In a Comment posted 10 July 2003, Digsalot advised: 

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The fact that all ships are ladies is one of the reasons fire trucks
are red.
 
Actually the main reason fire trucks are red is Queen Elizabeth. 
 
Queen Elizabeth is also a ship. - Ships sail the seven seas. - Seas
have fish. - Fish have fins. - The Russians once fought the Fins. -
The Russians were Red. - Fire trucks are always rushin. - Therefor,
fire trucks are red.
 
I'm glad I could clear that up for you. 
 
digs

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Is there a name that describes this type of illogical logic?

It's deductive reasoning with the fallacy of equivocation (ambiguity)
-- occurs when a word is used in a different sense in the minor
premise than in the major premise.


eg -- 

The college has a special scholarship designed for poor students. 

My biology teacher told me that I was one of the poorest students he
had ever known.

I should receive a special scholarship from the college. 

http://webpages.shepherd.edu/maustin/rhetoric/deductiv.htm

knowledge_seeker gave me this answer.  But I told her I wasn't going
to credit her for it.  So I didn't

As for the red firetruck thing,  I read it someplace years ago.

I need chocolate raspberry cheesecake.
digsalot

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Request for Answer Clarification by probonopublico-ga on 10 Aug 2003 09:47 PDT

Great answer.

Many thanks.

But how much is Chocolate Raspberry Sortcake?

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Clarification of Answer by digsalot-ga on 10 Aug 2003 10:34 PDT

In most establishments, twice as much as it should be.  I'm not a big sortcake fan.

As for cheesecake, it is twice as much as half but never as much as I want.

Still searching for lucidity
digs

WOW, Digs!

No wonder you are considered the Master of your Craft.

An adept, no less.

In earlier times, you would have been a Magician, for sure.

Have a very small piece of Chocolate Raspberry Thingy Cake on me.

Non sequiturs?

Is this reminiscent of the Burns & Allen routine, where George could
never understand Gracie's peculiar logic?

It's an example of incorrect deductive logic. It could also be termed a fallacy.

oooh, I think there might be a bit of syllogistic reasoning lurking
around there.... ;)  (aka "Digsonian Humour") ;;

sorry, that was meant to be two winks after Digsonian Humour ;)
;)...got something in my eye for a second....

Woody Allen, in Love and Death:

"All men are mortal.  Socrates was mortal.  Therefore, all men are
Socrates. Which means that all men are homosexuals."

"Love and Death"
Woody Allen Site
http://torp.priv.no/woody/films/lad.html

Though it isn't true, it makes sense to me!  ;-)

Many thanks for the various comments.

I wonder if Digs might share with us the source for his inspiration?

Bryan

Contrapuntal.

I'm afraid Digsie suffers from a chocolate raspberry cheesecake
deficiency.  He gets a little loopy if he doesn't have any for a
while.

--Missy