Re: We do not know the distance of stars

In article <e14csd$49g$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Wilkins <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John Harshman wrote:
Ferrous Patella wrote:

news:e11peg$nrq$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by John Wilkins:


I thought my brain must have been on holiday for a bit.

Does it have a good travel agent?

Mine appears to have been on vacation for a while. I only just now
figured out what your posting name means. Now, to be fair to me, it's a
terrible pun, and I had more respect for you than that.

Isn't it ironic? Anyway, he has used it for a while now, and I recall him
explaining it to us denser members of the group.

A really really *bad* pun needs to be used as often as possible. Otherwise
it's just a bad pun.

Ok, I need then to mention my friend again, Theophulus Punofall.

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