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RE: [ADMINISTRIVIA] We soon will be blocking legal disclaimers


On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Dave Korn wrote:

> On 10 August 2007 18:02, Igor Peshansky wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
> >
> >> On 10 August 2007 16:05, phil long wrote:
> >>
> >>> Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad <at> users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> >>>
> >>>> Long, Phillip GOSS wrote:
> >>>>> Sigh ... if I had a way, I'd clip out the bozo string my employer's
> >>>>> email server tacks onto the end of every message.
> >>>>
> >>>> nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin
> >>>
> >>>         -------------------------------------
> >>>         \     |     |     |     |     |     /
> >>>          \---------------------------------/
> >>>           \__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|_/
> >>>
> >>> (really /bad/ rendition of a _*/huge/*_ grin).
> >>
> >>   So, what species has half as many (double-width) teeth on the upper
> >> jaw as it does on the lower?
> >
> > Why, hippos, of course!
>
>   I rather think not ...
>
>   http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/17/images/2006031718590301.jpg
>
> Maybe it's a hippo doing a headstand?

Exactly.  After a few beers...

> >> ... to say of nothing that the two sets of teeth appear to *both* be
> >> pointing downward....
> >
> >  /__-------------------__\
> > /`._|_|_|_|__|__|_|_|_|_.'\
> >    `.|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|.'
> >      `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'
> >
> > Satisfied? :-D
> > 	Igor
> > P.S. You do need a font where ~ appears at the top of the line (about
> > as high as an apostrophe), or you'll get a whole bottom row of broken
> > teeth...
>
>  Oh, is that what it is?  I just thought you must have tried telling the
> hippo to buy a round!

Not "telling".  Asking (politely).
	Igor
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