From: Terry Gareza 

Once upon a Sat, 2 Jul 2005 21:30:45 +0100 dreary...over many a quaint and
curious alt.fan.monty-python of forgotten lore... quoth "John
Griffiths"
...

>
>"Kaare Fiedler Christiansen"  wrote in message
>news:da6skh$v22$1{at}domitilla.aioe.org...
>> James St. John-Pynchon wrote:
>> > Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
>Spiny
>> > Norman of alt.fan.monty-python make plain:
>> >
>> >
>> >>(If your name is yim jaokum please do not reply unless you
have solid
>> >>and friendly information.)
>> >
>> >
>> > So, it's OK for the rest of us to reply with unsolid and/or unfriendly
>> > information?
>>
>> Sure, I don't know about alt.fan.monty-python, but solid facts was never
>> our truly stong side over here at alt.fan.douglas-adams :-)
>>
>> For instance, did ou know that Douglas Adams invented the number 42?
>> Before that, everyone had to count direct from 41 to 43. It was a hell
>> for the mathematicians, I tell you!
>
>Piffle and tommyrot, mathematicians did have a concept of forty-two-ness,
>    just not the same 42; thats all - John

Ah? And here I thought they had to make do with 41.9999999999999999 99999999999999
Damned key is stuck.
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