[pct-l] The ADZ CONTOVERSY AS IT APPEARS TO AN OUTSIDER

[Donna Saufley]

The only difference with this discussion is that when they eat their egg
their way, it affects others.  It's not just an esoteric disagreement, there
are consequences for which others pay the price.  

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Wayne Kraft
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:45 PM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] The ADZ CONTOVERSY AS IT APPEARS TO AN OUTSIDER

Wikipedia offers the following description of a portion of Gulliver's 
Travels by Jonathon Swift:

"In the novel, Gulliver washes up on the shore of Lilliput and is 'captured'

by the inhabitants while asleep. He discovers that Lilliput and Blefuscu are

PERMANENTLY AT WAR because of differences over the correct way to eat a 
boiled egg - from the rounded end according to the Blefuscudians, or from 
the sharp end according to the Lilliputians. The supporters of the differing

views were called "Big-endians" and "Little-endians." (These are sometimes 
incorrectly reversed in various sources; a helpful mnemonic is Lilliput for 
little and Blefuscu for big.)" [emphasis added]

Rave on Lilliputians and Blefuscudians.  Giants are amused.


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