Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Have you noticed how this phrase is almost always the prelude to several
> hours of exasperation? ;-)
>
> OK, so check it out. For my dance competition next week, I want to wear
> a black short-sleeved shirt. But apparently I don't possess one. I have
> several nice black shirts, but they are all either patterned or
> long-sleeved. A long-sleeved black shirt is OK as a fallback, but really
> it'll be far, far too hot to dance in.
>
> It's not a problem though. I just need to buy a suitable shirt. How hard
> can it be?
....
> - The cardinality of the set of /actually black/ shirts is very low.
>
> - The cardinality of the set of "formal" shirts with short sleeves is
> also quite low.

You could just buy a grey or white cotton shirt and then color it black
yourself. It's quite easy.

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Tor Olav
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