Re: Mile-throw javelins

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 07:44:36 -0700


> Just been reading "Hero's Book", and found p27. "Mile-throw javelin
> allows you to throw a javelin a mile, no more and no less. It does not
> guarantee the javelin will hit its target".

One of the few places I say "b****r that rule". I use "mile" like a biblical author uses 10,000: as an indication of "pretty far" (or "a lot", in the case of Mr. Biblical Author).

RR
It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done.
- Richelieu

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