On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 06:13, _nasturtium wrote: > And I know that this is OT to even this OT thread, but I was thinking: what > if a person burnt 5 copies of Mandrake, and gave it free to 5 people, on the > condition that they would each burn 5 copies, and give it away with the same > condition? Pyramid schemes put to good use! > > Regards, > _nasturtium
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