On 21-Jul-08 21:21, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:49:42 +0200, andrel wrote:
> 
>> On 21-Jul-08 16:51, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:44:42 -0300, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>>>
>>>> Youth (as they say) is
>>>> wasted on the young.
>>> I prefer ZBIV's quote "Life is wasted on the living." ;-)
>>>
>> Me too, but I though it too obscure to quote. BTW does any native
>> English speaker know if this should have been ZBIVth? Just curious.
> 
> As an abbreviation, ZBIV would be fine, "IVth" isn't a construct I've 
> ever seen - for someone who is the fourth in a line, "First Last IV" is 
> how I believe it would be written. :)
> 
> And *nothing* from H2G2 is too obscure for some of us.  It all depends on 
> just how hoopy you are. ;-)
> 
It is in the bathroom downstairs.

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