Infallible Logic

[oloriel]

A conversation that Felix had with me just now:

Felix: Der Erfolg ist das Ergebnis. ("Success is the result.")
Moi: .......?!
Felix: Das hat die Ziege gesagt! ("That's what the goat said!")
Moi: Die Ziege? Kann die Ziege denn sprechen? ("The goat? The goat can talk?")
Felix: Dafür hat die Ziege ja einen Mund! ("That's why the goat has a mouth!")

... Of course.
Seriously, I have no clue where that came from. Every explanation I can come up with is terribly constructed. For instance, Ziege is not only the German word for goat, but also used as an insult for a "bleating" woman, but it's not particularly likely he picked that up since we really only use the dialectal version, Zicke (short i, hard k as opposed to long i, soft g), if at all. It's really more likely that he means one of the actual goats who live up the street, but I very much doubt they bleat business manager formulae!
I wonder whether it's something he dreamed?

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[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Even without Legend of Korra, it was kind of creepy. Two-year-olds shouldn't sound like motivational trainers or managers! XD