Digest whorl.v010.n027

David Langford · 09 Oct 1999, 13:42 · from whorl-v0010.mbox · original

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From: ansible at cix.compulink.co.uk (David Langford)
Subject: (whorl) Re: Digest whorl.v010.n027
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 14:42 +0100 (BST)
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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=20
author must have seen a lot of those in his time.

Dave

David Langford
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