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Re: * Dr G Polya BRILLIANTLY analyses the Virgina Shooting Incident *

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From: bill.sloman
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:00

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On Apr 24, 2:09 pm, Quadibloc <jsav...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> The Real Andy wrote:
> > Makes me wonder about the credibility of any statement Dr Gideon Polya
> > makes.
>
> .
> I never thought that I would feel the urge to call someone an
> edelweiss-eating Tanzanian devil, but Dr. Polya proved that I lacked
> imagination.
>
> (Note that "Tanzanian" is pronounced Tan.zan._ee_.yan, not
> Tan._zayn_.ee.an; one wouldn't want to spoil the effect.)

The effect is - in fact - more severely damaged by your confusion
between Tasmania - where Dr. Polya actually lives - and Tanzania which
is a country in Africa with a name similar enough to confuse semi-
literate Americans. Tasmania is a reasonably large island (about the
same size as Ireland) a couple of hundred miles south of the
Australian mainland. It is a state of Australia (not Austria, which is
where you'd need to go for edelweiss).

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

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