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RE: useful hippo secretions
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'that's not even a word'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:12:28 +0100
- Subject: RE: useful hippo secretions
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
----Original Message----
>From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
>Sent: 15 August 2005 11:07
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:04:34AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> ----Original Message----
>>> From: Corinna Vinschen
>>> Sent: 15 August 2005 10:36
>>
>>> On Aug 15 10:21, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> [ Hippos are notorious for not keeping their documents well filed. ]
>>>
>>> I'm just glad that the reverse statement isn't valid...
>>>
>>>
>>> Corinna
>>
>> Huh?
>>
>> Hippos are notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
>>
>> Hippos are *not* notorious for not keeping their documents well filed?
>>
>> Hippos are *not* notorious *for* keeping their documents well filed?
>
> Hippos are notorious for keeping their files well documented?
Nono, I've figured it out. The opposite of the original statement would
have to be:
Hippos are torious for not keeping their documents well filed.
<rimshot>
cheers,
DaveK
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