Re: Port Holes

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From: Dave Hare
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 13:17

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In article <13797@grayt> grayt@Software.Mitel.COM (Tom Gray) writes:
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>Man hole covers are round because man holes are round.
>
>The puzzle is:
>Why are manholes round?
>
>A more serious problem is:
>Why are ship port holes round?

And an even more serious question is: Why are airplane windows (roughly)
round?

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