XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 03/01/2026 01:07, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 19:57:06 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 02/01/2026 19:36, rbowman wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 13:06:34 +0000, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> May I be the first to welcome you back to the start of last year, I   
   >>>> hope you can bring peace to Ukraine & the Middle East (other projects   
   >>>> to be announced after you've ticked those 2 off).   
   >>>   
   >>> Well, at least I wasn't writing a check...   My ideas for peace in the   
   >>> Ukraine and the Middle East would be very unpopular.   
   >>   
   >> Probably with its inhabitants, yes.   
   >   
   > My real solution would be sort of a holmgang. Let them sort their shit out   
   > with no outside interference. May the best Slovak or Semite win.   
   >   
   Sadly that's what we said about Hitler, too. And Japan and China.   
   In both cases that led to their supposition that we were too weak and   
   spineless to stop them taking over us...   
      
   And we had to convince them otherwise.   
      
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