True or False: "If you'd've gone up like you came down,

[darkstar]

you could have come down like you went up."

edit: spelling

[ChiefHappyButt]

1. I ain't no digestive system!

yet.

[jayfish]

2. False.

You would have come down like you went up. The distinction being would not could.

Jay

[ChiefHappyButt]

3. woodchucks chuck a lot of wood

because others know they could does not change things.

yes?

[jayfish]

6. Is Your Punctuation Correct?

Is that to be read as a single sentence? Am I drooling?

Jay

[darkstar]

4. Umm...

This has driven me to the point of distraction. I almost can't even digest your answer. The word "would" is hidden in the contraction, and "would" is hypothetical vs. the concrete of the "could"? That's what you're getting at?

[jayfish]

5. If You Went Up The Same Way You Came Down...

then you would have to come down the same way you went up. I think that the concrete is "would" not "could". "would" being in the past tense and "could" being hypothetical. I also think it has something to do with what the definition of "if" is :crazy:... I think. My head hurts now.

Jay

[darkstar]

7. Sorry 'bout the headache

Not sure of the punctuation. It's from the song "Never Gonna End" by Tranquility Bass. My wife and I always thought it was funny--an announcer repeats it over and over--but just sat down to puzzle it out last night. It's a bender....

[jayfish]

8. Just Kidding About The Ache.

It did take me about 10 minutes to figure out how to explain myself though (and I'm not sure that was even correct). The punctuation ? was for the Chief.

Jay