(idea) by Flinch Mon Jul 02 2001 at 23:42:55

When water chokes you, what can you wash it down with?

Sorry, this is not a Zen koan. It is a proverb of Greek origin.

Although it is cited by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics (VII., 2), use of this phrase in ordinary conversation will immediately brand you as a smart aleck.

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