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Proboscis:  The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place
of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him.  For purposes
of humor it is popularly called a trunk.
-- Ambrose Bierce
Q:        How do you shoot a blue elephant?
A:        With a blue-elephant gun.

Q:        How do you shoot a pink elephant?
A:        Twist its trunk until it turns blue, then shoot it with
        a blue-elephant gun.
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory keeps all its data in an old gray trunk.
No guarantee of accuracy or completeness!
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