From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31304 invoked by alias); 7 Oct 2009 16:39:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 31296 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Oct 2009 16:39:58 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:39:50 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 2D5276D5598; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 18:39:40 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:39:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Hippos are Vegetarian Message-ID: <20091007163940.GY12789@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <4ACCB9DD.1070503@gmail.com> <20091007160706.GA11493@calimero.vinschen.de> <4ACCC48D.2050302@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4ACCC48D.2050302@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-q4/txt/msg00008.txt.bz2 On Oct 7 17:40, Dave Korn wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Oct 7 16:55, Dave Korn wrote: > >> Aaron Humphrey wrote: > >> > >>> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp > >>> > >>> Coincidentally, I just got the book "Hippo Eats Dwarf", a book on > >>> hoaxes, out of the library. > >> Heh, your mail arrived while I was writing pretty much the same. This is > >> one of the classic urban legends of internet history. And it has a hippo in > >> it! :-) > > > > But then again, it *must* be true, right? > > > > Exactly. Truth is beauty, hence beauty is truth; this story is beautiful, > therefore it must be true. And if it isn't, it should be, so the best thing > we can do is help the rumour spread :-) You forgot the hippo. Truth is beauty, beauty is a hippo, hence beauty is truth. Or something. Corinna