Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:43:53 -0500 (EST)
From: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us>
Subject: Re: Jesus/Buddha/Pythagoras




On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Andy wrote:

> When resting from their difficult sums, the Pythagoreans refused to 
> eat anything with a soul, which included animals, presumably each 
> other and also beans and similar pulses. Now Pythagoras was right 
> about the triangles, but on the other hand the sect did die out, 
> presumably with a protein deficiency.

That's a heck of a theorum.


carp