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| (...) A word-for-word translation of the same sentence from German to English would deliver the same result. So it's obiously your language Jonathan, which has a failure. ;-) And if you are of the opinion Germans have no sence of humor: just listen, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| I'm going to be silly, here so don't take me seriously. (...) Of course, a thing is a proper subset of itself, and thus can be said to "contain" itself. With the trend toward juniorisation continuing, how long before we actually get Burp Adventure (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| (...) Sets that contained this part. Not Sets that this part contained. (This statement says that the entire set is inside or contained by that one part.) I didn't laugh. In fact, I knew what you meant to say, so I didn't even notice the error until (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| (...) No, I think that it's that he is laughing at the notion of a set contained in a part. Usually it's the other way round, parts are contained in sets... he's just laughing at your transposition typo, that's all. I think. ++Lar (25 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| (...) Yup. Michigan also has towns named Paradise, Christmas, Climax, Bad Axe (which at least some locals pronounce "b'dax", which is sort of weird all on its own), and Gaylord. There's about 10 miles between Alaska and Wyoming. Alaska's just north (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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