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 Message 3624 
 Denis Mosko to Anton Shepelev 
 Slogan of Russian magazine "Znanie - sil 
 05 Mar 21 20:27:11 
 
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 DM>> Why not: "wisdom is power"?
 AS> Because it would not work in this joke from Reddit:

 AS>    I understood it as "Knowledge is power, France is Bacon".    For more
 AS> than a decade I wondered over the meaning of the    second  part and what
 AS> was the surreal linkage between the    two? If I said the quote to
 AS> someone, "Knowledge is power,    France  is Bacon" they nodded knowingly.
 AS> Or someone might    say, "Knowledge  is  power"  and  I'd  finish  the
 AS> quote    "France  is  Bacon" and they wouldn't look at me like I'd
 AS> said something very odd but thoughtfully agree. I did ask    a  teacher
 AS> what did "Knowledge is power, France is bacon"    mean and got a full 10
 AS> minute explanation of  the  Knowl-    edge  is power bit but nothing on
 AS> "France is bacon". When    I prompted further explanation by saying
 AS> "France  is  Ba-    con?"  in  a questioning tone I just got a "yes". at
 AS> 12 I    didn't have the confidence to press it further.   I  just
 AS> accepted  it as something I'd never understand. It wasn't    until years
 AS> later I saw it written down  that  the  penny    dropped.
I reply to understand Your joke:
Is penny with bacon/beacon?

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