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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Attorney General William Barr has just read the classic American novel Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville, and found that the book contains no evidence whatsoever of whales, Barr stated on Tuesday.
The Attorney General issued his statement on the absence of whales in the Melville classic in a two-paragraph book report released to the news media.
Those who read Moby-Dick looking for whales will be sorely disappointed, Barr wrote. There are no whales here.
To illustrate his point, Barr quoted the books first sentence: Call me Ishmael.
As you can clearly see, that sentence does not have a whale in it, Barr wrote.
The Attorney General indicated that he hoped his report would put an end to reckless speculation about the existence of whales in Moby-Dick. Its time to move on, he wrote.
Barr disclosed that, after waiting years to read Moby-Dick, he was able to finish reading it in approximately fifteen minutes.
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/william-barr-reads-moby-dick-finds-no-evidence-of-whales?fbclid=IwAR2JgQqjU6UIqcFZIf8L4Jpr_9P4ptzCTTWiGT1mTAQ6L17lfPiMzyT7LPc
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)But clearly, that can be interpreted to mean that there's no whale.
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)Thanks edbermac
Thanks Andy