Paradoxical Slogan

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From: Peter Reintjes
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:28

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I saw the following slogan on the side of an oil
truck today. I thought I would put it to this group
to classify it for me.

   Young Oil Company  "We Deliver more than we Promise"

If you interpret their slogan as some sort of
a promise. Is the statement:  true,  false,  an
example of the 'Liars Paradox',  a type error, or what?

Actually,  I posted this more for amusment than anything.
I'm not trying to apply logic to the field of advertising.

                - Peter Reintjes  pbr@quine.sofla.ingr.com

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!infonode!reintjes
From: reintjes@infonode.ingr.com (Peter Reintjes)
Subject: Paradoxical Slogan
Message-ID: <1992Nov18.012832.158@infonode.ingr.com>
Keywords: paradox liars
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:28:32 GMT
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