Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site aero.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!aero!zeus From: zeus@aero.ARPA (Dave Suess [ISRO]) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Has anyone ever found North Dakota Message-ID: <379@aero.ARPA> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 13:15:27 EDT Article-I.D.: aero.379 Posted: Tue Aug 20 13:15:27 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 05:08:40 EDT References: <650@utai.UUCP> <225@aoa.UUCP> Reply-To: zeus@aero.UUCP (Dave Suess [ISRO]) Distribution: net Organization: The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA Lines: 16 Summary: you bet In article <225@aoa.UUCP> you write: >So with the breakup & all, I expected people would start to wondering >about that lone buffalo on the prarie with the words BISMARK painted on it.... > Rich Snow Yes, there's a NoDakota; I hope it doesn't take a native to tell you that the capital is Bismarck, not "BISMARK". And "prarie" is spelled "prairie". Interesting joke, though. Comes up every so often. It does provide a great illustration of how to use ignorance as an equivalent for detecting conspiracies, a tradition long followed by other jokes like creationism or the Trilateral Commission. I bet you don't fly near the Bermuda Triangle, do you? Dave Suess, only in L.A. for an extended vacation while working