frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I didn't say that numbers don't have their place, or that they're not necessary to 
>describe certain
>things - of course they are.  If I want to describe a certain number of things that 
>is more than 41,
>but less than 43, I think I'd likely use "42". <g>
>
>(Kind of reminds me of the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch from Monty Python and the Holy 
>Grail:  "...and
>then counteth to three.  Not four.  And not two, unless thou thence proceedeth to 
>three...") <vbg>
>
>What I said, is that mathematics can't explain ~everything~.  At least I don't think 
>so.  But, hell, I
>could be wrong;  I often am, as anyone who's on this list can attest to!

erm...I was just making a Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy joke.

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