Talk:Overwhelming exception

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Does this fallacy pass the google test? Search for "overwhelming exception" does not return any sites on which it is used as being a fallacy, except our own content. Mrdice 02:54, 2004 Feb 16 (UTC)

I know it's done; however, as to the proper name for it, I hae no idea. Kuroune 00:17, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Except for that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?" This is a fallacy because Mrs. Lincoln can obviously not ignore her husband's assassination.

This example would be funnier if it just read:

"Except for that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.64.138 (talk) 18:45, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]