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RE: Do not taunt Happy Fun Hippo
On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 20 July 2007 16:05, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
> >
> >> On 20 July 2007 08:41, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Jul 19 23:10, Dave Korn wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> No really, just don't.
> >>>>
> >>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_on_fe_st/odd_hippo_taunting
> >>>
> >>> Trying to impress a girl by throwing stones at an animal...
> >>>
> >>> Uhm...
> >>
> >> Well, I suppose it's at least marginally better than trying to impress a
> >> stone by throwing animals at a girl. Or trying to impress an animal by
> >> throwing girls at a stone.
> >
> > Isn't the latter essentially what the Phoenicians did with Andromeda?
> > Igor
>
> Surely you're thinking of what the Hipphoenicians did with Andromedary?
Given your earlier newsflash, it does seem like Hipphoenicians are prone
to killing their own children...
Igor
P.S. Hey, maybe Chronos was a Hippo?
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