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- From: engan@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Subject: Re: 999,999,999 Green bottles
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.173511.2828@vax1.mankato.msus.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 11:35:11 GMT
- Article-I.D.: vax1.1993Jan25.173511.2828
- References: <1992Nov30.192118.61409@cc.usu.edu> <mPu4uB12w165w@mertwig.UUCP> <BynwBG.G2H@mach1.wlu.ca> <1993Jan25.175105.4340@bradford.ac.uk>
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- In article <1993Jan25.175105.4340@bradford.ac.uk>, A.D.Brown@bradford.ac.uk (AD BROWN) writes:
- > veen2976@mach1.wlu.ca (veenstra christopher) writes:
- >
- >>In article <mPu4uB12w165w@mertwig.UUCP> xyzzy@mertwig.UUCP (Daniel Drucker) writes:
- >>>> >>>>>>:>>>>>>> 999,999,999 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>> >>>>>>:>>>>>>> 999,999,999 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>> >>>>>>:>>>>>>> and if one green bottle should accidentally fall
- >>>> >>>>>>:>>>>>>> they'd be....
- >>>> >>>>>>:>>>>>>
- >>> ____________________________________
- >>>| |
- >>>| ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC |
- >>>|____________________________________|
- >>>
- >>>
- >>>> 999,999,985 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>> 999,999,985 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>> and if one of those bottles should happen to fall
- >>>> they'd be...
- >>>
- >>>Come on, cascades don't have to be THIS stupid.
- >>>
- >
- >>Well, personally, I find this far more amusing than any cascade. I haven't
- >>seen this many people get this annoyed at any cascade yet! I almost get
- >>sick from laughing at all these people telling them to stop. I love it! In
- >>fact......
- >
- >>999,999,984 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>999,999,984 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>and if one of those bottles should happen to fall
- >>they'd be...
- >
- > A chain reaction that would cause half the bottles to fall each time
- > so:
- >
- > 49,999,992 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- > 49,999,992 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- > and if half of those bottles should happen to fall
- > there'd be...
- >
- 24,999,996 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- 24,999,996 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- and if 72.6 percent of those bottles should happen to fall
- there'd be...
-