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[Claude Rubinson]

On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:11:36PM -0700, Ronald Sutherland wrote:
> College is why I drink, its an effort to selectively reduce or kill
> off some of the more or less useless baggage the idea amplifiers
> filled me with... err...  Well not really I drink for other reasons
> but never mind that, the right sort of college will fill your mind
> with the ability to critically think (or is that think critically,
> reason...) thus you can never be in politics, so welcome to the
> wonderful world of *nix...

Cliff's Buffalo Theory

This is credited to an episode of Cheers in which Cliff explains to
Norm the 'Buffalo Theory':

"Well you see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move
as fast as the slowest buffalo and when the herd is hunted, it is the
slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This
natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general
speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular
killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain
can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know,
excessive drinking of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it
attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way,
regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making
the brain a faster and more efficient machine. And that, Norm, is why
you always feel smarter after a few beers."

http://www.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~alpratt/buffalo.html