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Hormel finds calculator parts in chili Message #1 Posted by H. John on 31 Jan 2004, 8:05 a.m. The article didn't say whether it was an HP or TI? see the following link: http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/29/news/companies/hormel_recall.reut/ Edited: 31 Jan 2004, 3:40 p.m. after one or more responses were posted

Probably an HP-12C... Message #2 Posted by Larry Corrado, USA (WI) on 31 Jan 2004, 12:37 p.m., in response to message #1 by H. John ... dropped into a vat by a bean counter. :-^) LC

Then it would be Stack Chili [NT] Message #3 Posted by rsenzer on 31 Jan 2004, 3:15 p.m., in response to message #2 by Larry Corrado, USA (WI)

Re: Then it would be Stack Chili [NT] Message #4 Posted by george (fronting for JPL) on 2 Feb 2004, 4:10 p.m., in response to message #3 by rsenzer With Reverse Polish Sausage.

Math cow disease? [NT] Message #5 Posted by rsenzer on 31 Jan 2004, 3:31 p.m., in response to message #1 by H. John

Re: Weapons of math destruction Message #6 Posted by David Smith on 1 Feb 2004, 3:05 p.m., in response to message #5 by rsenzer ...

Re: Hormel finds calculator parts in chili Message #7 Posted by ned on 31 Jan 2004, 3:48 p.m., in response to message #1 by H. John It's like breakfast cereal, there's a prize inside. Buy enough cans and assemble a whole 12c. This is the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. It's a cover up, HP has a contract with Costco to supply calculators, but they scrapped the 33s, so they're fulfilling the contract by selling chili. Where's Charleton Heston? 'It's not really chili, the cows are all dying, it's... calculators... Soylent chili is made of calculators!' oh the horror. hehheh ned

Re: Hormel finds calculator parts in chili Message #8 Posted by Jerry Pfile on 31 Jan 2004, 4:42 p.m., in response to message #7 by ned Probably Western Chili. You know.......with Buffalo chips.

Re: Hormel finds calculator parts in chili Message #9 Posted by Les Bell [Sydney] on 31 Jan 2004, 5:39 p.m., in response to message #1 by H. John Clearly this is a terrorist attack, on an important part of the American Capitalist-Imperialist machine, conducted using Weapons of Math Instruction. Best, --- Les Bell [http://www.lesbell.com.au]

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