From owner-cvs-all Thu May 25 11:38:44 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [63.67.141.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F7FA37B6EC; Thu, 25 May 2000 11:38:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mellon@jurai.net) Received: (from mellon@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) id OAA07806; Thu, 25 May 2000 14:38:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 14:38:30 -0400 From: Anatoly Vorobey To: Stephen McKay Cc: Tim Vanderhoek , Kris Kennaway , cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <20000525143830.A7698@sasami.jurai.net> References: <20000525030514.A86566@mad> <200005251833.EAA02284@dungeon.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200005251833.EAA02284@dungeon.home>; from mckay@thehub.com.au on Fri, May 26, 2000 at 04:33:15AM +1000 X-Disclaimer: I was young, I needed the money! Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You, Stephen McKay, were spotted writing this on Fri, May 26, 2000 at 04:33:15AM +1000: > Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 12:02:02AM -0700, Kris Kennaway 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. > > Yeah. The whole joke was in the ordering. Now it is clear, but dull. > Fine for coding, but not for joking. :-) I agree. The joke was better in the previous version, and I can repeat this with my something-of-a-mathematician hat on. It's the zany doubletake you get when reaching the second comma, and realizing the joke is actually not over yet -- that's crucial ;) -- Anatoly Vorobey, mellon@pobox.com http://pobox.com/~mellon/ "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly" - G.K.Chesterton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message