<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>The math lessons begin now:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Two Native American men (formerly known as = "Indians") had very plump wives. But a third fellow had a wife who was really very = heavy. In fact, she was so heavy that all the mats he made for her to sit on, from = antelope and deer skins, would wear out very quickly. He decided to = make her a mat out of something very, very tough and mail-ordered a hippo = skin for her. How much did she weigh?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Answer: The Squaw on the Hippopotamus equals the = sum of the Squaws on the other hides.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now, before some Politically Correct =  whacko responds, let me state the following:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>1. "Squaw" is an actually Native American term (Massachuset, <EM>squa</EM>) and the term is necessary to this harmless = little ha-ha</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>2. No actual antelope, deer, or hippopotami were = injured in the telling of this story.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>3. This is a very old ha-ha; I didn't make it up.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>4. Feel free to substitute "caloricly = challenged" for "plump" and  to substitute "looney tune" for = "whacko."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>5. I don't care.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>6. Lighten up.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I Think A Meteorite Got Me in Salem, = MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Notice: "Looney Tune" is a registered trademark = of Warner Bros. (All rights reserved). </FONT><FONT face=Arial>"Whacko" is in = the public domain and may be used without penalty—the term derives from the = Algonquin Indian word <EM>"hwaaqoh"</EM> which means "pin-headed, hypersensitive = Looney Tune" (see "Looney Tune," above).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Phil Bondi" <</FONT><A href="mailto:tito@philbondi.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>tito@philbondi.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial = size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:27 AM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: How to use an = apostrophe..obviously not OT</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> someone notify me when the Math Lessons commence.<BR>> = <BR>> -Phil Bondi (Fl.)<BR>> </FONT><A = href="mailto:tito@philbondi.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>tito@philbondi.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> pianotech list = info: </FONT><A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"><FONT = face=Arial size=2>https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</FONT></A></BODY><= /HTML>