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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 Restal: [totally confused] Eh?Orac: Do you have another riddle for me to analyze?Vila Restal: You'd only spoil it.Orac: I thought you liked riddles.Vila Restal: I do when I'm allowed to tell them properly. All you're interested in is the idiotic tin tax or something.Orac: That's very clever.Vila Restal: What is?Orac: For "idiosyncratic syntax" you substituted "idiotic tin tax". Yes, very good.Vila Restal: [brightening] Is it?Orac: Another one, please.Vila Restal: 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 Restal: 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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