Why?

[Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 03:40:13PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>   But, as we all know, the question the Earth came up with was "What do you
> get if you multiply six by nine", which is off by twelve, not one!

But if you take a 7 and add a little ), you get a 9.  So the question
was really off 41?
 
> >> Score -5 sci-fi pedant points and drop a hippo on yourself!
> > 
> > ...so take that hippo and...
> 
>   Drop it on you?

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