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Subject: Pauling's joke
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 15:06:58 +1000 (EST)
From: Michael Bulmer

Hello,

Reading your web page with Pauling's joke just now reminded me of a Laurie Anderson piece:

"You know, you should always carry a bomb on an airplane. The chance of there being one bomb on the plane is pretty small, but the chance of two bombs is miniscule. So by carrying a bomb on the airplane your chances of being held hostage or being blown up are astronomically reduced."

Cheers,

Michael.

-- 
Dr Michael Bulmer                  |   "Talking about music is like
mrb@maths.uq.edu.au                |    dancing about architecture."
http://www.maths.uq.edu.au/~mrb    |

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