Why are Fire Engines are Red?

They have four wheels and eight men;
Four plus eight is twelve;
Twelve inches makes a ruler;
A ruler is Queen Elisabeth
Queen Elisabeth sails the seven seas;
The seven seas have fish;
The fish have fins;
The Finns hate the Russians;
Russians are red;
Fire engines are always rushin’;
So they’re red!


Quoted in chapter 3 logical fallacies of “Exegetical Fallacies” by D.A. Carson

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Eoghan
member,Thurso Baptist Church
Scotland

specialist subject: Creationist Genetics (Bottleneck effect of the Ark)
interests: holiness (practical theology)
member of Biblical Creation Society (available as a guest speaker in the far north of Scotland)

This was the version I heard when I was a kid:

1 plus 2 is three,
3 times 4 is 12,
there are 12 inches in a ruler,
Queen Elizabeth was a ruler,
Queen Elizabeth was also a boat,
boats sail on the sea,
fishes swim in the sea,
fishes have fins,
the Fins fought the Russians,
and fire engines are red because they're rushin' all over!

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Megan Meisberger
River Hills Community Church - EFCA (yes... same as charliejunfan)
Janesville, WI

Wife of matt.meisberger

<---- Naming my first son after him. My husband was saved while reading Religious Affections.

lol

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sarah
WI
OPC
My Pastor's Sermons: Mark Jenkins...he's awesome!!!

Umm... slippery slope?

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Jonathan
Audio Engineer
Reformed Anabaptist
Ohio

Moroni's magical glasses of proper interpretation:

In all seriousness, I have seen many arguments just like that on Bible interpretation.

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Austin
EE student at Texas State University
Member of Church of the Cross (PCA) in San Marcos, TX
Ps. 8:3-4 "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?"

I came up with a similar one proving Gail Riplinger was a heretic.

And the best part is, it sounds just like something she'd say!

The first part I always heard was: "Well, books are read too; two and two are four; four times three is twelve..."

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Tim Phillips
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On the subject of fire engines, one of the things that always puzzles me is this; why are all fire engines called Dennis?

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Stuart
Elder, Lambeg Baptist, Northern Ireland, UK

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