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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: Beast of Burden
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Date: Wed, 1-May-85 14:14:03 EDT
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>>> Paul Dubois, talking about the differences between horsies and cows:
>>>> 
>>>> One gets an udder, the other doesn't.  One gets a single hoof, the
> 
>> because they're pretty small (compared to a cow's)..."
>>                           but ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  was exactly the point...

>> Paul DuBois	{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois        --+--

>     If your point was that a horse's udders are small compared to a cow's,
> why did you say: 'One gets an udder, the other doesn't.'?  The difference
> in size is really pretty small (unless you're talking about milch cows,
> which have been bred for large udders for centuries.).  Would you say:
> 'One gets a neck, the other doesn't.' just because a horse's neck is longer?

I willingly concede the point!

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Paul DuBois     {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois        --+--
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"The presence of weeds in the garden is not explained by            |
  saying that the gardener has not pulled them yet."