Re: Port Holes

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From: Dwight Wilson
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 00:57

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In article <1993Jan7.004012.29368@cs.cornell.edu> karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:
>In article <13797@grayt> grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray) writes:
>>
>>Why are ship port holes round?
>
>Why, because they wouldn't look *nautical* otherwise, of course.
>Imagine if your boat had square windows all over the hull; it would
>look like some landlubber's *house*, for goodness' sake!
>

No no, port holes are circles because they're noughtical.

-Dwight

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From: wilson@gauss.cs.jhu.edu (Dwight Wilson)
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Subject: Re: Port Holes
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