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Gershon Legman, in _Rationale of the Dirty Joke_ was unable to resist a clean one. A professor is explaining the wonders of the slide rule to his class; by its use, any two numbers may be accurately multiplied together. He asks for two numbers, and the archetypal voice from the back of the room hollers "Two times two!" Without blinking, the prof pulls the slide out and positions the hairline and pronounces: "Three point nine... nine... eight. But we'll call it four."

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I’ve activated the Akismet plugin to automate spam comment checking.  I’m still looking at everything myself, so there shouldn’t be false positives that get lost; merely delayed a bit.

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