Note: these italics mark, as probably should be required by law, that we have made the
transition from an imaginable example into The Philosophy Zone.
Background Music by Johnny Cash.
Marty: I've a serious case of the munchies--Are there any sweets in the house?
Dolly: Look in the freezer--there may be some ice cream left.
[pause while Marty goes to kitchen, comes back looking crestfallen]
D: Did you find any ice cream?
M: I looked, but there's nothing there.
Note: these italics mark, as probably should be required by law, that we have made the
transition from an imaginable example into The Philosophy Zone.
Socrates: Really?? Is it still there?
M: Eh?
S: Nothing. Is nothing still in the freezer?
M: Eh?
S: You said you looked in the freezer and nothing was there. Is it still there?
M: Eh?
S: Marty. Look at me. It's a simple question. Is there still nothing in the freezer?
M: What are you talking about?
S: Nothing.
M: That's what it sounded like to me.
S: No, no. I'm trying to figure out what nothing is. You apparently located it.
--The Hell with it. I'll look myself.
[pause while Socrates goes to the fridge, returns looking crestfallen]
M: So, old man, how'd that go?
S: There's ice cubes in there. It's like a little cave. I've been working on this for years, and I'm pretty sure, despite Robert Frost, that nothing is not ice.
M: Eh?
S: Don't start.
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