in reply to Greetings, Mr. Threepwood...

0: Can't locate object method "chuck" via package "woodchuck" at (eval 1) line 1.

This is what I get. So, our friend woodchuck chucks nothing? If I got the entirely wrong punchline, I won't be surprised. It's 2:30am and everything is a little fuzzy right now. :)

I like it, though.

-ljb

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Re: Re: Greetings, Mr. Threepwood...
by Dog and Pony (Priest) on Mar 31, 2002 at 21:19 UTC
    That is correct, our friend the woodchuck chucks nothing. It is, like I said, something between a riddle and a childrens rhyme or something, and it was also in one of the Monkey Island games. To explain further, here is the original version (I think I got it right):
    How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
    As you can see, it is another one of those She sells seashells at the seashore... toungedamagers. :)

    And the reply, in English instead of in perl-compilerish, is as follows:

    A woodchuck would chuck no amount of wood, since a woodchuck can't chuck wood.
    Hope that makes it a bit clearer... :) And thanks!

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