: I don't know. What is the best cure for water on the brain?Vila: A tap on the head.Orac: A tap on the head. Yes, I see. In this instance the word tap has a double meaning, as in to strike something and as a device for controlling the release of fluid from a tank or pipe. The fluid referred to is water, therefore, tap on the head has two ambivalent meanings, one pertaining to the striking of the cranium...[Vila grabs his head in frustration]

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