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(2) Posted by Vladimir Tyapkin [Friday, Mar 13, 2009 18:08]; edited by Vladimir Tyapkin [09-03-13]
While this is definitely off-topic, I could not resist posting this funny remark by B.G. Laws( http://www.bstephen.me.uk/bcps/britprobs.html#(4) ) about BCPS meeting at the London Press Club(July 24, 1927):
"The speeches were like a woman's dress, long enough to cover the subject yet short enough to be interesting!"(BCM, September 1927, p.395)