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   | The Olympia Times                                       issue g1-196 |
   | March 25, 1998                                                       |
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   | turn 196  14 players                             http://www.pbm.com/ |
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I gaze at the brilliant full moon.  The same one, I think
to myself, at which Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato gazed.
Suddenly, I imagine they appear beside me.  I tell Socrates
about the national debate over one's right to die and
wonder at the constancy of the human condition.  I tell
Plato that I live in the country that has come the closest
to Utopia, and I show him a copy of the Constitution.  I
tell Aristotle that we have found many more than four
basic elements and I show him a periodic table.  I get
a box of kitchen matches and strike one.  They gasp with 
wonder.  We spend the rest of the night lighting farts. 



      How strong is number 2?