OT dumbcane

Arnold Trachtenberg arnold@nj.rr.com
Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:02:05 PST
Dell:

I think the legend goes that Narcissus was so taken by his beauty that 
when he leaned over a pond he was hypnotized by his image that he fell 
in and  drown.

So the root  'narco' can be found in many words like narcolepsy, 
narcotic etc.

Okay Jim your turn.

Arnold


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