On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 13:49 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 00:40 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Sunday 13 January 2008, Craig White wrote: > >>> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 00:19 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>>> On Saturday 12 January 2008, Craig White wrote: > >>>>>>> That's sort of like Starbucks using treated effluent to brew a Caramel > >>>>>>> Macchiato. > >>>>>> By golly, he does have a sense of humor! > >>>>> ---- > >>>>> ssshhhh - don't let on > >>>>> > >>>>> Craig > >>>> What are you doing then, a Stonewall Jackson imitation? You forget, I'm > >>>> smack dab in the middle of his old stomping grounds, with a statue of him > >>>> on the courthouse lawn. > >>> ---- > >>> OK - quick and without looking at any pictures...how many of the horses > >>> legs from the statue are on the ground? > >> 3 I believe. > > ---- > > wikipedia.org shows all 4 > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson > > > > but I bet you'll look the next time you drive by the statue > > Do you think there may be more than one statue? ---- of course...and the one pictured is in Manassas which I gather is not the one that Gene is referring to. There is a custom that you aren't aware of, that the statue of a soldier, the number of feet/legs on the ground tells how he died but it's a fuzzy rule at best... http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.asp Little trivia that your corner of the blue marble might have missed Craig
