'an argument is a connected serious of statements intended to establish a proposition..'

'no it isn't'

'yes it is. it's not just contradiction'

'look, if i argue with you, i must take up a contrary position'

'yes, but that's not just saying 'no it isn't'

'yes it is'

'no it isn't. an argument is an intellectual process. contradiction is just the automatic nay-saying of any statement the other person makes.'

'no it isn't..'

'yes it is'

'not at all.'

'now look! - '

*ring!*  'good morning.'

or

'gruyere? stilton? mont bleu? danish bimbo? venezuelan beaver cheese? (shut that bloody bazouki up!)'

(although, heavens no, i'm one who delights in all manisfestations of the Percylean muse..!)

classic. i've been wearing out the 'worst of' 2 disc set lately, educating a young lass in the ways of Divine Silliness. but i still pop my pimples at you and call your door-opening request a silly thing, you tiny-brained wiper of other peoples' bottoms!

:)