Re: wise words

"Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message news:y2Ceg.13194$S7.6411_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> x wrote:
> > "Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > news:aTCdg.11096$S7.2963_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >> x wrote:
> >>> "Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> >>>> David Cressey wrote:
> >>>>> "Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>> x wrote:
> >>>>>>> Have you counted your snakes recently ?
> >>>>>> Yes (frequently) - still NULL! :-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Wouldn't it be nice if the count were zero, instead?
> >>>> It would certainly be safer for moi! However in the real world 'le
> >>>> slither' is prolly still about somewhere - but given it is autumn I
> >>>> suspect there is some low lying hibernation happening - hence NULL at
> >>>> this moment!
> >>> Have you counted the *missing* snakes ?
> >
> >> How do you enumerate a missing snake(s)?
> >
> > "One idiot throw a stone in the water and ten wise guys are not able to
get
> > it out."

> Not so wise if they bother! There is always plenty more stones where the
> one came from.

That might be, but then they are in the wrong hand. Received on Mon May 29 2006 - 15:56:28 CEST