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From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Words that aren't words but we know their meaning anyway
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 12:45:31 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 12:45:31 1985
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*** EXO-ASTERISKS MADE MY DAY ***

>> Unitarian*   ...  Multitarian
>> 
>>     *NOT a trademark of ATT
>>
>>  Gary Benson, John Fluke Mfg. Co, Paul Shaeffer Division
 
> 	The correct opposite is Trinitarian (from the Trinity -- get it?).
>     I have never been able to understand how 3 == 1 is true (I'm a 
>     Unitarian PK).... perhaps I shall take this to net.puzzles.math?
> 
>     [ Steve Patterson, Computer Sciences, UW - Madison ]

Well Steve, since you're in Mad City (my home town - GO BADGERS!) I'll take
a few minutes to give you the straight poop.

A Unitarian is a person who believes that 1 = 1. Multitarians believe that
some other number equals one. In your case, as with most Trinitarians, the
number is 3, but how about all those other subsects of Multitarianism?
Binarists think 2 is the be-all and end-all. (We've got LOADS of them around
here.) Cinquaseptagenariasts on the other hand are convinced it's 27. I've
heard that the Zeroastrians and Googleplexians intend to merge into one Holy
Catholic Apostolic Multinational Public Interest Research Group. Purely
rumor, of course.

Hope that clears things up.




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