Re: interested in wombats
- From: Jonathan Kirwan <jkirwan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:53:29 GMT
On 28 Nov 2006 04:19:55 -0800, "larwe" <zwsdotcom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jim Granville wrote:
Wombat - a simple minded person.
I thinketh you can find them anywhere.
Yes, but more easily in Australia ;)
You're correct that they are easier to find - because there are
relatively few simpletons in Australia, they stand out from the crowd
better. Elsewhere in the world, the difference between "simple minded"
and "average" is much narrower.
I think Jim meant his response this way:
wombat (wòm´bàt´) noun
Any of several stocky, burrowing, Australian marsupials of the
family Vombatidae, somewhat resembling a small bear and feeding
mainly on grass, leaves, and roots.
[Dharuk (Aboriginal language of southeast Australia) wambaty.]
Since Australia has these kind and also the other kind, as well, and
if are otherwise remaining ignorant of any peer-reviewed science to
the contrary of a general assumption that simpleton frequencies vary
geographically, then the rational inference is that "it is easier to
see wombats in Australia."
Of course, YMMV based on chosen assumptions. But I gathered Jim's wry
comment, I think.
Jon
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