Riddle Me This, Brunians-Man

brunians at brunians.org · 05 Jun 2010, 04:54 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 00:54:44 -0400
Subject: (urth) Riddle Me This, Brunians-Man
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I'm not normally good at riddles, and I'm definitely not playing this
tonight.

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> On 6/4/2010 6:39 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>> Something you said, or something I read, in your previous post made me
>> think that.
>>
>> If the text of your previous post was to hand I would pick it out, and
>> either confront you with it or admit error.
>>
>> I try not to argue with people, and I am not going to argue with you
>> about
>> this.
>>
>> If you have your previous text, and would provide me with it, I will
>> perform the action I describe in my second sentence above.
>
> Rather than reward laziness, I'll hand you a (somewhat) Wolfean riddle:
>
> My writ is three steps' march or four kilometers from my foot, behind
> the baseboards with everyone else's.
>
> --
> Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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> < http://ieeetamut.org >
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