Re: What to do if you meet a wolf

On May 9, 2:52=A0pm, Andrew Plotkin <erkyr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Here, David Friedman <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > In article <memo.20080509111227.6...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > =A0p...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Paul Dormer) wrote:
>
> > > One thing the map does say about Scotland is that "Here there are
many=

> > > wolves". =A0Apparently, the medieval bestiary considered the wolf
the
> > > beast of the devil. =A0What you should do if confronted by one was
to
> > > take off all your clothes and put them in a pile. =A0Stand on the
pile=

> > > and knock two rocks together. =A0Taking off your clothes reveals
your
> > > sins to the animal, and the sound of the rocks summons the Apostles.
>
> > I wonder how many people ever did it, or if that was a procedure
> > recommended by someone who had nothing to do with wolves and ignored
by
> > those who had something to do with wolves.
>
> Or if lots of people tried it, and thereby divided themselves into (a)
> the subset who didn't get eaten by wolves, and (b) the subset who did
> get eaten by wolves but failed to report this evidence back to the
> authorities for some reason.

Sort of like we never hear about the 50% of dolphins that get their
kicks
by pushing struggling swimmers further out to sea. :-)

pt