how long? (OT)

[Susan Kline]

At 07:55 PM 01/02/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>The actual answer to "How long is a piece of string?" - is, "a third"
>
>Defined as; a bunch of university types got together with clipboards, white
>coats (so as to make it scientific) and various lengths of string. When
>dropped from differnt heights, the string lands in a little pile, the
>extreme edges of this pile each on average measures a third of the length of
>that piece of string.
>
>
>You learn something new everyday - that was it for today

Happy New Year, Brian

One can define these particular university types as people who don't have 
enough to do.

The length of the extreme edges of piles are obviously dependent on how 
many strings have been dropped.

Susan