Stephen wrote:

> And Pearl's mother says her tea is ready :)

Oh... You must be /Mother of Pearl/. :-D

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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:30:22 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>
>> And Pearl's mother says her tea is ready :)
>
>Oh... You must be /Mother of Pearl/. :-D

That's an old Goons joke. :)
And it is what I was thinking. You old mind reader, you :)
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On 25 Aug 2009 21:56:55 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:04:20 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>
>> Stephen wrote:
>>> Did we not do this to death a couple of years ago?
>> 
>> I seriously hope it wasn't *that* long ago!
>
>I'm pretty sure it wasn't, just feels like it. ;-)
>

Well I searched OT back to 2007 and could not find the thread.
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>> Oh... You must be /Mother of Pearl/. :-D
> 
> That's an old Goons joke. :)
> And it is what I was thinking. You old mind reader, you :)

Let me just go ask this clam...

Hello?

Oh. Is Perl in?

No. But I'm her mother.

Oh, you must be /mother of Pearl/!

Oldies but goldies. IIRC, they wanted to climb the highest mountain in 
the world, which necessitates starting from the bottom of the ocean. And 
they also repeatedly told Ellington to "drive on", until eventually he 
did... "He should have waited for us!"

You can't get the wood, you know...

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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:16:06 +0200, Stephen <mcavoysAT@aoldotcom> wrote:
> On 25 Aug 2009 21:56:55 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:04:20 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>>
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> Did we not do this to death a couple of years ago?
>>>
>>> I seriously hope it wasn't *that* long ago!
>>
>> I'm pretty sure it wasn't, just feels like it. ;-)
>>
>
> Well I searched OT back to 2007 and could not find the thread.

There was a discussion about the meaning of infinity in April this year.  
Monkeys were mentioned.



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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:00:18 +0200, "Fredrik Eriksson"
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>>>> Stephen wrote:

>> Well I searched OT back to 2007 and could not find the thread.
>
>There was a discussion about the meaning of infinity in April this year.  
>Monkeys were mentioned.

Yes, but the one I remember was quite long and it went into the "infinite number
of monkeys on an infinite number of typewriters hitting the keys for an infinite
time" hypothesis, in depth.
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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:18:48 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>
>Let me just go ask this clam...
>
>Hello?
>
>Oh. Is Perl in?
>
>No. But I'm her mother.
>
>Oh, you must be /mother of Pearl/!

You're older than you look :P
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>> Let me just go ask this clam...
>>
>> Hello?
>>
>> Oh. Is Perl in?
>>
>> No. But I'm her mother.
>>
>> Oh, you must be /mother of Pearl/!
> 
> You're older than you look :P

I know a wisened little old man who looks exactly like an elf. He's a 
bit of a Goons addict.

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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:00:51 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>
>I know a wisened little old man who looks exactly like an elf. He's a 
>bit of a Goons addict.

My condolences. ;)
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On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:52:22 +0200, Stephen <mcavoysAT@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> There was a discussion about the meaning of infinity in April this year.
>> Monkeys were mentioned.
>
> Yes, but the one I remember was quite long and it went into the "infinite
> number of monkeys on an infinite number of typewriters hitting the keys
> for an infinite time" hypothesis, in depth.

This is the one I was talking about:
http://news.povray.org/povray.off-topic/thread/%3C49ec8b09%241%40news.povray.org%3E/

There was also some peripheral discussion here:
http://news.povray.org/povray.off-topic/thread/%3C49f68344%40news.povray.org%3E/



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