frank theriault wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> No, no, no. There was only one fork in the whole world! But it had
>> such prestige that people brought a cadena containing only a spoon -
>> the fork space was there simply to impress. You see, the whole world
>> was caught in a lie that no one could break out of. It was only Popes,
>> Emperors and the Negus who ever owned THE fork, but to boost their own
>> standing lesser mortals would make space in their cadena for the time
>> in some unspecified future when they would rise to being Pope, Emperor
>> or Negus. Nobody at that time had thought of actually making another
>> fork, except of course Joan of Arc, and we toasted her with it.
>>
>
> Actually, in a fantastic kingdom somewhere past India, Prester Johanne
> had thousands of forks. The unicorns had to eat with something, as
> you can well imagine.
>
> European explorers, soldiers and adventurers went searching for this
> mythical kingdom over a period of hundreds of years, based on a letter
> that circulated among the courts, however despite near misses, the
> Kingdom was never found. It was later said that the letter(s) were a
> hoax, but I think they only said that to explain their lousy sense of
> direction and the fact that they never found it.
>
> It seems that whevever they came to the fork in the road they chose
> the wrong way. They said "we won't get fooled this tine..."
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
>
Remember "When you come to the fork in the road, take it!" -- Yogi Berra
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