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Sad Christmas Story
If you read this evening's S&T news bulletin, you may have followed the
link to the story about the Christmas morning occultation of Spica by the Moon http://tinyurl.com/77lpy. The story was well written by one Alan M. MacRobert. At the end of the story Mr. MacRobert's biographical sketch says "Alan MacRobert independently disproved the existence of Santa Claus around age 7, by dividing the number of houses in North America by the number of minutes in the night before Christmas. He found the process liberating rather than disappointing." Liberated from the magic of childhood at only age 7? I can't help but imagine what might have happened if Mr. MacRobert had been a budding biologist at age 7: "Alan MacRobert received a puppy for Christmas around age 7, and he dissected it..." Davoud -- usenet *at* davidillig dawt com |
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