Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:15:39 +0100 From: George Reid <george.reid1@ntlworld.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So, who knows the jokes? Message-ID: <20020906161539.A8550@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20020906130956.GF2168@hades.hell.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 04:09:56PM %2B0300 References: <200209060116.g861GI198090@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> <3D781D31.9EA99D@mindspring.com> <20020906130956.GF2168@hades.hell.gr>
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On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 04:09:56PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > No, I am not. Green's corollary on the Law of Murphy states that > there will always be at least one person who isn't (aware, that is). > This is the second time during a single day that you have mentioned a > joke without writing it too. http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/6_2.html#subindex: An engineer, physicist, and mathematician are all challenged with a problem: to fry an egg when there is a fire in the house. The engineer just grabs a huge bucket of water, runs over to the fire, and puts it out. The physicist thinks for a long while, and then measures a precise amount of water into a container. He takes it over to the fire, pours it on, and with the last drop the fire goes out. The mathematician pores over pencil and paper. After a few minutes he goes "Aha! A solution exists!" and goes back to frying the egg. Sequel: This time they are asked simply to fry an egg (no fire). The engineer just does it, kludging along; the physicist calculates carefully and produces a carefully cooked egg; and the mathematician lights a fire in the corner, and says "I have reduced it to the previous problem." -- George C A Reid WWW: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~greid/ Mob: (07740) 197460 FreeBSD Committer/Developer greid@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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