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The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 09 Oct 1999
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David Langford — 09 Oct 1999, 13:42

In-Reply-To: <199910090010.RAA25600 at lists1.best.com>

Alga wrote --

> Oh, btw the leatherskin has six legs, not eight, and three jaws. I have
> trouble with the three jaws--the best I can come up with is a Big Mac or
> club sandwich, with the jaws being the pieces of bread or bun.

Like the three gripping segments of a drill chuck, perhaps? Of course our 
author must have seen a lot of those in his time.

Dave

David Langford
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