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- From: a.norrish@trl.oz.au (Reg Trademark)
- Subject: Re: Shamen crash through the price barrier (almost)
- Message-ID: <a.norrish.19.0@trl.oz.au>
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- Distribution: aus
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 06:53:47 GMT
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- In article <a.norrish.18.0@trl.oz.au> a.norrish@trl.oz.au (Reg Trademark) writes:
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- >>Curtis factor = 40 minutes / 8 dollars = 50 cents per song.
- >
- >Horrors. The Curtis factor should be 50 cents per minute.
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- Anyone with grade 3 maths should realise that this should actually be 20
- cents per minute. What a day!
-
- >Recalculating:
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- If the equations are done again, they actually turn out correct. No-one can
- be more surprised than me at that.
-
- >So someone's lying. 8 tracks in 40 minutes doesn't add up. I think the
- >Shamen have been revealed for what they really are. SHAMEN. CHARLATANS.
- >STONE ROSES. oops.
-
- I apologise, Shamen.
-
- >Andrew (not known for mathematical excellence) Norrish.
-
- Andrew Norrish (who believes firstly, a joke's no good if you have to
- explain it, and secondly, is worse if you explain it badly)
-