[Wikipedia-l] school articles : enough

[Ray Saintonge]

Gerard Meijssen wrote:

>Ray Saintonge schreef:
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>>For now I don't think there is enough interest in companies for us to 
>>worry about the floodgates.  Maybe someone should tell the little boy 
>>with his finger in the dyke that there is no water on the other side. ;-)
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>Contrary to popular believe, when a dyke is saturated with water and 
>water starts to seep out, the worst thing you can do is put your finger 
>in it. The thing to do would be to put your hand flat on where it starts 
>to flow. However this will not work for long.
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If there's no water on the other side his actions are immaterial.

>You may be amused to know that because so many Americans came to the 
>Netherlands to learn about this story, they created a statue to 
>commemorate this fictional event .. :)
>
I promise that I won't destroy Dutch tourism marketting strategies by 
telling any Americans that the story makes no sense. ;-)

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