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[Victor Steinbok]

Well, since it was more than two years ago and it's not April 1 now, the
AFJ was lost on me, I'm afraid. I was somewhat puzzled by the
suggestion, but did not take it seriously--I just failed to check the
date for justification and assumed you had your reasons.

I just hope someone finds both sets of observations serious enough for
more realistic analysis.

     VS-)

On 6/20/2010 10:45 PM, Neal Whitman wrote:
> Actually, I agree with you that the fix involving possessives is no good.
> Ridiculous, in fact, which is why I proposed it in an April Fool's Day post.
> However, the observation that you and I (independently) made that inspired
> the post still stands.
>
> Neal

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