From owner-freebsd-chat Thu May 25 1: 2:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FE7737BDFB; Thu, 25 May 2000 01:02:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id BAA87255; Thu, 25 May 2000 01:02:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 01:02:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Tim Vanderhoek Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes In-Reply-To: <20000525030514.A86566@mad> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 25 May 2000, Tim Vanderhoek 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. It reminds me of a line from _Endymion_ by Dan Simmons: "And if we had some ham, we could make a ham and cheese sandwich," said Father Captain de Soya, "if we had any cheese." Kris ---- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message