[HPforGrownups] buck\stag & that Schrdinger thing (a bit OT)

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 1398

At 10:08 09/13/2000 +0100, Simon wrote:

>"The difference between a buck & a stag"

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I have the Oxford Enclyclopedic English Dictionary and it confirms the
second of your definitions.  Stag usually (but not necessarily) refers to an
adult deer with antlers. Buck is the male of a number of animals, including
deer. 

Could I just add, in song: "Doe, a deer, a female deer, ray, a drop of
golden sun.  Me, a name I call myself, far, a long, long way to run, etc".

Aren't song lyrics hilarious?

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Turning time:

I'm amazed at the knowledge of this club's members.  There was a mention of
Schrdinger's Cat and suddenly half our members were revealing convincing
expertise in quantum mechanics.  Not only am I easily confused by that sort
of stuff, I must be a 'mundane' as well, as I was thrown by the time-turner
scenario (evidence lies in a post I made in the old Yahoo club). My brain
just stops working if it gets more complicated than that thing about
accidentally killing your own grandfather.  Imagine me thinking I could
understand the Star Trek universe...

Neil

  

            Flying-Ford-Anglia

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