17 megatherians

Adam Thornton · 02 Jun 2006, 02:58 · from 2006-June.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:58:37 -0500
Subject: (urth) 17 megatherians
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On Jun 1, 2006, at 5:58 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

>> On May 18, 2006, at 8:30 PM, b sharp wrote:
>>> There are theories on why the number 17 might be important ...
>
>> It's the number used to mean "infinite" by the Minotaur in the Borges
>> story "The House of Asterion."
>
> No it isn't.

Well, it *should* be.

My theory would have succeeded, if it weren't for you meddling facts.

Adam

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