* Hippos are Vegetarian
@ 2009-10-07 14:08 zzapper
2009-10-07 15:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
2009-10-07 15:38 ` Aaron Humphrey
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From: zzapper @ 2009-10-07 14:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-talk
A dwarf nicknamed Od has died in a circus accident in northern Thailand.
According to the Pattaya Mail, he "bounced sideways from a trampoline and was
swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus which was waiting to appear in the next
act. Vets on the scene said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex that
automatically caused her to swallow." The vet said it was the first time the
hefty vegetarian had ever eaten a circus performer. "Unfortunately, the
1,000-plus spectators continued to applaud widely until common-sense dictated
that there had been a tragic mistake". (Melbourne Herald Sun - July 16th,
1999)
--
zzapper
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-07 14:08 Hippos are Vegetarian zzapper
@ 2009-10-07 15:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
2009-10-07 15:38 ` Aaron Humphrey
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2009-10-07 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-talk
On Oct 7 14:07, zzapper wrote:
> A dwarf nicknamed Od has died in a circus accident in northern Thailand.
> According to the Pattaya Mail, he "bounced sideways from a trampoline and was
> swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus which was waiting to appear in the next
> act. Vets on the scene said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex that
> automatically caused her to swallow." The vet said it was the first time the
> hefty vegetarian had ever eaten a circus performer. "Unfortunately, the
> 1,000-plus spectators continued to applaud widely until common-sense dictated
> that there had been a tragic mistake". (Melbourne Herald Sun - July 16th,
> 1999)
LOL. Live's the best comedian.
Corinna
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-07 14:08 Hippos are Vegetarian zzapper
2009-10-07 15:37 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2009-10-07 15:38 ` Aaron Humphrey
2009-10-07 15:40 ` Dave Korn
2009-10-07 15:46 ` zzapper
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From: Aaron Humphrey @ 2009-10-07 15:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:07 AM, zzapper <david@tvis.co.uk> wrote:
> A dwarf nicknamed Od has died in a circus accident in northern Thailand.
> According to the Pattaya Mail, he "bounced sideways from a trampoline and was
> swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus which was waiting to appear in the next
> act. Vets on the scene said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex that
> automatically caused her to swallow." The vet said it was the first time the
> hefty vegetarian had ever eaten a circus performer. "Unfortunately, the
> 1,000-plus spectators continued to applaud widely until common-sense dictated
> that there had been a tragic mistake". (Melbourne Herald Sun - July 16th,
> 1999)
>
> --
> zzapper
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.
--
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-07 15:38 ` Aaron Humphrey
@ 2009-10-07 15:40 ` Dave Korn
2009-10-07 16:07 ` Corinna Vinschen
2009-10-07 15:46 ` zzapper
1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Dave Korn @ 2009-10-07 15:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The World Weekly Cygwin-Talk Maiming List Ate My Hampsterdance
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! :-)
cheers,
DaveK
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-07 15:38 ` Aaron Humphrey
2009-10-07 15:40 ` Dave Korn
@ 2009-10-07 15:46 ` zzapper
1 sibling, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: zzapper @ 2009-10-07 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-talk
Aaron Humphrey wrote in
news:bfc52fe00910070837p5d874a63i754fb3e7ead9e84c@mail.gmail.com:
> htt
Drat appears it was a hoax, but apparently the reports in newspapers did
actually appear.
ah well I've sent the hoax on it's way again!
--
zzapper
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-07 15:40 ` Dave Korn
@ 2009-10-07 16:07 ` Corinna Vinschen
2009-10-07 16:26 ` Dave Korn
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2009-10-07 16:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-talk
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?
Corinna
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-07 16:07 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2009-10-07 16:26 ` Dave Korn
2009-10-07 16:39 ` Corinna Vinschen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Dave Korn @ 2009-10-07 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Not-Exactly-True and Not-Always-Entirely-Beautiful-Either
Cygwin-Talk Maiming List
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 :-)
cheers,
DaveK
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-07 16:26 ` Dave Korn
@ 2009-10-07 16:39 ` Corinna Vinschen
2009-10-07 17:59 ` Dave Korn
0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2009-10-07 16:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-talk
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
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-07 16:39 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2009-10-07 17:59 ` Dave Korn
2009-10-07 22:43 ` Chris Sutcliffe
0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Dave Korn @ 2009-10-07 17:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: I think so, Brain, but what if the hippo doesn't want to kiss me?
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
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-07 17:59 ` Dave Korn
@ 2009-10-07 22:43 ` Chris Sutcliffe
2009-10-08 0:03 ` Dave Korn
0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Chris Sutcliffe @ 2009-10-07 22:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List
>> 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/
From that link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Aggression
"To mark territory, hippos spin their tails while defecating to
distribute their excrement over the greatest possible area."
I think this would be a great feature for release 1.9!
Cheers!
Chris
--
Chris Sutcliffe
http://emergedesktop.org
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-07 22:43 ` Chris Sutcliffe
@ 2009-10-08 0:03 ` Dave Korn
2009-10-08 2:32 ` Morgan Gangwere
0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Dave Korn @ 2009-10-08 0:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Never stand behind a hippo
Chris Sutcliffe wrote:
>>> 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/
>
> From that link:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Aggression
>
> "To mark territory, hippos spin their tails while defecating to
> distribute their excrement over the greatest possible area."
Pic related:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/03/07/funny-pictures-tmi/
> I think this would be a great feature for release 1.9!
Spraying crap over everything? May require the purchase of an optional
hardware add-on of some sort, may it not? How is the GNU OpenMuckspreader
project doing these days, anyway?
cheers,
DaveK
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* Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
2009-10-08 0:03 ` Dave Korn
@ 2009-10-08 2:32 ` Morgan Gangwere
0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Morgan Gangwere @ 2009-10-08 2:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Some random bloke <Le Fail Email
Address is Le Fail> defecated on their keyboard and had a sesiure, but
somehow typed the following:
>
> Spraying crap over everything? May require the purchase of an optional
> hardware add-on of some sort, may it not? How is the GNU OpenMuckspreader
> project doing these days, anyway?
Pretty bad... it was a shitty project to begin with and its just gone
down the toilet.
--
Morgan gangwere
"Space does not reflect society, it expresses it." -- Castells, M.,
Space of Flows, Space of Places: Materials for a Theory of Urbanism in
the Information Age, in The Cybercities Reader, S. Graham, Editor.
2004, Routledge: London. p. 82-93.
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