From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10161 invoked by alias); 7 Oct 2009 15:38:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 10154 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Oct 2009 15:38:05 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-px0-f180.google.com (HELO mail-px0-f180.google.com) (209.85.216.180) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:38:01 +0000 Received: by pxi10 with SMTP id 10so4641774pxi.20 for ; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:37:59 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.114.86.11 with SMTP id j11mr77924wab.73.1254929879587; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:37:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:38:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Hippos are Vegetarian From: Aaron Humphrey To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00003.txt.bz2 On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:07 AM, zzapper wrote: > =A0A dwarf nicknamed Od has died in a circus accident in northern Thailan= d. > 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 ne= xt > 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 dict= ated > 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. -- --Alfvaen (Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--The Monkees:Heart And Soul Current Book--Richard Bachman:The Regulators ... bleakness ... desolation ... plastic forks ...