-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 8:03 AM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: RE: How to tell if a star has planets?
At 12:35 PM Thursday 11/12/2009, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship >Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:55 AM >To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion >Subject: Re: How to tell if a star has planets? > >At 04:39 AM Thursday 11/12/2009, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > >David Hobby asked: > > > > > > Whatever happened to good old snake oil? > > > > >Became biodiesel. > > > >Alberto Monteiro > > > >How many snakes do you have to squeeze to get a gallon? > > >. . . ronn! :) > >_____________ > >Depends on the snakes. A little grass snake isn't going to yield much. >A 9' rattler, on the other hand, if you can squeeze it hard enough >without getting bit, will give you more. > > Julia I'm surprised no one tried to make something out of "snakes" = "oil company executives" . . . (And I've heard of rattlers that size who survived to crawl away after being run over, backed over, then run over again . . . ) ________ I've witnessed that. Also, dropping rocks on the thing is just going to prolong its misery. Get a hoe! Just get a hoe! (We should probably buy a couple of extras for just in case we see that sort of thing again, so we can give the clueless neighbor one without depriving ourselves. That, or make sure the next-door neighbor has ammo for his small-caliber gun.) Julia _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
