I read the Language Log.  The following can be found here:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002938.html#more


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."

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It does seem relevant to some recent exhanges.

Bob Yates, Central Missouri State University

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