Timeline for "leave immediately, sooner if possible"
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| Oct 17, 2018 at 4:04 | comment | added | Arm the good guys in America | You should provide a link to the script and quote more lines of the script. The more work you put into a question, the more work people are likely to put into their answers. Knowing this show as I do, I would guess that this is not someone telling a "joke" in order to make someone laugh. It is using language in a way to express how soon they want the person to leave: (1) immediately (2) sooner than immediately of possible. Obviously one can't leave sooner than immediately, but this "illogical" use of language stresses how quickly the speaker wants the other person to leave. | |
| Oct 9, 2018 at 3:45 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 8, 2018 at 21:10 | comment | added | k1eran | I think this joke is well known & well understood. It appears in may books. When I google for immediately, sooner if possible in Books I get 30+ occurrences. | |
| Oct 8, 2018 at 20:58 | answer | added | Ricky | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 8, 2018 at 20:57 | comment | added | Mike Harris | It's a joke (you can't leave sooner than immediately). I've not seen the show you reference, but I assume it's intended to convey a sense of urgency. | |
| Oct 8, 2018 at 20:50 | history | asked | GJC | CC BY-SA 4.0 |