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Re: My Spacebar is OK!
On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Lionel B wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> >
> >> ----Original Message----
> >>> From: Igor Pechtchanski
> >>> Sent: 13 June 2005 18:06
> >>
> >>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Just in terms of gravitational potential energy, you're getting a
> >>>> lot more value-for-money from each kilogram of hippo if it's
> >>>> falling off the top of a tower block than if it's just been pushed
> >>>> off the edge of a coffee-table!
> >>>
> >>> You have a coffee table that can hold a hippo?! :-)
> >>> Igor
> >>
> >> No, I have a coffee table that _can't_ hold a hippo. That's why
> >> the hippo is in free-fall from a not-very-great-height!
> >
> > Well, then, there'd be hardly any need to *push* the hippo off the
> > edge, would there?
>
> Personally, I've had to ban them from the coffee table, since they
> always leave the newspapers messed up so you can't find the front page.
Yeah, I feel your pain. My cat does that, too.
Igor
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