From: Robert Dober Date: 2006-10-01T08:09:30+09:00 Subject: Re: "Succinctness is Power", by Paul Graham ------=_Part_28580_24511396.1159657767454 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 9/30/06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > > MonkeeSage wrote: > > Giles Bowkett wrote: > >> These puns are real howlers, but topics like this are the reason I > >> haunt this list. > > > > Polar bear walked into a bar and said, "give me a...glass of iced > > water". > > Bar tender said, "Sure, but why the big pause?" > > Polar bear said, "Oh, I was born with them" > > Wocka wocka wocka! > > > > Regards, > > Jordan > > Yeah, they've bruined me for any other mailing list. My good old friend Websters (m-w.com a must for all non native speakers, an= d maybe even for the natives ;) does not seem to know about the verb "to bruin", could you enlighten a stupid please? Cheers Robert --=20 Deux choses sont infinies : l'univers et la b=EAtise humaine ; en ce qui concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue. - Albert Einstein ------=_Part_28580_24511396.1159657767454--