Home Journalism Venning's Law Of Questions January 23, 2021 Venning’s Law Of Questions Author Tim Worstall Comments 4 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Email Print “The correct answer to any question which contains the word “surely” is no.” John Venning, formerly of Downside, latterly St. Paul’s. Tweet SUPPORT US WITH A SUBSCRIPTION? Previous articleSpot The Error From Aditya ChakraborttyNext articleOxfam’s Whining About Inequality Again You may also like Journalism So, Revera Dodges Taxes, Does It? Tim Worstall - February 25, 2021 3 Another one of the tax justice groupuscules wishes to tell us that Revera - a manager of care homes - dodges UK taxation. As we'd... Read more Journalism Ghastly Stupidity About Live Animal Exports Tim Worstall - January 27, 2021 4 Oh come on people, this is just stupid: New analysis suggests the EU could be responsible for up to 80% of the global trade in... Read more Journalism Nick Clegg Is Not Well Informed About Journalism Tim Worstall - January 26, 2021 8 As we know Nick Clegg is paid $1 million a year and up - depends upon his stock awards - to shill for Facebook.... Read more 4 COMMENTS Surely that’s wrong? Reply And don’t call me Shirley. Reply Surely that is correct. Reply I’d surely be right to use that word in all my comments in future. Reply LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here You have entered an incorrect email address! Please enter your email address here Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. expunct in British Englishexpunct (ɪkˈspʌŋkt)VERB (transitive)1. to delete or erase; blot out; obliterate2. to wipe out or destroy Support Us Recent posts To Introduce Environmentalists To Political Reality Environment Tim Worstall - February 26, 2021 1 Grist is part of that unthinking - the fat and thick end - of environmentalism. Which is why they ask questions like this: Why won’t... Read more Sperm Counts May Well Be Falling, Yes Feminism Tim Worstall - February 26, 2021 2 A new reason we should all do something - or stop doing some other thing - which is that sperm counts are falling. If... Read more So, Revera Dodges Taxes, Does It? Journalism Tim Worstall - February 25, 2021 3 Another one of the tax justice groupuscules wishes to tell us that Revera - a manager of care homes - dodges UK taxation. As we'd... Read more Free Speech Means The Liberty To Be A Pinhead Civil Liberty Tim Worstall - February 25, 2021 2 The Establishment - whichever one there is at any time - has been determined to beat back the threat of free speech ever since... Read more Just How Stupid Can You Be About British Recovery Bonds? Economics Tim Worstall - February 24, 2021 0 This Starmer idea of British Recovery Bonds. Or, as Richard Murphy is claiming, his idea of stealing everyones' savings. It's possible to wonder at... Read more Recent comments Boganboy on Sperm Counts May Well Be Falling, Yes Boganboy on To Introduce Environmentalists To Political Reality jgh on Sperm Counts May Well Be Falling, Yes Barks on So, Revera Dodges Taxes, Does It? Joshua Graham on So, Revera Dodges Taxes, Does It? jgh on Free Speech Means The Liberty To Be A Pinhead jgh on So, Revera Dodges Taxes, Does It?
Surely that’s wrong?
And don’t call me Shirley.
Surely that is correct.
I’d surely be right to use that word in all my comments in future.