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From: scott@cs.heriot-watt.ac.UK (Scott Telford)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Subject: Re: slamming!
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Date: 5 Apr 91 12:01:55 GMT
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In article <9104041721.AA08779@das.llnl.gov> ed@das.llnl.GOV (Edward J.
Suranyi) writes:
>[Talking about "Get out of My House"]
>
>>- does anyone have an idea why "the Mule" is capatalized with the definite
>>article?  i sometimes feel like i'm missing a reference here...
>>
>>-greg -- gb10@gte.com -- "Am I doing it?  Can I have it all, now?"
>
>I once heard that this was a reference to the Mule in Isaac Asimov's
>"Foundation" stories.  I'm not sure if this is true, however.

I doubt this. I can't see where a character from "Foundation and Empire"
would fit in, somehow.... :^)



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