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From: chris@minnie.UUCP (Chris Grevstad)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Proof that 2 + 2 = 5
Message-ID: <124@minnie.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 12-Oct-85 04:11:44 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 12 04:11:44 1985
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The following from another mindless idiot who neither read netiquette
nor has read net.jokes in the past few months.  It would be nice if
newcomers could be restricted to read-only mode for the first months
of their net existence.

mikel@codas.UUCP (Mikel Manitius) says:
>2 + 2 = 5
>When dealing with large quantities of 2.
>
>Engeneer's Proof:
   (^ has difficulties spelling, too.)
>
>	(By rounding real numbers to the nearest integer)
>
>			 real		integer
>
>			  2.4	->	   2
>			+ 2.4	->	 + 2
>			-----		 ---
>			= 4.8	->	 = 5
>
>	Except where void or prohibited by law.

> Q: How do you know if an elephant has been makeing love in your back yard?
> A: If the trash liners are gone from the trash cans.


> Recursion:	See Recursion.

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