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From: fred@mot.UUCP (Fred Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: Re: Maps are not an international language either
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 14:41:19 EST
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> > The usual answer for the distance from wherever you happen to be
> > (in the bush) to anyplace in the same general region is "two kilometers".
> > It doesn't matter whether the actual distance is half a kilometer
> > or thirty.  > > John Quarterman
> 
> Of a similar flavor: in Cape Town SA: "Oh, we'll give you a ride into
> town.  We're leaving Just Now."
> 
> Two hours and thirty minutes later ...  > Ed Nather

my favorite, while growing up in India, was the answer to any question
regarding directions .. it was "str-r-raight!  str-r-raight!".  typically,
there was a curve or two and a couple of turns involved.
-- 
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