Re: [NTLK] Etymology of Mathematics. Can't let that slide.

From: Norman Palardy (palardyn_at_shaw.ca)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 08:03:19 PST

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On Mar 24, 2004, at 4:08 AM, Anton Aylward wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 01:17, Brett Hutley wrote:
>
>> Man! etymologist medievalist geek - now *there's* a way to get lots of
>> breathing room at parties :)
>
> I still can't imagine anything that would beat
> "Hello, I'm from the government. I'm here to help you."

Having been a badge carrying member of the local police department try :

"I work for the police"

for a real conversation killer.

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