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| author | Matthew Horsfall <wolfsage@gmail.com> | 2020-01-20 12:38:52 -0500 |
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| committer | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2020-02-11 13:53:38 +0000 |
| commit | da5ccca3a9b6e961a8fc45647b8048226c043788 (patch) | |
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| parent | 2082d2f4b1f76a402acadfb5550458b83b3b302b (diff) | |
| download | perl-da5ccca3a9b6e961a8fc45647b8048226c043788.tar.gz | |
Update epigraphs.pod for 5.31.8 release email
(cherry picked from commit b614928c8d04868b0f8fdc1553a4e1bc97a43307)
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diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod index 8589c58646..7c6a75b6ee 100644 --- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod +++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod @@ -17,6 +17,41 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details. =head1 EPIGRAPHS +=head2 v5.31.8 - Joe Perham, "Joe Perham's Guide to Hunting and Guide to Fishing in Maine" + +L<Announced on 2020-01-20 by Matthew Horsfall|https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2020/01/msg256894.html> + + Harry used to cut wood for the Brown company over in Stoneham Red + Rock Basin. And of course he was the best shot in camp. One day the + foreman told him to go get some meat. + + "Take any gun you want." + + Harry says "I'll take the .45-70." + + Foreman said "That gun's only got one bullet." + + Harry says "I only need one bullet." + + Took the .45-70, went out, an hour later he was back with two Moose, + a dozen trout you see, and a fluffy partridge. Went back to work. + + Well at supper that night foreman says "Harry, um, something's + bothering me here a little bit. How did you get all that food with + only one bullet. I'm a little confused about the... the partridge, + there ain't a mark on him." + + "Well", Harry says, "I'll tell ya. I took that .45-70, went back into + the woods a piece there I come to this brook. And I just uh, got to + the other side when I happen to see two moose in the swamp off + there. I figured I could get both of 'em. So I took out my huntin' + knife and stuck it into the mud, hilt foremost, sharp edge on the + blade towards me of course. I took dead aim on that knife, fired, + split that bullet and killed those two moose. Well you know the + recoil knocked me back into the brook. When I come up out of the + water, my pants were so full of fish that it popped a button off my + fly and killed that bird." + =head2 v5.31.7 - Bernard Werber L<Announced on 2019-12-20 by Atoomic|https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2019/12/msg256802.html> |