Paul Rudin wrote: > Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Steve Holden wrote: >>> Lorenzo Stella wrote: >> ...... >>> So, which environment do you habitually use that provides an >>> *unlimited* stack? >>> >>> You remind me of the conversation between the philosopher and an >>> attractive lady whom he was seated next to at dinner. He asked her >>> if she would sleep with him for a million dollars, to which she >>> readily agreed. So he followed this by asking her if she'd sleep >>> with him for a dollar. She replied: "No. Do you take me for a >>> prostitutte?", to which his riposte was "We have already established >>> that fact, and are now merely haggling about the price". >>> >> allegedly G B Shaw >> (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980925/ai_n14182408) > > Also allegedly Winston Churchill, although wikiquote says: > > "This is a very old joke where the participants vary dramatically > from each telling. It's very unlikely though not impossible that > the joke originated from Churchill."
Also allegedly Bertrand Russell, who was going to be the subject of my version until I realized that I would get many corrections to any asserted identity of the originator. I should have know to expect just as many corrections to the absence of any such assertion, this being c.l.py :-) regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Sorry, the dog ate my .sigline -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list