One day Holmes and Watson are flying a dirigible balloon. It is foggy around, they have lost their way. Suddenly they see - a shepherd is grazing sheep below. The men are very glad and shout:
- The dear, tell us, please, where we are now?
- You are in the dirigible balloon.
- I understand... - Holmes says. - We are flying over Russia.
- But why? - Watson is surprised.
- It’s elementary, Buddy! Only a programmer could give such an exact and useless answer at the same time. And only in Russia programmers can look after sheep.
- symbol of a challenge to fight, esp. A glove thrown down. [germanic: related to *wed, *wage]
- (brit. Gauge: see also sense 6) —n. - standard measure, esp. Of the capacity or contents of a barrel, fineness of a textile, diameter of a bullet, or thickness of sheet metal.
- instrument for measuring pressure, width, length, thickness, etc.
- distance between rails or opposite wheels.
- capacity, extent.
- criterion, test.
- (usu. Gage) naut. Position relative to the wind. —v. (-ging) 1 measure exactly.
Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.
