If it was Mrs Doyle, she'd catch the purse and end up flat on her face on the floor.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Steven Millward <[email protected]>wrote: > Nice one. > > > On 3 March 2011 09:33, mark worrall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If it was Mrs Jarvis, she'd catch the purse, be first to the counter, then >> spill the contents all over the floor and end up with nothing. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Derek Hughes < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Very good this one !! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> You’re in a shoe shop, second in the queue for the till. Behind the shop >>> assistant on the till is a pair of shoes which you have seen and which you >>> must have. The female shopper in front of you has seen them also and is >>> eyeing them with desire. Both of you have forgotten your purses. It would be >>> totally rude to push in front of the first woman if you had no money to pay >>> for the shoes. The shop assistant remains at the till waiting. >>> >>> Your friend is trying on another pair of shoes at the back of the shop >>> and sees your dilemma. She prepares to throw her purse to you. If she does >>> so, you can catch the purse, then walk round the other shopper and buy the >>> shoes. At a pinch she could throw the purse ahead of the other shopper and, >>> *whilst it is in flight* you could nip around the other shopper, catch the >>> purse and buy the shoes. Always remembering that until the purse had >>> *actually been thrown* it would be plain wrong to push in front of the other >>> shopper. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take >>> a >>> look<http://au.rd.yahoo.com/galaxy/mail/tagline2/*http:/au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> DISCLAIMER: >>> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >>> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are >>> addressed. The sender cannot guarantee that this email or any attachment to >>> it is free of computer viruses or other conditions which may damage or >>> interfere with data, hardware or software with which it might be used. It is >>> sent on the strict condition that the user carries out and relies on its own >>> procedures for ensuring that its use will not interfere with the recipients >>> systems and the recipient assumes all risk of use and absolves the sender of >>> all responsibility for any consequence of its use. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? >>> A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. >>> >> >> -- >> Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? >> A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. >> > > -- > Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? > A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. > -- Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked.
