From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25695 invoked by alias); 7 Jun 2005 13:53:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List Received: (qmail 25669 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Jun 2005 13:53:23 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Jun 2005 13:53:23 +0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DfePE-0001PY-E3 for cygwin-talk@cygwin.com; Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:46:12 +0200 Received: from 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com ([212.84.119.241]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:46:12 +0200 Received: from david by 241.119-84-212.ippool.ndo.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:46:12 +0200 To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com From: zzapper Subject: Re: Hippos Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 14:13:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2005-q2/txt/msg00370.txt.bz2 On Fri, 20 May 2005 12:57:52 -0400 (EDT), wrote: >> > Sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing. :-) >> >> Rather than _explain_ that hippos are dangerous, what you should have done >> was *demonstrated* that hippos are dangerous. >> >> Dropping one on somebody from a very great height is usually a >> sufficiently effective demonstration of this fact to convince even the most >> hardened of skeptics... :) > >And, of course, even the children would understand the old parable about >hippos' poor vision. I fear you are not taking this subject seriously, none of you for instance mention the dangers of hippos hiding in your bowl of custard!!! -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|:%s)[[()])-)Ig|norm Vg?" http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/ vim, zsh & success tips