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Re: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symboliclinks to directories)
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Apr 20 18:23, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > On Apr 20 17:43, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > > > On Apr 20 17:00, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > > > > Yes, now back to our regularly scheduled hippos...
> > > > > I'm under the impression you're a hippochondriac.
> > > > If I don't stop laughing now, I'll die of hippoxia.
> > > Be careful. Even if you don't die, it could seriously damage your
> > > hippothalamus.
> > Such hippocrisy[*]...
> > Igor
> > [*] According to "aspell", we have about 3 words left before we start
> > repeating ourselves. :-)
>
> Really? You're kidding. Let's see...
>
> hippoglycemic
> hippomania
> hippotenuse
>
> [time passes]
>
> hippobolic
> hippo-ventilating
>
> [more time passes]
>
> hippo-threading
>
> [a lot of time passes]
>
> hippi <- A hippo with long hair
>
> Huh!
And how many of those are words you'd use in a normal conversation?
I meant "hippoglycemic", "hippotenuse", and "hippie". Everything else
seems contrived.
Igor
P.S. Why would anyone want "hypothreading"? :-D
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