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  2. From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.callahans
  4. Subject: Re: Laz does fun stuff.
  5. Message-ID: <1k8ktpINN52o@gap.caltech.edu>
  6. Date: 28 Jan 93 12:52:09 GMT
  7. References: <108229@bu.edu> <1993Jan26.014430.11385@ra.msstate.edu> <1k3cvbINN42t@gap.caltech.edu>,<108513@bu.edu>
  8. Reply-To: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
  9. Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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  13. In article <108513@bu.edu>, schweppe@acs.bu.edu (Edmund Schweppe) writes:
  14. =>  A kzin is a fearsome beast, yes?  But who can fear a kzin who is having
  15. =>  his ears scratched?  It put Louis's guests at their ease, and it put
  16. =>  the kzin at ease too.  Anything above the level of a field mouse likes
  17. =>  having its ears scratched."
  18. =
  19. ="THAT'S where that quote came from!" exclaims Merlinvin delightedly.  "I
  20. =*knew* someone had written that, and one of the reasons I keep offering
  21. =earscritches to the various patrons here is to test that hypothesis.
  22.  
  23. _Ringworld_, chapter 2 ("And His Motley Crew"), paragraph 124 or thereabouts.
  24.