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   Questor to Howard   
   Re: of passing note: musical umscribes   
   19 Sep 20 23:26:42   
   
   From: usenet@only.tnx   
      
   On Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:53:23 +0000 (UTC), Howard  wrote:   
   >Snidely  wrote   
   >   
   >> Umscription is a theme in these parts.   
   >   
   >As The Onion noted, the death rate is still 100%.   
      
   "Although it is a widely held belief that human beings are mortal, the relevant   
   statistics do not, in fact, support this theory. Of all humans ever born,   
   one-third were prehistoric, one-third lived since history began and one-third   
   are still alive. Consequently, mortality has only occurred in two cases out of   
   three, a statistic that by no means suggests that it will always be true. So it   
   appears that there is no significant evidence that any of us will ever die."   
   -- New Scientist's Feedback column, 26 April 1997   
      
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