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Re: OT: What is this thread about?

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Monday, January 12, 2004, 21:07
Gary Shannon wrote:

>Have you ever noticed how three posts into a thread it >is no longer about what the header says it's about? >That's why most of the headerrs have nothing to do >with the contents of the post, which lead to me >ponder, I wonder what this thread will be about three >posts from now? > >I guessing it will either be about Spinoza, the proper >pronunciation of the silent 'e', or Darmok and Jalad >at Tanagra. > > >
I don't know about three. Having said that, three seems to occupy some kind of special place in our culture's brains. "I'lll count to three", "third time lucky", "three strikes, you're out". Odd, really.
>--gary > > > >

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