[REBOL] Re: parse question
From: gchiu:compkarori at: 28-Jun-2001 8:48
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:16:20 -0500
Joel Neely <[joel--neely--fedex--com]> wrote:
> Old joke:
>
> Prominent scientist gives a lecture on the space
> program.
> Little old lady comes up afterwards to speak with him.
>
> LOL: That was all very interesting, but it's nonsense.
> Everybody knows that the earth is flat and rests
> on
> the back of a giant turtle.
>
> PS [humoring her]: Well, what does that turtle stand
> on?
>
> LOL: Each of his feet is on the back of another giant
> turtle.
>
> PS: Well, what do THEY stand on?
>
> LOL: Now, young man, you can't trick me. From there,
> it's
> turtles all the way down!
In "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking, 1988, page
1, the scientist in this tale is said to be Bertrand Russell
giving a public lecture on astronomy.
--
Graham Chiu