I was walking across campus with a friend and we came upon half a dozen theoretical linguists committing unprovoked physical assault on a defenseless prescripti

I was walking across campus with a friend and we came upon half a dozen theoretical linguists committing unprovoked physical assault on a defenseless prescriptivist. My friend was shocked. She said: "Aren't you going to help?" I said, "No; six should be enough." (copypasted from http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002938.html http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002938.h...)