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RE: cyg/lib DLL naming


----Original Message----
>From: Dave Korn
>Sent: 17 June 2005 10:23

> ----Original Message----
>> From: Igor Pechtchanski
>> Sent: 17 June 2005 04:30
> 
>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Charles Wilson wrote:
>> 
>>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>> 
>>>>   OK, I'm all for Igor getting away in time, but giving them
>>>> parachutes does spoil that lovely SPLATTTTT sound they usually make
>>>> when they hit the ground!  Can you strap tape-recorders to their backs
>>>> so that we can still have sound-effects?
>>> 
>>> No no no.  Hippos do not go SPLATTTTT.  It's whales that go SPLATTTT (a
>>> "sudden wet thud" cf. Chp. 18)  Didn't you ever read The Hitchhiker's
>>> Guide to the Galaxy?
>> 
>> Ok, ok, whales go SPLATTTT.  Hippos go SPLATTT. :-)
>> 	Igor
> 
> 
>   No, whales go KERRRRRRRSQUELCHSLOSHSPPLATTTTTTTT.
> 
>   Whereas with hippos it's more of a
> WHEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeBOOOOOMTHUDSPLATTT. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   I hope this helps clear matters up.
> 
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
> 
> 
> P.S.  By the time you can hear the 'WHEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee', it's already too
> late to duck.



P.P.S.  Unless the hippo is wearing a parachute, of course!


    cheers,
      DaveK
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Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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