Re: Pigs Can Fly( alt.fan.douglas-adams)

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From: Kielinen
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 00:00

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Nick Piesco thought it was a good idea to write:
> Orion (ah42@ma.ultranet.com) wrote:

> : Cotton comes from the seeds of the cotton plant, I think...

> Nope, the seeds are actually deep within the cottony bit. (A co-worker has
> a boll of cotton on her desk I find myself playing with occasionally.) The
> cotton gin was invented as an easy and far more efficient way of removing
> the seeds, as it's quite a pain. Previous to that, of course, most cotton
> growers (around here anyway) used an, er, 'alternative labour source'.

the mccormick reaper!  did that have anything to do with cotton?

  kristen

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From: Kielinen <kristenk@bu.edu>
Subject: Re: Pigs Can Fly( alt.fan.douglas-adams)
Date: 1999/12/24
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