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Semantics

A: “Hello? Oh, really? Good, good… Okay, thanks. “

B: “Who was that?”

A: “Nobody.”

B: ”... No, that had to be somebody.”

A: “Indeed.”

B: ”... Then who was it?”

A: “I just said, it was nobody.”

B: “But it can’t be nobody if it’s somebody!”

A: “Well, nobody is still somebody, it just doesn’t mean that he’s anybody.”

B: “What?”

A: “Exactly.”

B: “No, explain that!”

A: “Fine. He’s nobody, but he’s not just anybody, which means that he can’t be everybody, and therefore must be somebody. However, even in being somebody, he is nobody. So why you would care why this somebody who is nobody might be anybody, I don’t know, but you shouldn’t.”

B: ”... I hate you.”

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