[lit-ideas] Re: [lit-ideas] Re: Le Pesanteur et la Grâce
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 21:46:20 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
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From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Aug 7, 2004 3:26 PM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Le Pesanteur et la Gr=E2ce
At 03:22 PM 8/7/2004, you wrote:
And engineer, a priest and a lawyer are going to be executed by guillotine:
The priest lies down. The executioner pulls the cord. Nothing happens
Priest: "By the grace of god, I deserve a reprieve", They let him go
The lawyer lies down. The executioner pulls the cord. Nothing happens
Lawyer: "By law, you can't try to execute me twice." They let him go
The Engineer lies down. The executioner pulls the cord. Nothing happens
Engineer: "I think I see what the problem is"
A.A. From real life: Louis XVI was, if not an engineer, then a tinkerer. =
He perfected the guillotine. Didn't invent it I think, but perfected the a=
ngle of the blade and so on to the form we are used to seeing, and that was=
used on him.
Andy Amago
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada=20
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