stuart at bmsi
Jul 21, 2009, 6:52 AM
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OT: elephant in a crystal shop
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On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> >We know M$ moves with the grace of an elephant in a crystal shop, and
OT: Is this metaphor used because of the Myth-busters experiment
with actual bulls in a china shop? It turned out the bulls were actually
amazingly graceful and careful running between the shelves and
didn't break a thing. I'm skeptical that elephants are any
clumsier - given how gracefully they perform in a circus.
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Stuart D. Gathman <stuart [at] bmsi>
Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154
"Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis" - background song for
a Microsoft sponsored "Where do you want to go from here?" commercial.
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