--- Mike Sloane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This reminds me of the part of Swift's "Gulliver's > Travels" where there > is a dispute between the Big-Enders and the > Little-Enders, who argue > constantly over which end of a boiled egg should be > opened for eating. > Some things haven't changed much since the 18th > century. :-)
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