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From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson)
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Subject: Pregnant Indians
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Date: Wed, 23-Nov-83 19:15:39 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 23 19:15:39 1983
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Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, Wash
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Three Indian maidens were pregnant at the same time, and went to the
chief to ask how to insure that they would have sons. The chief replied
that they should sleep on hippopotamus skins throughout their pregnancy.
One of them did, but the other two were not able to obtain one, and so
they slept on their usual horse hides. When they delivered, the one who
had been able to follow the chief's advice had twin sons, but the other
two had only one son each, illustrating a well-known mathematical
relationship:

"The sons of the squaw on the Hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the
squaws on the other two hides."

[Apologies to Indians, hippopotami, and Pythagoras.]

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Gary Benson
John Fluke Mfg. Co.
Everett, WA, USA