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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:12:09 +1300, Terry Given wrote:

> John Fields wrote:
>
> And thereby wins.

There was a young man from Purdue,
Whose limericks stopped on line two.

And of course:

There was a young man from Verdun

Rich Grise wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:12:09 +1300, Terry Given wrote:
>
>
>>John Fields wrote:
>>
>>And thereby wins.
>
>
> There was a young man from Purdue,
> Whose limericks stopped on line two.
>
> And of course:
>
> There was a young man from Verdun

2 from Spike Milligan:

There was a young man called stencil,
Whose dick was as sharp as a pencil.
He punctured an actress,
Two nuns and a mattress,
And dented the bathroom utensil

And my favourite,

There was a young man called Wyatt,
Whose voice was exceptionally quiet.
And then one day,
He faded away....

[sounds better when spoken, voice trailing off....]

I read a funny comic book by Matt Groenig (aka Simpsons) years ago. He
had a page-long dissertation along the lines of

Those who can, do
Those who cant, teach
Those who cant teach, teach teachers...

culminating in

Those who cant finish unfinished sentences

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:30:12 +1300, Terry Given <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Active8 wrote:
>> John: 0 + 23 header lines
>> Me: 2 + 16 header lines :P
>
>why stop there: all those who didnt send a message at all (0 + 0 header
>lines) come first-equal
>
>Cheers
>Terry
In that case I'm a winner -- OOOOOPS!!!
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:48:59 +1300, Terry Given wrote:
<snip>
> I read a funny comic book by Matt Groenig (aka Simpsons) years ago. He
> had a page-long dissertation along the lines of
>
> Those who can, do
> Those who cant, teach
> Those who cant teach, teach teachers...

or "teach others to teach" is the way I heard it.

That's interesting. My Uncle Joe (you remember Uncle Joe, ...) told
me that and he didn't get it from a comic book. I doubt the
colleague who told him did, either.
>
> culminating in
>
> Those who cant finish unfinished sentences

So what was the name of the comic book?
--
Best Regards,
Mike

Active8 wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:48:59 +1300, Terry Given wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>I read a funny comic book by Matt Groenig (aka Simpsons) years ago. He
>>had a page-long dissertation along the lines of
>>
>>Those who can, do
>>Those who cant, teach
>>Those who cant teach, teach teachers...
>
>
> or "teach others to teach" is the way I heard it.
>
> That's interesting. My Uncle Joe (you remember Uncle Joe, ...) told
> me that and he didn't get it from a comic book. I doubt the
> colleague who told him did, either.
>
>>culminating in
>>
>>Those who cant finish unfinished sentences
>
>
> So what was the name of the comic book?

Beats the hell out of me - I saw it once, about 15 years ago.

Cheers
Terry

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:30:12 +1300, Terry Given wrote:

> Active8 wrote:
>> John: 0 + 23 header lines
>> Me: 2 + 16 header lines :P
>
> why stop there: all those who didnt send a message at all (0 + 0 header
> lines) come first-equal

How can no message be a short message?
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Best Regards,
Mike

Terry Given wrote:
> Active8 wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:48:59 +1300, Terry Given wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>>> I read a funny comic book by Matt Groenig (aka Simpsons) years ago.
>>> He had a page-long dissertation along the lines of
>>>
>>> Those who can, do
>>> Those who cant, teach
>>> Those who cant teach, teach teachers...
>>
>>
>>
>> or "teach others to teach" is the way I heard it.
>>
>> That's interesting. My Uncle Joe (you remember Uncle Joe, ...) told
>> me that and he didn't get it from a comic book. I doubt the
>> colleague who told him did, either.
>>
>>> culminating in
>>>
>>> Those who cant finish unfinished sentences
>>
>>
>>
>> So what was the name of the comic book?
>
>
> Beats the hell out of me - I saw it once, about 15 years ago.
>
> Cheers
> Terry

Probably "Life in Hell".

--
Regards,
Robert Monsen

"Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis."
- Pierre Laplace (1749-1827), to Napoleon,
on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God.

Active8 wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:30:12 +1300, Terry Given wrote:
>
>
>>Active8 wrote:
>>
>>>John: 0 + 23 header lines
>>>Me: 2 + 16 header lines :P
>>
>>why stop there: all those who didnt send a message at all (0 + 0 header
>>lines) come first-equal
>
>
> How can no message be a short message?

Think coding efficiency. All of the short messages posted here so far
have carried zero information, yet required many, many bits to do so. a
non-existent message carries the same amount of information (ie none)
but uses far less bits (to wit: zero ) (pun intentional)

Cheers
Terry

"Robert Monsen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:EpadnahvQs7Ep6TfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Terry Given wrote:
> > Active8 wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:48:59 +1300, Terry Given wrote:
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >>> I read a funny comic book by Matt Groenig (aka Simpsons) years ago.
> >>> He had a page-long dissertation along the lines of
> >>>
> >>> Those who can, do
> >>> Those who cant, teach
> >>> Those who cant teach, teach teachers...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> or "teach others to teach" is the way I heard it.
> >>
> >> That's interesting. My Uncle Joe (you remember Uncle Joe, ...) told
> >> me that and he didn't get it from a comic book. I doubt the
> >> colleague who told him did, either.
> >>
> >>> culminating in
> >>>
> >>> Those who cant finish unfinished sentences
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> So what was the name of the comic book?
> >
> >
> > Beats the hell out of me - I saw it once, about 15 years ago.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Terry
>
> Probably "Life in Hell".
>
> --
> Regards,
> Robert Monsen
>
> "Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis."
> - Pierre Laplace (1749-1827), to Napoleon,
> on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God.

Hmmm, slow night fellas ??

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Regards ..... Rheilly Phoull

Rheilly Phoull wrote:
> "Robert Monsen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:EpadnahvQs7Ep6TfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>Terry Given wrote:
>>
>>>Active8 wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:48:59 +1300, Terry Given wrote:
>>>><snip>
>>>>
>>>>>I read a funny comic book by Matt Groenig (aka Simpsons) years ago.
>>>>>He had a page-long dissertation along the lines of
>>>>>
>>>>>Those who can, do
>>>>>Those who cant, teach
>>>>>Those who cant teach, teach teachers...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>or "teach others to teach" is the way I heard it.
>>>>
>>>>That's interesting. My Uncle Joe (you remember Uncle Joe, ...) told
>>>>me that and he didn't get it from a comic book. I doubt the
>>>>colleague who told him did, either.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>culminating in
>>>>>
>>>>>Those who cant finish unfinished sentences
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>So what was the name of the comic book?
>>>
>>>
>>>Beats the hell out of me - I saw it once, about 15 years ago.
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>>Terry
>>
>>Probably "Life in Hell".
>>
>>--
>>Regards,
>> Robert Monsen
>>
>>"Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis."
>> - Pierre Laplace (1749-1827), to Napoleon,
>> on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God.
>
>
> Hmmm, slow night fellas ??
>
> --
> Regards ..... Rheilly Phoull
>
>

Waiting for dinner to cook.

Cheers
Terry