X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,3ad86af4a00a01fe X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-03 08:30:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!212.181.212.229!not-for-mail From: Veronica Karlsson Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Joris and Sandra 3 Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 16:33:48 +0000 Lines: 45 Message-ID: <3C0BA96C.2C30BF08@hotmail.com> References: <3C0B1553.6CBBB3B3@hotmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.181.212.229 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1007397031 8702653 212.181.212.229 (16 [58193]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i586) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:12114 annie_ascii@oal.com wrote: > Veronica Karlsson said: > > Apparently it *should* be poisonous, but for some unknown reason > > people can eat it and survive. > > That's because the lye (which is the poisonous substance) is boiled > out of it before the lutfisk is served. The way I heard it it's poisonous the same way that a bumblebee can't fly. Scientific methods say it "should" be poisonous, reality says it isn't (as in: doctors can't really explain why people can eat that stuff and survive). > >Clue 1: Norway != Sweden > > Norge + Sverige + Danmark + Suomi = Scandinavia > (plus Greenland, Faeroe Islands, etc., etc.) [Not sure I agree with that definition of "Scandinavia", but I'll ignore that for the moment] Sure: lefse can be --\ lefse can be found in Norway --/ found in Scandinavia is true. That does not mean that: lefse can be --\ lefse can be found in Scandinavia --/ found in Sweden has to be true. [Since Annie Ascii doesn't seem to understand simple logic I see no point in continuing a discussion with her.] -- ##### c ^ OO /\\\\ ##### | /|\ `^^^^^^^%-- '||` | \\\\ #### <@ \ / \ " " \ ha ha ha dd / @> \\\| ### _| |_ \\| ### (_ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ _) == \ / A S C I I A R T C H A T \ ||\