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From: reindorf@ftel.co.uk (Charles Reindorf)
Subject: Re: What's wrong with this picture?
In-Reply-To: wr@polly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de's message of 19 Dec 1995 16:26:01 GMT
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 17:24:38 GMT


In article <4b6p2p$dua@fbi-news.Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE> wr@polly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Wilfried Rupflin) writes:
>(There is a German proverb: "Leute, esst Sch... --
>Milliarden Fliegen koennen nicht irren!" I can't translate
>this literally but the sense is: The fact that the masses 
>love something doesn't imply anything about its quality
>or usefulness.)

"Eat S**t, everybody! ... a million flies can't be wrong!" .. I know
that's not literal but I think its a fairly meaningfull translation.

Regards,


Charles.