From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22767 invoked by alias); 7 Oct 2009 17:59:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 22760 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Oct 2009 17:59:45 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-fx0-f210.google.com (HELO mail-fx0-f210.google.com) (209.85.220.210) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:59:39 +0000 Received: by fxm6 with SMTP id 6so4631465fxm.43 for ; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:59:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.6.65 with SMTP id 1mr128351bky.186.1254938376416; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:59:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.99? (cpc2-cmbg8-0-0-cust61.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [82.6.108.62]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm2644699fkx.57.2009.10.07.10.59.35 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:59:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4ACCDA7B.1000905@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:59:00 -0000 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "I think so, Brain, but what if the hippo doesn't want to kiss me?" Subject: Re: Hippos are Vegetarian References: <4ACCB9DD.1070503@gmail.com> <20091007160706.GA11493@calimero.vinschen.de> <4ACCC48D.2050302@gmail.com> <20091007163940.GY12789@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20091007163940.GY12789@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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/msg00009.txt.bz2 Corinna Vinschen wrote: > 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. http://animalsneedkisses.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/hippos/ cheers, DaveK