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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: A fish without a bicycle.
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Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 16:07:53 EST
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> Some years ago, I saw the statement "A man without a god is like a fish
> without a bicycle," before I ever saw the version above.  I suspect the
> women's movement borrowed this idea.  The "man without a god" line is
> definitely more time-honoured than the "woman without a man" line.
> The original statement never caught on, probably because it is
> unfashionable to admit to being an atheist in some parts of North America.

... is like a day without sunshine.
And a day without sunshine is like night.
	- Steve Martin.

-Ron

Life is like an analogy.