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David DeLaney  
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 More options Nov 5 2009, 2:36 am
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
From: d...@gatekeeper.vic.com (David DeLaney)
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:36:05 -0500
Local: Thurs, Nov 5 2009 2:36 am
Subject: Re: Possible Record for Slow on the Uptake

David DeLaney <d...@gatekeeper.vic.com> wrote:
>Wayne Throop <thro...@sheol.org> wrote:
>>At this point, I am inspired to call "yasid" on the story about the
>>martian bartender who couldn't tell how he mixed a drink, and whenever
>>he slowed down to try to watch himself to see how much of each ingredient
>>he added, it came out horrid.  Finally had to resort to high-speed cameras.
>>This was in aid of creating a robot to do the mixing.

>Um ... Have read it ... Asimov I think?

(No, someone else got it, a Boucher story. But yes, I'd read it.)

Dave
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