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Re: useful hippo secretions
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:03:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: useful hippo secretions
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On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> It sounds like hippos are good for more than hiding around corners and
> scaring us or squashing us from great heights:
>
> http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/08/14/national/a07081405_01.txt
>
> cgf
I especially like the part that says
> But a hippo can get pretty testy if someone invades his space and dabs
> his forehead in search of a sweat sample. It would be unwise to anger an
> animal weighing as much as three small SUVs, so Viney says he took no
> chances.
and especially hate the fact that a .txt page brings up a full HTML
article...
Igor
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