Indeed the last question seems to be the important one. I'm not really sure, but it could mean something like:
Does it matter? or What's the odds? On the page http://www.operone.de/spruch/spr/s132.htm I have found the explanation that everyone should do what he thinks is the best and not ask for the thoughts of others, that are contradicting very often. Best Markus On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 16:44:33 -0500, Daniel F Heiman wrote: DFH> DFH> On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:43:15 +0200 Gernot Hilger DFH> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DFH> <snip> DFH> DFH> > > one respects it DFH> > > the other despises it DFH> > > the third watches it DFH> > > what is it DFH> DFH> The final question might be better translated: DFH> "What is it doing?" DFH> DFH> Still seems to me that the answer to the riddle may be a clock marking DFH> off the hours. DFH> DFH> Daniel Heiman DFH> DFH> > > DFH> > >> Der Eine Acht's DFH> > >> Der Ander veracht's DFH> > >> Der Dritte betracht's DFH> > >> Was macht's? DFH> > DFH> > DFH> > DFH> > To get on or off this list see list information at DFH> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html DFH> > DFH> > DFH> DFH> DFH>