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Re: more on adjectives

From:SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY <smithma@...>
Date:Thursday, September 6, 2001, 22:55
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, David Peterson wrote:

> In a message dated 9/6/01 2:29:44 PM, ira@REMPT.XS4ALL.NL writes: > > << Yes, but that's a [(one-eyed one-horned flying) ({purple people} > eater)]: it has one eye and one horn, it flies, and it eats purple > people. > >> > > No... The thing that flies and has one horn IS purple, it doesn't eat > "purple people". I remember seeing some sort of a video in elementary school > where those things were definitely purple, and they were eating normal people.
One of the verses is: " I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line He said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fine But that's not the reason that I came to land I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band " Seems clear that it eats purple people. There is no reference in the song about whether the purple people fly or not. However, another line does say "Well he came down to earth and lit in a tree." Sounds like he is the one flying. Marcus