- By Jim Evans
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SMART TALK by Dr. Shirley Glibb
SAFE HAVEN: When we're treating particularly afflicted but intelligent redundancy patients at the Institute for the Linguistically Impaired, sometimes we use a simple two-step protocol.
First (not firstly), we have them look up the word a dictionary. Haven, for instance, means "harbor, port; a place of safety; refuge."
Second (not secondly), we appeal to the patient's intelligence and ask how, given that definition, one could logically say "dangerous haven," if a haven is always a safe place.
The bright ones get it. Not only do they simple use haven, but they also go forth from the Institute challenging their friends with sarcastic alternatives such as "as opposed to dangerous haven?" and "as opposed to impersonal feelings?"
Thus the world becomes a better place.
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