On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:00:56 -0700, bill.sloman wrote: > On Apr 24, 2:09 pm, Quadibloc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The Real Andy wrote: >> > Makes me wonder about the credibility of any statement Dr Gideon Polya >> > makes. >> . >> I never thought that I would feel the urge to call someone an >> edelweiss-eating Tanzanian devil, but Dr. Polya proved that I lacked >> imagination. >> >> (Note that "Tanzanian" is pronounced Tan.zan._ee_.yan, not >> Tan._zayn_.ee.an; one wouldn't want to spoil the effect.) > > The effect is - in fact - more severely damaged by your confusion > between Tasmania - where Dr. Polya actually lives - and Tanzania which > is a country in Africa with a name similar enough to confuse semi- > literate Americans. Tasmania is a reasonably large island (about the > same size as Ireland) a couple of hundred miles south of the > Australian mainland. It is a state of Australia (not Austria, which is > where you'd need to go for edelweiss).
LOL! Thanks! Rich -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
