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From: Tom I Helbekkmo <tih@hamartun.priv.no>
Subject: Re: administrivia
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Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 19:07:47 GMT
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[Pandora Berman]

|  In practice, well, doubtless you've heard about the best-laid
|  plans of mice and men.

[Jin S. Choi]

|  One of the most often misquoted lines. It's "the best-laid
|  *schemes* of mice and men".
|
|  No fooling.

Indeed.  And the full version of the warning is "The best-laid schemes
of mice and men gang oft agley".  (Translated from the Scottish, the
ending becomes "...often turn awry".  "Gang" is literally "go", though.)

-tih
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Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
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