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Re: cyg/lib DLL naming
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Cary Jamison wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
> > ----Original Message----
> >> From: Igor Pechtchanski
> >> Sent: 17 June 2005 04:30
> >
> >> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Charles Wilson wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dave Korn wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> OK, I'm all for Igor getting away in time, but giving them
> >>>> parachutes does spoil that lovely SPLATTTTT sound they usually make
> >>>> when they hit the ground! Can you strap tape-recorders to their
> >>>> backs so that we can still have sound-effects?
> >>>
> >>> No no no. Hippos do not go SPLATTTTT. It's whales that go
> >>> SPLATTTT (a "sudden wet thud" cf. Chp. 18) Didn't you ever read
> >>> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
> >>
> >> Ok, ok, whales go SPLATTTT. Hippos go SPLATTT. :-)
> >> Igor
> >
> > No, whales go KERRRRRRRSQUELCHSLOSHSPPLATTTTTTTT.
> >
> > Whereas with hippos it's more of a
> > WHEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeBOOOOOMTHUDSPLATTT.
>
> I'm confused. But that's a different story...
>
> Does the hippo go SPLATTT when it hits the custard?
The hippo doesn't. The custard does.
Igor
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