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From: Xlo0772 <nospam.xlo@thevoid.dk>
Subject: Re: unhappy love story
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 21:04:11 +0200
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On Sun, 01 Sep 2002 10:21:23 +0200, paolo beneforti wrote:
> yes, or something like "in conclusion she answered..." but it is
> impossibile to translate the calembour shown in the ascii drawing. the last
> line hints to be completed as "giunti al dunque mi ha risposto picche". in
> italian "rispondere picche" is an idiom that means "to answer resolutely
> no"; but in italian "picche" is also the name of the card suits spades.
 
Oooh, nice poetic touch. 

I can only imagine the effect it has when reading the poem. 
I think (for a geek) a bit like...

there are only 10 kinds of people in the world, 
those who understand binary and those who don't.

/xlo