Stephen wrote:
> On 7 Jul 2008 12:35:31 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:00:32 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> On 6 Jul 2008 14:09:20 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The answer I was always told was "because there are no bones in ice
>>>> cream".
>>> It is a question (?) that I rediscover every time I hear it. It makes no
>>> sense :)
>> That's more or less the point, I think. ;-)
>>
> What was that? Said goldfish brain. :)
Reminds me of a riddle my late father used to tell

"Why is it wherefore the mouse doth rotate?"
"Because the higher the fewer; hence the word rhubarb"

I occasionally wish I'd been able to get a hand on _his_ stash :-)

John

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