Re: wise words
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 10:25:34 +0300
Message-ID: <e5grrt$n9r$1_at_nntp.aioe.org>
"Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:j%Reg.288$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!
Which hand is wrong ?
The other one.
Received on Tue May 30 2006 - 09:25:34 CEST