> there's a great line in one of Douglas Adams' books,
referring to a
> philosopher who is so clever he proves that black is
white and gets
himself
> killed at the next zebra crossing. I read this as a
kid and was rather
> crushed years later to discover it just meant a
crosswalk and didn't
involve
> the philosopher being trampled by zebras (which,
incidentally, I believe
are
> ZEB-ras in the UK and ZEE-bras in the
US).
I like your version better.
Incidently, I believe a punter to be a willing and uninformed
customer, a fool all too eager to give his money away.
Brad
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