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Re: Hippos are Vegetarian
On Oct 7 17:40, Dave Korn wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Oct 7 16:55, Dave Korn wrote:
> >> Aaron Humphrey wrote:
> >>
> >>> http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp
> >>>
> >>> Coincidentally, I just got the book "Hippo Eats Dwarf", a book on
> >>> hoaxes, out of the library.
> >> Heh, your mail arrived while I was writing pretty much the same. This is
> >> one of the classic urban legends of internet history. And it has a hippo in
> >> it! :-)
> >
> > But then again, it *must* be true, right?
> >
>
> Exactly. Truth is beauty, hence beauty is truth; this story is beautiful,
> therefore it must be true. And if it isn't, it should be, so the best thing
> we can do is help the rumour spread :-)
You forgot the hippo. Truth is beauty, beauty is a hippo, hence beauty
is truth. Or something.
Corinna