Hi, perhaps they threw him into part of the creek where stuff accumulates. The Thames close to my house usually flows quite quickly but there are parts where all the crap that people throw in upstream, often including pairs of short planks, gathers sometimes for days at a time. There are a couple of barges that skim it off the top every now and then. The stuff even includes a sort of dirty foam - perhaps that's 'stupid', although it's not as dense as the planks. I should get the public health people to test it sometime.
--- Bob Sunday, October 27, 2002, 7:09:32 AM, you wrote: > So 'stupid' is a substance - less dense than water and insoluble. But creeks > flow. At least all those I've seen do - most of the time. All the 'stupid' > would be washed downstream. I don't find this one funny at all. > Still thick as two planks. > Aaaaargh! > Dr E D F Williams > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams > Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery > Updated: March 30, 2002 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Feroze Kistan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 11:56 PM > Subject: Re: Metaphors (Was Re: A funny problem with digital) >> The way I read it was that the person was so stupid >> that it(stupidity) dissolved in water and floated to the surface, >> which could be skimmed off the top for a period of 3 weeks. >> Now all the "funny" is gone since you made me think about it, >> thanks a lot buddies >> >> Feroze >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 2:03 PM >> Subject: Re: Metaphors (Was Re: A funny problem with digital) >> >> >> > Rob, >> > >> > You are not alone. I didn't understand it either. Perhaps there's a > typing >> > error? Is stupid a substance? In any case 'throw'em' translates (for me > at >> > least) to 'throw them'. >> > >> > But I am also thick as two planks! >> > >> > Don >> > >> > Dr E D F Williams >> > >> > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams >> > Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery >> > Updated: March 30, 2002 >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 2:55 AM >> > Subject: Re: Metaphors (Was Re: A funny problem with digital) >> > >> > >> > > On 25 Oct 2002 at 11:36, Feroze Kistan wrote: >> > > >> > > > That is one of the funniest I have ever heard >> > > > feroze >> > > > >> > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > > Treena Harp wrote in part..... >> > > > > >> > > > > And, here's one of my dear, departed dad's: He/She's so stupid, > you >> > could >> > > > > throw'em in the creek (prounced crik) and skim stupid for three >> weeks. >> > > >> > > I must be thick as two short planks 'cause I don't get it :-( >> > > >> > > Rob Studdert >> > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >> > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >> > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html >> > > >> > >> > >> > >>
