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- From: scott@techbook.com (Scott Huddleston)
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- Subject: Re: mathematician's marrying ages.
- Summary: it's a joke, son
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.231715.3836@techbook.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 23:17:15 GMT
- Article-I.D.: techbook.1992Sep2.231715.3836
- References: <1992Aug19.185215.303@cc.tut.fi> <Bt91q6.3o5@oryx.com> <1992Aug24.134508.27438@cc.tut.fi>
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- After reading the comment below, I couldn't resist posting this old
- chestnut.
-
- A lawyer, a doctor, and a mathematician were comparing the virtues of
- a wife versus a mistress. The doctor preferred a wife, because it was
- better for the health. The lawyer preferred a mistress, on grounds it
- was better for the pocketbook.
-
- The mathematician recommended having both a wife and a mistress,
- because it gave him more time. When he left one of them, the wife
- thought he was with the mistress, the mistress thought he was with the
- wife, and he was free to do mathematics.
-
- In article <1992Aug24.134508.27438@cc.tut.fi> jk87377@cc.tut.fi (Juhana Kouhia) writes:
- >Well, we don't have details so, it would be silly to argue on this
- >anymore. I think it is better to choose the one which causes
- >less harm:
- >-if you don't marry, then you don't have a wife and will have mental
- >problems
- >-if you marry, then you have wife and very fun :-)
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