Posted by dorayme on 05/10/06 03:55

In article <4460b208$1@quokka.wn.com.au>,
ironcorona <iron.corona@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mark Parnell wrote:
> > Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, dorayme
> > <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> declared in alt.html:
> >> In article <445b82fa$1@quokka.wn.com.au>,
> >> ironcorona <iron.corona@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Similar in many ways to the inference that Santa has been, when one
> >>> finds cookie crumbs and an glass of milk under the tree.
> >> Again, no. Your cases are of actual physical things. It is the
> >> absence of them that is important.
> >
> > OK, so it's the absence of the cookies and milk that you left there the
> > night before that tells you Santa has been.
> >
> > Of course, you could blame your cat.
>
> Except your cat's been missing for the last six months. So perhaps it's
> the absence of your cat that tells you Santa has been.

Please! If you are going to do nonsense, you must be sensible
about it. We are talking noticing things on the spot, short term.
Throwing in a 6 month gap is unacceptable babbling.

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dorayme

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