offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)
Dave Korn
dave.korn@artimi.com
Thu Apr 21 17:17:00 GMT 2005
----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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