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   From: derek@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Öjevind Lång wrote:   
      
   > "John W Kennedy"  skrev i meddelandet   
   > news:4a8d91bb$0$31283$607ed4bc@cv.net...   
   >   
   >  [snip]   
   >   
   >>> You know better than that. He was bragging about how fast his ship was   
   >>> and then asked Luke to guss how many parsecs it took him to travel a   
   >>> certain distance.   
   >>   
   >> No, again, that is not what he said.   
   >>   
   >> If you insist on quibbling, it is mandatory that you quibble accurately.   
   >   
   > Well,quibble is as quibble does. Since you insist on not believing what   
   > Paul, Derek and msyelf have all said, perhaps you'll accept this statement   
   > by Troels:   
      
   > Yes -- he claims that 'It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less   
   > than twelve parsecs!'   
      
   Hey - don't use me to justify your statement!  I think John's objection is   
   to "then asked Luke to guess how many parsecs..." - that didn't happen.   
   Luke thought the Millenium Falcon was a heap of junk, so Solo had to brag   
   about just how good it was.   
   --   
   derek   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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