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From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Available reaction mass
Message-ID: <1951@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-May-85 12:09:24 EDT
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1951
Posted: Tue May  7 12:09:24 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 10-May-85 02:17:05 EDT
References: <2034@decwrl.UUCP>
Reply-To: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall)
Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica
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Summary: 

In article <2034@decwrl.UUCP> koch@tallis.DEC (Kevin Koch LTN1-2/B17 DTN229-6274) writes:
>> Subject: Stuck in Space
>> 
>> I recall one story (A.C. Clarke ?) in which someone found himself in
>> such a predicament and used the only available reaction-mass: his shorts.
>> At this point, a visiting Congressman's wife enters and our hero's
>> career suffers a setback.
>
>He could have spat.  A little slower than throwing your pants away, 
>but it would work.

And the Congressman's wife would still have come in, and gotten it in the
face.

Larry Wall
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