From: Nichael Cramer (nichael@sover.net)
Date: Sun Apr 16 2000 - 15:26:40 EDT
[Apologies to Carl et al. This really is more on-topic than might appear
at first blush. Likewise, this was new to me; I hope I'm not just
repeating an old chestnut.]
Brattleboro is lucky (for a town of its size and in this age of B&N and
Amazon.com[*]) to have several good, independent bookstores.
Rather than offer the best-seller discount standard at the larger
chain-stores, my favorite local store (Collected Works) instead gives a 10%
discount to anyone able to answer the "Question of the Day"[**] posted out
front.
Today's question --which I'm sorry to say I didn't get-- was the following:
"You are at a convention of morticians in Paris. You
overhear someone refer to a crucifix as 'Henri'. Why?"
...offered for your diversion.
Nichael
[* Extra Credit: If you've been to Amazon.com you may have noticed that
the name of their principle server is "Obidos". Why?]
[** "Define 'threnody'"; "Name, in order, the first five planets in the
Ptolemaic system"; that sort of thing[***].]
[*** Got the second; missed the first.]
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