Re: [OT] top posting
On 15 Jan, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:23:39PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 01/15/08 19:24, s. keeling wrote:
>> > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
>> >> On 01/15/08 17:05, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>> >>> The problem, the oft-overlooked side comment made by one of the
>> >>> peasants. Small rocks float. So though she may weigh the same as
>> >>> a Really?
>> >
>> > Pumice?
>>
>> I thought of that, but it only floats because it's a big hard sponge.
>>
>
> no, not pumice. In the "burn the witch" scene of Monty Python and the
> Holy Grail, there is the question "What, besides ducks, floats?" and
> after much yelling they all agree that wood floats. But one of the
> peasants says "small rocks".
>
I thought that it was ¨very small rocks¨. It´s been a while.
-Chris
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