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From: Rich Grise <rich@example.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: *** Dr G Polya BRILLIANTLY analyses the Virgina Shooting Incident ***
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:02:43 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2007.04.24.18.03.17.403170__41359.9504194737$1177436182$gmane$org@example.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1177430456.620057.190820@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:00:56 -0700, bill.sloman wrote:
> On Apr 24, 2:09 pm, Quadibloc <jsav...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>> The Real Andy wrote:
>> > Makes me wonder about the credibility of any statement Dr Gideon Polya
>> > makes.
>> .
>> I never thought that I would feel the urge to call someone an
>> edelweiss-eating Tanzanian devil, but Dr. Polya proved that I lacked
>> imagination.
>>
>> (Note that "Tanzanian" is pronounced Tan.zan._ee_.yan, not
>> Tan._zayn_.ee.an; one wouldn't want to spoil the effect.)
> 
> The effect is - in fact - more severely damaged by your confusion
> between Tasmania - where Dr. Polya actually lives - and Tanzania which
> is a country in Africa with a name similar enough to confuse semi-
> literate Americans. Tasmania is a reasonably large island (about the
> same size as Ireland) a couple of hundred miles south of the
> Australian mainland. It is a state of Australia (not Austria, which is
> where you'd need to go for edelweiss).

LOL!

Thanks!
Rich

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-04-24 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1177266754.126153.202760@b58g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
     [not found] ` <ggbn23tq0iji56oitq1s9pup0veujude2c@4ax.com>
2007-04-23  0:17   ` *** Dr G Polya BRILLIANTLY analyses the Virgina Shooting Incident *** bill.sloman
     [not found]   ` <1177287460.376404.323520@b58g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
2007-04-23  9:00     ` The Real Andy
     [not found]     ` <k6to23te6ldmme03io1p4st090duajbnth@4ax.com>
2007-04-24 12:09       ` Quadibloc
     [not found]       ` <1177416547.394200.314950@r3g2000prh.googlegroups.com>
2007-04-24 16:00         ` bill.sloman
     [not found]         ` <1177430456.620057.190820@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com>
2007-04-24 17:02           ` Rich Grise [this message]
2007-04-28 14:46           ` Quadibloc
     [not found]           ` <1177771570.535837.199190@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>
2007-04-28 23:52             ` jasen
2007-04-24 20:47         ` bill.sloman
     [not found]         ` <1177447632.371289.38180@r30g2000prh.googlegroups.com>
2007-04-27 10:59           ` Fred Bloggs
     [not found]           ` <4631D78D.5050700@nospam.com>
2007-04-27 12:53             ` bill.sloman
2007-04-23  2:22 ` joseph2k

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