RE: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

----Original Message----
>From: Igor Pechtchanski
>Sent: 21 April 2005 18:04

> 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.


  Look into my eyes...... you are feeling sleepy.... very sleepy..... the
puns do not seem contrived..... repeat after me..... the puns do not seem
contrived.

  Now, when I click my fingers you will wake up.

  You will feel refreshed and well-rested.



  ... and of course, you will remember nothing of being hipponotized!

> 	Igor
> P.S. Why would anyone want "hypothreading"? :-D

  Well, you can never have too much threading, or too many hippos!

    cheers,
      DaveK
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