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Re: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symboliclinks to directories)


On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:54:51PM -0400, One Angry User wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >
> > > Just a bit of trivia: did you know that a porpoise was a mammal?
> >
> > Which porpoise?  A living porpoise *is* a mammal.  Or are you talking
> > about a dead porpoise?
> >
> > > I know!  I thought they were related to whales!  I think science is fun!
> >
> > Interestingly enough (another bit of trivia), a tortoise isn't a mammal...
> > Now, what makes the letter 'p' so special, that changing a 't' to it makes
> > a mammal?
>
> Can't you just look at it: p and see the "mammalian protuberance"?

As a matter of fact, I can.  And a D is bigger...

...

Oh, so that's why they call 'em DD in the US...

OAU


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