useful hippo secretions

useful hippo secretions

[Christopher Faylor]

It sounds like hippos are good for more than hiding around corners and
scaring us or squashing us from great heights:

http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/08/14/national/a07081405_01.txt

cgf

RE: useful hippo secretions

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: Christopher Faylor
>Sent: 14 August 2005 18:55

> It sounds like hippos are good for more than hiding around corners and
> scaring us or squashing us from great heights:
> 
> http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/08/14/national/a07081405_01.txt
> 
> cgf


Q.  How do you make a hippo sweat?

A.  Tell him the IRS want to audit the past twenty years-worth of his
accounts....



[  Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed.  ]

    cheers,
      DaveK
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Re: useful hippo secretions

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Aug 15 10:21, Dave Korn wrote:
> [  Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed.  ]

I'm just glad that the reverse statement isn't valid...


Corinna

RE: useful hippo secretions

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: Corinna Vinschen
>Sent: 15 August 2005 10:36

> On Aug 15 10:21, Dave Korn wrote:
>> [  Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed.  ]
> 
> I'm just glad that the reverse statement isn't valid...
> 
> 
> Corinna

  Huh?

Hippos are notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?

Hippos are *not* notorious for not keeping their documents well filed?

Hippos are *not* notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?


    cheers,
      DaveK
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Re: useful hippo secretions

[Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:04:34AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: Corinna Vinschen
> >Sent: 15 August 2005 10:36
> 
> > On Aug 15 10:21, Dave Korn wrote:
> >> [  Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed.  ]
> > 
> > I'm just glad that the reverse statement isn't valid...
> > 
> > 
> > Corinna
> 
>   Huh?
> 
> Hippos are notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
> 
> Hippos are *not* notorious for not keeping their documents well filed?
> 
> Hippos are *not* notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?

Hippos are notorious for keeping their files well documented?

RE: useful hippo secretions

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
>Sent: 15 August 2005 11:07

> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:04:34AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> ----Original Message----
>>> From: Corinna Vinschen
>>> Sent: 15 August 2005 10:36
>> 
>>> On Aug 15 10:21, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> [  Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed.  ]
>>> 
>>> I'm just glad that the reverse statement isn't valid...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Corinna
>> 
>>   Huh?
>> 
>> Hippos are notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
>> 
>> Hippos are *not* notorious for not keeping their documents well filed?
>> 
>> Hippos are *not* notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
> 
> Hippos are notorious for keeping their files well documented?


  Nono, I've figured it out.  The opposite of the original statement would
have to be:


    Hippos are torious for not keeping their documents well filed.


<rimshot>


    cheers,
      DaveK
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Can't think of a witty .sigline today....

Re: useful hippo secretions

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Aug 15 11:12, Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
> >Sent: 15 August 2005 11:07
> 
> > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:04:34AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> >> ----Original Message----
> >>> From: Corinna Vinschen
> >>> Sent: 15 August 2005 10:36
> >> 
> >>> On Aug 15 10:21, Dave Korn wrote:
> >>>> [  Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed.  ]
> >>> 
> >>> I'm just glad that the reverse statement isn't valid...
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Corinna
> >> 
> >>   Huh?
> >> 
> >> Hippos are notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
> >> 
> >> Hippos are *not* notorious for not keeping their documents well filed?
> >> 
> >> Hippos are *not* notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
> > 
> > Hippos are notorious for keeping their files well documented?
> 
> 
>   Nono, I've figured it out.  The opposite of the original statement would
> have to be:
> 
> 
>     Hippos are torious for not keeping their documents well filed.

No, no, no!

      Everybody not keeping their documents well filed is a hippo.


