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Posted by RicodJour on March 8, 2007, 1:06 am
Kris Krieger wrote:
>
> > When plans were required for a new house of government, Ben Franklin
> > was given a crack at the architect's job, but his design was rejected.
> > It was just too offbeat. He had planned to hook all the seats in the
> > meeting room to the fireplace chimney. The bottoms of the seats would
> > have many small holes. The draft from the chimney would create a
> > slight suction at these holes in the seats, carrying away what he
> > called "personal odors." - from www.odd-info.com
> >
> >
>
> That just *proves* he was a genius!
No. That proves he was smart. A genius would have used the gas to
heat the place instead of throwing it away.
R
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