Dave Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:17:29 +0000 (GMT), Mark Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Quite frankly I'd rather not piss of O'Reilly. IMHO they're a nice
> > company that do nice things and the legality of the issue really has
> > nothing to do with it.
>
> I think this is a _very_ good point.
>
> On a tangentially related point - I've just overheard someone in the
> office mention the rumour that "Puff, the magic dragon" was "written
> by someone who was smoking a joint". I guess I'm just surprised that
> there are people to whom this fact isn't obvious.
>
> Dave...
> [who was obviously corrupted by his primary school teachers who forced
> him to sing that song over 30 years ago]
Snopes has this to say:
http://www.snopes2.com/music/songs/puff.htm
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