How to handle off-topics [was: Re: OT: OS/2, Linux and Windows (was Re: TZ)] wow, this gets long! ;-)

[Steve Lamb]

Wednesday, March 22, 2000, 8:18:19 AM, Bill wrote:
> Yes. I was addressing the need to ask. I've learnt from many
> engineering projects to be very tolerant of 'loose' meetings
> provided the situation permitted (the building or project was
> not on fire, and we were not at war).

    I think this explains why it took the human race so long to "discover"
fire.  Every time someone at the meeting would bring it up someone else would
put it out.

    "FIRE!"

    "FIRE!?!?!"  *douse*

    "Darn it, Ung, we're /trying/ to start a fire.  That's the third time
you've done that."

    "Sorry, Mongo."

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