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Re: useful hippo secretions
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: 'that's not even a word' <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:22:29 +0200
- Subject: Re: useful hippo secretions
- References: <20050815100727.GA2744@efn.org> <SERRANO7ozI9Wbbjyke000002b9@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
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On Aug 15 11:12, Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
> >Sent: 15 August 2005 11:07
>
> > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:04:34AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> >> ----Original Message----
> >>> From: Corinna Vinschen
> >>> Sent: 15 August 2005 10:36
> >>
> >>> On Aug 15 10:21, Dave Korn wrote:
> >>>> [ Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed. ]
> >>>
> >>> I'm just glad that the reverse statement isn't valid...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Corinna
> >>
> >> Huh?
> >>
> >> Hippos are notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
> >>
> >> Hippos are *not* notorious for not keeping their documents well filed?
> >>
> >> Hippos are *not* notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
> >
> > Hippos are notorious for keeping their files well documented?
>
>
> Nono, I've figured it out. The opposite of the original statement would
> have to be:
>
>
> Hippos are torious for not keeping their documents well filed.
No, no, no!
Everybody not keeping their documents well filed is a hippo.
Corinna