I have a very avaricious

man in my room, and I want him to go; so I throw a pound note

out of the window. Is there here any utterance with a meaning,,?

No, because in behaving as I did, I did not intend his recognition

of my purpose to be in any way effective in getting him to go.

This is parallel to the photograph case. If on the other hand I

had pointed to the door or given him a little push, then my

behavior might well be held to constitute a meaningful,, utter-

ance, just because the recognition of my intention would be

intended by me to be effective in speeding his departure. Another

pair of cases would be ( I ) a policeman who stops a car by standing

in its way and (2) a policeman who stops a car by waving