Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread Nicholas Clark
Curious instructions as seen on an Organic Columbian Blacktail Free Range Eggs eggbox: Store point end downwards and away from strongly flavoured foods. This makes these eggs big endian, doesn't it? And therefore suitable for use in Lilliput. Nicholas Clark -- EMCFT

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread Chris Devers
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Nicholas Clark wrote: Curious instructions as seen on an Organic Columbian Blacktail Free Range Eggs eggbox: Store point end downwards and away from strongly flavoured foods. This makes these eggs big endian, doesn't it? And therefore suitable for use in

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread Graham Seaman
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Nicholas Clark wrote: Curious instructions as seen on an Organic Columbian Blacktail Free Range Eggs eggbox: Store point end downwards and away from strongly flavoured foods. This makes these eggs big endian, doesn't it? And therefore suitable for use in Lilliput

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread Alex Gough
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Chris Devers wrote: On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Nicholas Clark wrote: This makes these eggs big endian, doesn't it? And therefore suitable for use in Lilliput. It's about time we did the right thing here: legalize little endians! Or, for maximum amusement use the Lilliputian

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Nicholas Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Curious instructions as seen on an Organic Columbian Blacktail Free Range Eggs eggbox: Store point end downwards and away from strongly flavoured foods. This makes these eggs big endian, doesn't it? And therefore suitable for use in Lilliput.

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 10:54:08AM -0600, Chris Devers wrote: But of course, a lot of the current problems both down in Columbia and back up here in the US would be greatly diminished if we would just think sensibly and legalize little endianness. It's obviously what a lot of people want, and

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread Mike Jarvis
On Fri, 2002-02-08 at 12:20, Nicholas Clark wrote: Or alternatively, just drink loads more coffee. As I understand it, it grows in the same climatic conditions, so increasing coffee demand considerably would price out the alternatives that might want to be grown. [and likewise eat many

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread Chris Devers
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Nicholas Clark wrote: On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 10:54:08AM -0600, Chris Devers wrote: But of course, a lot of the current problems both down in Columbia and back up here in the US would be greatly diminished if we would just think sensibly and legalize little endianness.

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread Chris Devers
On 8 Feb 2002, Mike Jarvis wrote: Ha! All Americans know banannas come from Canada. At least since Reagan was president. When we started the embargo against Nicaragua, we started buying our banannas from Canada. And to think that the Republicans don't believe in global warming... ;)

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 12:54:58PM -0600, Chris Devers wrote: On 8 Feb 2002, Mike Jarvis wrote: Ha! All Americans know banannas come from Canada. At least since Reagan was president. When we started the embargo against Nicaragua, we started buying our banannas from Canada. And to

Re: Columbia is Lilliput

2002-02-08 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 03:22:17PM +, Nicholas Clark wrote: Curious instructions as seen on an Organic Columbian Blacktail Free Range Eggs eggbox: Store point end downwards and away from strongly flavoured foods. This makes these eggs big endian, doesn't it? And therefore suitable