On May 8, 6:47=A0am, Lew <l...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> bH wrote:
> > As a mathematician who ordered a new suit from a tailor and at try on
> > time, said to his tailor "This suit doesn't fit. Look the right sleeve
> > of the jacket is too short.
> > And the jacket is too tight. Look at the pants, the left pants leg
> > needs to be shorter=94.
>
> > To which the tailor replied "When you walk suck in your bay window,
> > hike up your right shoulder so that the right sleeve is at the same
> > length as the left, and take a longer step with your left leg. The
> > mathematician looked bewildered at the tailor's directions.
>
> > The tailor replied "You'll get used to walking that way, the way I had
> > to get used to figuring out math problems when I took the course you
> > taught".
>
> Having bought the suit, with his belly sucked in, one shoulder hiked,
the =
hips
> cocked so the pants legs would look the same length, torso twisted so
the
> jacket would drape, the mathematician left the tailor's shop, rather
> disgruntled. =A0As he walked, hobbled, really, to keep the pants
balanced,=
a man
> walked up to him.
>
> "Is that a new suit? =A0It looks nice!" the man said.
>
> "Why, yes," the mathematician replied, thinking, maybe this tailor
wasn't =
so
> bad after all.
>
> "Where'd you get it done?" the man inquired.
>
> "At the tailor's on the corner back there," the mathematician responded.
>
> "I've got to see him!" the man enthused. =A0"Anyone who can fit someone
as=
> misshapen as you must be a genius!"
>
> --
> Lew
Hi Lew,
Beautiful ending, I could not recall the "rest of the story", as it
was
nearly 1 A.M. in my part of the world when I wrote it, and especially
after frustrating days of digging the mines of Sun and Google,
looking for this diamond for the world to see.
bH
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