From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 20:29:29 MST
At 01:37 AM 1/8/02 +0100, Kai wrote:
>Now imagine, Kennedy would have said "I believe that this nation should
>commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of
>developing a microchip, capable to calculate the income tax of all citizens
>of this country in less then five minutes." Hm. Well, nice idea...
Better still: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving
the goal, before this decade is out, of developing a non-stick frying pan!"
Now *there's* a charismatic rallying cry!
Damien Broderick
[mine always got scratched and stuck anyway and the fried eggs tasted funny]
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