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From: kjchapman@wateng.UUCP (Kevin J. Chapman)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Re: Short-swords
Message-ID: <2032@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 13:21:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 18 13:21:12 1985
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> > > says, "I show you".  He points to another fly on the
> > > wall, and throwing two short-swords simultaneously,
> > > the fly falls in four equal pieces.  Again the man
> > 
> > Hey Ron, if he cut the fly in four peices with only two
> > swords, shouldn't he have gotten first prize?!?!
> 
> Watch:
> 
> 	/-----\
> 	|     |_
> 	|      _|	<- Fly (sort of)
> 	|     |
> 	\----/
> 
> 	/-----\
> 	|     |_
>    |||====--------	One sword
> 	|     |
> 	\----/
> 
> 	   |
> 	/--|--\
> 	|__|__| 
> 	___|___  	A second sword
> 	|  #  |
> 	\--#-/
> 	   #
> 
> 	/-- --\
> 	|_| |_| 
> 	___ ___  	Four parts (count them)
> 	| | | |
> 	\-- -/
>     
> I hope this clairifies the matter.
> 
> 	Wayne



      Don't tell me... I can just see it...We're now about to engage in
   a discussion of how one can cut a fly into 8 squares!  I shall save us
   the bother of rehashing this point.  As we may recall from past postings
   the best way to do this is to cut the fly into 4 squares, and then throw
   a sword in a plane parallel to the wall in such a manner as to slice each 
   "square" in half.

		With tongue firmly embedded in cheek,
	
	                     Kevin Chapman
	                     Computer Communications Networks Group
	                     Waterversity of Uniloo
	                     'Loo, Ont., Canada
	
    P.S. Note that this works only with square flies.