BARRY HOLLAND wrote:

> This reminds me of a famous pair of telegrams, can't remember the
>  senders but one sent '' ! '' & the reply was  '' ? ''

IIRC it was Victor Hugo who is said to have sent "?", to enquire about the 
sales of "Les Misérables".  The publisher replied "!", though whether this 
implied good sales or none at all...

-- 
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
Emperor of ice-cream.


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