From: pc+usenet@asdf.org   
      
   vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) writes:   
   > In article , a425couple  wrote:   
   >   
   >    
   >>   
   >> Silly rough housing!   
   >> I take proper, loving care of my trophies.  And put them   
   >> carefully in my library, where probably not another eye will see them,   
   >> until my widow has to truck them to donate at a thrift store.   
   >> Hmmmm......   
   >   
   > While these ceramic trophies are beautiful, they really need to make   
   > rubber "stunt" dummy versions for the podium celebrations... Give them the   
   > real thing afterwards, when there's no danger of it getting smashed!   
      
   That's bad game theory. That perturbs the equilibrium towards one of   
   less respect for the trophies.   
      
   However, this particular one looked like a dud. It didn't break, it came   
   apart along a seam.   
      
   Phil   
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   gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast   
   aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.   
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