Corinna

RE: useful hippo secretions

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: Corinna Vinschen
>Sent: 15 August 2005 11:22

> On Aug 15 11:12, Dave Korn wrote:
>> ----Original Message----
>>> From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
>>> Sent: 15 August 2005 11:07
>> 
>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:04:34AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> ----Original Message----
>>>>> From: Corinna Vinschen
>>>>> Sent: 15 August 2005 10:36
>>>> 
>>>>> On Aug 15 10:21, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>>>> [  Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed. 
>>>>>> ] 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm just glad that the reverse statement isn't valid...
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Corinna
>>>> 
>>>>   Huh?
>>>> 
>>>> Hippos are notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
>>>> 
>>>> Hippos are *not* notorious for not keeping their documents well filed?
>>>> 
>>>> Hippos are *not* notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
>>> 
>>> Hippos are notorious for keeping their files well documented?
>> 
>> 
>>   Nono, I've figured it out.  The opposite of the original statement
>> would have to be: 
>> 
>> 
>>     Hippos are torious for not keeping their documents well filed.
> 
> No, no, no!
> 
>       Everybody not keeping their documents well filed is a hippo.
> 
> 
> Corinna


  SHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!1!


  It's supposed to be a secret!


    cheers,
      DaveK
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Re: useful hippo secretions

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Aug 15 11:24, Dave Korn wrote:
> >Corinna...
> > Dave...
> >>> Yitzchak...
> >>> Dave...
> >>>>> Corinna...
> >>>>> Dave...
> >>>>>> [  Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed. 
> >>>>>> ] 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I'm just glad that the reverse statement isn't valid...
> > 
> > No, no, no!
> > 
> >       Everybody not keeping their documents well filed is a hippo.
> > 
> > 
> > Corinna
> 
> 
>   SHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!1!
> 
> 
>   It's supposed to be a secret!

Damn, I spoiled it.  But it's NOT TRUE anyway!!!!


Corinna

Re: useful hippo secretions

[Brian Dessent]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> No, no, no!
> 
>       Everybody not keeping their documents well filed is a hippo.

Now is that the contrapositive or the converse?

Re: useful hippo secretions

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Aug 15 03:36, Brian Dessent wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> > No, no, no!
> > 
> >       Everybody not keeping their documents well filed is a hippo.
> 
> Now is that the contrapositive or the converse?

Convex?


Corinna

Re: useful hippo secretions

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> It sounds like hippos are good for more than hiding around corners and
> scaring us or squashing us from great heights:
>
> http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/08/14/national/a07081405_01.txt
>
> cgf

I especially like the part that says

> But a hippo can get pretty testy if someone invades his space and dabs
> his forehead in search of a sweat sample. It would be unwise to anger an
> animal weighing as much as three small SUVs, so Viney says he took no
> chances.

and especially hate the fact that a .txt page brings up a full HTML
article...
	Igor
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If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity
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Re: useful hippo secretions

[Brian Dessent]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> and especially hate the fact that a .txt page brings up a full HTML
> article...

Think of it as a metaphor for a hippo falling on you when you only
expected a raccoon or badger.

Re: useful hippo secretions

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Aug 15 11:24, Dave Korn wrote:
> > >Corinna...
> > > Dave...
> > >>> Yitzchak...
> > >>> Dave...
> > >>>>> Corinna...
> > >>>>> Dave...
> > >>>>>> [  Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed.
> > >>>>>> ]
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I'm just glad that the reverse statement isn't valid...
> > >
> > > No, no, no!
> > >
> > >       Everybody not keeping their documents well filed is a hippo.
> > >
> > > Corinna
> >
> >   SHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!1!
> >
> >   It's supposed to be a secret!
>
> Damn, I spoiled it.  But it's NOT TRUE anyway!!!!

To (mis)quote an old comic strip:

"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a hippo."
	Igor
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     |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'		Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D.
    '---''(_/--'  `-'\_) fL	a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-.  Meow!

If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity
of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA

Re: useful hippo secretions

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005, Brian Dessent wrote:

> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> > and especially hate the fact that a .txt page brings up a full HTML
> > article...
>
> Think of it as a metaphor for a hippo falling on you when you only
> expected a raccoon or badger.

HTML = Hippo Traffic May Linger
TXT = ?
	Igor
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ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_		igor@watson.ibm.com
     |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'		Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D.
    '---''(_/--'  `-'\_) fL	a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-.  Meow!

If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity
of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA