Marc Dashevsky said:
> In article <5a344jF2mcdjgU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> newsaccount@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>> > Australia is a continent not an island.
>>
>> True, so very true. But irrelevant.
>>
>> Tell me, what is 30 divided by a half?
>>
>> I won't say which is in the lead currently, but it's close.
>
> Crap, I was such a fool. I gave the correct answer.
Out of the blue, with no warning at all, no context, no preparation, I
sprang this question on my 14-year-old son. I am delighted to re****t
that, with only half a second's thought, he gave the correct answer.
--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
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