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|  Message 3624  |
|  Denis Mosko to Anton Shepelev  |
|  Slogan of Russian magazine "Znanie - sil  |
|  05 Mar 21 20:27:11  |
 MSGID: 1:153/757.1315 4322d007 TZUTC: 0300 REPLY: 2:221/6.0 6042364a 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? --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1) * Origin: WinPoint (1:153/757.1315) SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 16/0 19/10 90/1 105/81 106/127 120/340 123/130 131 SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/105 757 802 6809 7715 154/10 203/0 221/1 6 360 SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 664 1016 1017 240/1120 SEEN-BY: 240/2100 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853 249/206 317 261/38 280/5003 SEEN-BY: 282/1038 317/3 320/119 219 319 322/0 757 335/364 342/200 SEEN-BY: 423/81 640/1384 2454/119 4500/1 5020/1042 PATH: 153/757 221/6 1 320/219 240/5832 229/426 |
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