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   YourName@YourISP.com (Your Name) said:   
      
   > On a slightly different note, it's funny what phrases different   
   > languages have for the same meaning. This was in yesterday's local   
   > newspaper (stolen from the Nautilus.us website):   
   >   
   >    Improbable, whichever way you look at it   
   >    ----------------------------------------   
   >    In English "when pigs fly" suggest something is very unlikely   
   >    to happen, Here's how some other languages express it ...   
   >   
   >    China: "Unless the sun would rise from the west."   
   >   
   >    Israel: "When hair grows on the palm of my hand."   
      
   "Cool, just let me rub this cream on your hand. (Ignore the smell.)"   
      
   -- wds   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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