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|    Blueshirt to Nomen Nescio    |
|    Re: the truth about Marco Polo    |
|    24 Dec 25 10:51:31    |
      From: blueshirt@indigo.news              Nomen Nescio wrote:              > When Marco went to China, the Chinese put saucers over their       > teacups to keep the tea warm. But sailing back to Europe,       > Marco found that saucers would fall off with the movement of       > the ship. So he said fuck it, the saucer goes underneath.              Just as well, or how would we put out spilt tea back into the       cup if we didn't have a saucer, eh?              That Marco Polo is a clever fella... it's a pity he got lost.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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