Back in grad school, I was told the following story:
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James experimented on occasion with nitrous oxide. One one occasion,
while under the influence, He realized he had found the answer to the
ultimate question of the universe (apparently, the answer was not 42).
Unfortunately, upon recovery, he could no longer remember the answer.
With the skills of a great investigator, he set out to replicate the
experiment, but this time made sure that a notepad and pen were nearby.
Upon recovery, he remembered writing the answer down, but could no longer
find the notepad.
When he did finally find the notepad, some time later, upon it was
written:
Higamous Hogamous woman's monogamous
Hogamous Higamous man is polygamous
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I have always wondered if this story was apocryphal, and I have no idea of
the source. It does sound consistent with some of the other responses to
Michael's post. Anyone know if the story is true, and if so where it is
recorded?
-- Jim
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Michael Sylvester wrote:
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