50wordstories.ca » decisive https://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Ultimate Argument https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=26 https://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=26#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:00:16 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=26 “Yes!”

“No.”

“Yes.”

“No!”

“Yes…”

“No.”

“Yes.”

“No!”

“Yes.”

“No.”

“Yes!”

“No!”

“YES!”

“NO!”

She wouldn’t admit she was wrong.

We’d been arguing for over an hour.

Clearly, “No” was the more decisive answer to any question. It’s shorter than “Yes,” and it can’t lead to much else, unlike “Yes”.

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