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Date:      Sun, 28 May 2000 02:28:42 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes
Message-ID:  <393005CA.4B1D48EB@newsguy.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005271129390.73457-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>

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Doug Rabson wrote:
> 
> > The grammatical structure was deliberate and adds to the joke, IMO :-)
> 
> This reminds me of an applied maths lecturer I had who used to say things
> like "Three is approximately infinity, so therefore...".

I'll never forget a lecturer who, when confronted by a desperate plea of
an example with *numbers* (bah, why is he in exact sciences if he has no
capacity for abstraction?! :), proceeded:

"Ok. Let's suppose you have three numbers, x, y and z..."

-- 
Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
dcs@newsguy.com
dcs@freebsd.org
capo@another.bsdconspiracy.org

		"Sentience hurts."



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