On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:11:30 -0500, Bob Pastorio >
wrote:

>Don't be silly. Cream is fattening and fat people are heavier than
>skinny people. That means it would sink to the bottom.
>
>The logic is irrefutable.

I refute it!

Cream is richer than milk, and the rich are always on top.


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Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:11:30 -0500, Bob Pastorio >
> wrote:
>
>>Don't be silly. Cream is fattening and fat people are heavier than
>>skinny people. That means it would sink to the bottom.
>>
>>The logic is irrefutable.
>
> I refute it!
>
> Cream is richer than milk, and the rich are always on top.

Actually, I suspect the rich have their choice. Sometimes top;
sometimes bottom.

Just a guess.

Pastorio

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:47:52 -0500, Bob Pastorio >
wrote:

>Actually, I suspect the rich have their choice. Sometimes top;
>sometimes bottom.

No. The richer in fat, the lower density, and thus it floats to the
top.

Alf Christophersen wrote:
> Bob Pastorio > wrote:
>
>>Actually, I suspect the rich have their choice. Sometimes top;
>>sometimes bottom.
>
> No. The richer in fat, the lower density, and thus it floats to the
> top.

Alf? That strange sound you just heard was the whoosh bird.

Henriette (oh, and Bob? Ahbou'd.)

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Alf Christophersen > writes:

>On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:47:52 -0500, Bob Pastorio >
>wrote:
>
>>Actually, I suspect the rich have their choice. Sometimes top;
>>sometimes bottom.
>
>No. The richer in fat, the lower density, and thus it floats to the
>top.

In the context to which I believe Bob Pastorio was alluding, fats
are not the only--or even always the prefered--lubricants.

Lee Rudolph

Alf Christophersen > nattered on
m:

> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:47:52 -0500, Bob Pastorio >
> wrote:
>
>>Actually, I suspect the rich have their choice. Sometimes top;
>>sometimes bottom.
>
> No. The richer in fat, the lower density, and thus it floats to the
> top.
>

Actually, the rich are generally quite thin. It's the poor who are obese.