[Wikipedia-l] Re: An idea

[Ray Saintonge]

Jimmy Wales wrote:

>My daughter recently asked Danny why the word 'receipt' has a 'p' in it.
> Well, he gave a decent answer but I think he made it up out of thin air.
>That's the best that most of us can do, even very well educated and
>smart people.
>
The irony with such situations arises when you answer "I don't know", 
and somebody still insists on an answer.  So you just oblige them with a 
made-up answer.  Those insisting on an answer are not just children.

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