Re: wise words

From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 06:55:11 GMT
Message-ID: <j%Reg.288$ap3.239_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>


x wrote:
> "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.

Ah so - then we had better get Bob to pole-axe the idiot before the stone is cast!

Cheers, Frank. Received on Tue May 30 2006 - 08:55:11 CEST

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