"Keith Gable" <ziggy@ignition-project.com----.sco.com> wrote in message 
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> David Schwartz wrote:

>>     This is one of those statements that, if you say it, it's 
>> automatically true. It's like, "I heard a rumor that ....".
>>
>>     DS

> Well, of course you'd say that, Mr. Developer Dude ;) It's okay, I do the 
> same thing:

    No, it really is automatically true if you say it. If McDonald's says, 
"we boast the greasiest burgers in the business", then it's true that they 
boast that. It's exactly like, "I heard a rumor that...". If you say you 
heard a rumor, then there's a rumor.

    DS