HP3000-L Archives

December 2005, Week 2

HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: OT: The 7 lives of Cobol (German Text now translated)
From:
Walter Murray <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Walter Murray <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:03:43 -0800
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (15 lines) 
Greg wrote:

> The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
> after the round trip: 
> The wine is agreeable, but the meat is spoiled. 

The way I heard it was:
"The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" translated to "The ghost
is ready, but the meat is raw."

Walter  

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

ATOM RSS1 RSS2