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From: David Weber 
Subject: [illusions] analogy
Date: 13 Feb 1999 23:40:16 -0500
To: illusions@bticc.net


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Missing Goat
 
 Two guys are walking through the woods and come across
 this big hole. "Wow . . . that looks deep." "Sure does
 . . . toss a few pebbles in there and see how deep it
 is." They pick up a few pebbles and throw them in and
 wait . . . no noise "Man. That is REALLY deep . . .
 here . . . throw one of these great big rocks down there.
 Those should make a noise." They pick up a couple football-sized rocks
and
toss them into the hole and wait . .
 . and wait. Nothing. They look at each other in amazement.
 One gets a determined look on his face and says, "Hey
 . . . over here in the weeds, there's a railroad tie.
 Help me carry it over here. When we toss that sucker
 in, it's GOTTA make some noise. The two drag the heavy
 tie over to the hole and heave it in. Not a sound comes
 from the hole. Suddenly, out of the nearby woods, a
 goat appears, running like the wind. It rushes toward
 the two men, then right past them, running as fast as
 it's legs will carry it. Suddenly it leaps in the air
 and into the hole. The two men are astonished with what
 they've just seen . . . Then, out of the woods comes
 a farmer who spots the men and ambles over. "Hey . .
 . you two guys seen my goat out here?" "You bet we did!
 Craziest thing I ever seen! It came running like crazy
 and just jumped into this hole!" "Nah," say the farmer,
 "that couldn't have been MY goat. My goat was chained
 to a railroad tie. 


 "To follow Knowledge like a sinking Star,Beyond the utmost bound of human
thought.........
 To Strive,To Seek,To Find and not to Yield."    Tennysons' Ulysses

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