Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 14:38:30 -0400 From: Anatoly Vorobey <mellon@pobox.com> To: Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <20000525143830.A7698@sasami.jurai.net> In-Reply-To: <200005251833.EAA02284@dungeon.home>; from mckay@thehub.com.au on Fri, May 26, 2000 at 04:33:15AM %2B1000 References: <20000525030514.A86566@mad> <200005251833.EAA02284@dungeon.home>
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You, Stephen McKay, were spotted writing this on Fri, May 26, 2000 at 04:33:15AM +1000: > Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 12:02:02AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > I think this one was better off as it was: > > > > > > -For large values of one, one equals two, for small values of two. > > > +For large values of one and small values of two, one equals two. > > > > Sure, if you want. I found that it took so long for me to parse the > > convoluted sentence structure that the punch line simply had no > > meaning anymore. But some people parse better than me. > > Yeah. The whole joke was in the ordering. Now it is clear, but dull. > Fine for coding, but not for joking. :-) I agree. <AOL>The joke was better in the previous version</AOL>, and I can repeat this with my something-of-a-mathematician hat on. It's the zany doubletake you get when reaching the second comma, and realizing the joke is actually not over yet -- that's crucial ;) -- Anatoly Vorobey, mellon@pobox.com http://pobox.com/~mellon/ "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly" - G.K.Chesterton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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