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Non-Tech : Amati investors
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To: riposte who wrote (22722)8/12/1997 3:37:00 PM
From: SteveG   of 31386
 
<you'll catch an Engineer, or Programmer, or other hopelessly literal person incapable of deceit>

Not necessarily as evidenced by the bios on SI. Nonetheless, in that SPIRIT:

Three men stood on the platform waiting their turn to be beheaded by
guillotine; a priest, lawyer and an engineer. The priest was taken
to the block first and when asked whether he wanted to face up or down, he said he wanted to face up in order to see God when the blade struck. He was placed on the block with his face up as requested and the huge blade was dropped, but the blade stopped an inch above his neck! The crowd gasped.

It was considered a sign of his innocence and he was freed.

The lawyer was then led to the block and asked the same question. He said he wanted to face down to see where he was going when the blade struck. He was placed on the block with his face down and the huge blade was dropped, but again it stopped an inch above his neck! The crowd gasped! As before, this was considered a sign of his innocence and he was freed.

When the engineer was led to the block and asked which way he wanted to face he said he wanted to face up and so he was placed on the block with his face up looking at the blade and the scaffolding holding it. And then seconds before the blade was to drop, he turned his head toward the executioner and said "STOP! I think I see what the problem is".

Steve
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