Steve Underwood wrote:

> Jerry Avins wrote:
>
>> There's a very clever (but a bit over wordy) book by Lynne Truss (she's
>> English too) called "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" that you would do well to
>> read. There's a panda story in it.
>>
>> Jerry
>
>
> Did you just tell the panda story? :-)
>
> Regards,
> Steve

The story is (sorry, Ms. Truss) that the panda, on finishing his meal,
pulls out a gun, fires a shot into the ceiling, and starts to walk out.
The proprietor asks, "What did you do that for?" and the panda tosses
him a wildlife book saying, "I'm a panda. Read the description."

Jerry
--
.... they proceeded on the sound principle that the magnitude of a lie
always contains a certain factor of credibility, ... and that therefor
.... they more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a little one ...
A. H.

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