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I came across this one a couple of hours ago in a sotware support NG I frequent. As a search here established that it does not appear to have been posted here before, I offer it for your perusal (however you define that word).
So this is a story about a very intelligent dog, named
Mace, who belonged to a mechanic. The mechanic was very
pleased with everything the dog did except one thing -- he
ate too much grass. So much, in fact, that their
respectable-looking lawn was turned into a dirt patch unless
the family kept him indoors and only took him out to run on
a leash on concrete sidewalks or dirt paths. So they did,
and the grass grew back to a respectable length, and then a
little longer, so it was like wading to walk across the
lawn. One day the mechanic was out working on his car, and
as he was quitting for the day, he dropped his most
expensive wrench. In the grass. And it was lost. The
whole family looked all over, but couldn't find it. That
night, probably because of all the uproar about losing this
expensive tool, Mace escaped from the house. Nobody noticed
until next morning, when they went outside and found that
all the grass had been chewed down to a respectable lawn
length! And there, shining out in plain sight, was the
wrench! The mechanic turned to his wonderful dog and said:
"A Grazing Mace! How sweet the hound that saved a wrench for me!"
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in a sotware support NG I frequentWow... neat! btw, there's a pretty neat sotware download available for free at: http://www.drinks101.com/
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Wow... neat! btw, there's a pretty neat sotware download available for free at:
http://www.drinks101.com/
Please forgive me, but being allergic to alcohol, I was somewhat underwhelmed by the software on offer.  
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Dear Max: If you like "sotware" you should enjoy sot fare.
And an intolerance to alcohol is not allergic, in the conventional sense.
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And an intolerance to alcohol is not allergic, in the conventional sense.
I used the word loosely, doc.  I am allergic, in the histamine sense of the word, to grapes. Extending the use of "allergic" to my physical reaction to alcohol has the advantage of making clear that my aversion is not moral or dependence related, but that C5H2OH quite literally makes me sick. 
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I used the word loosely, doc. I am allergic, in the histamine sense of the word, to grapes. Extending the use of "allergic" to my physical reaction to alcohol has the advantage of making clear that my aversion is not moral or dependence related, but that C5H2OH quite literally makes me sick.
C5H2OH? Oh, I thought you were talking about alcohol. Hoist one for me!
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My organic chemistry was sixty years ago, but I can still tell you any alcohol with five carbons is very hazardous to your health, and revolting to the palate,if it even gets past the lips. And I cannot imagine how you could build a molecule with the atoms specified. I suspect C2H5OH was meant.
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Now, if only the "2" and the "5" were next to each other, I would be able to claim "typo!"
pssst! Max! While nobody's listening - on the number pad thing - over there to the right - the 2 and the 5 are contiguous, even adjacent, one might even say juxtaposed, practically intimate, virtually the same key! So it was a typo, right?
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Dear Max: How can I complain about your allowing me the privilege of a small feeble jest occasionally? I'm not sharp enough to penetrate some of the discussions on the board, and can only scavenge on small bits of debris. I thank you for allowing me that. Bill
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