Re: typedef struct

From	James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: typedef struct
Date	2012-07-02 07:12 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 07/02/2012 02:00 AM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Robert Miles <milesrf@Usenet-News.net> writes:
>> On 6/29/2012 4:58 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>> Robert Miles <milesrf@Usenet-News.net> writes:
>>>> On 6/1/2012 1:45 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
>>>>> Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith)kst-u@mib.org   <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
>>>>>       Will write code for food.
>>>>> "We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
>>>>>       -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
>>>>
>>>> Looks like someone needs to answer "Pushing you out a rather high window
>>>> is something.  Therefore, we must do that too."
>>>
>>> Any particular reason?
>>
>> Whoever that quote came from appears to need to think some more, and
>> this answer should help start that thinking.
> 
> Perhaps you missed the fact that the quote is intended to be humorous.

If was clearly intended to be humorous by the real-world author.
However, was it intended to be humorous by the fictional character who
spoke that line? Having seen only a little of that show, I had assumed
that it was an expression of bureaucratic incompetence so extreme that
"Pushing you out a rather high window" would have led to a significant
improvement in government efficiency. There did seem to be several
characters on that show who could plausibly have spoken such a line
without humorous intent.
-- 
James Kuyper

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        Re: typedef struct Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201206.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2012-06-02 23:31 +0200
          Re: typedef struct Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-06-02 18:30 -0700
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                Re: typedef struct James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-07-02 07:12 -0400

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