In article ,
(David Thornley) writes:
In article ,
John Mullen wrote:
David Thornley wrote:

Last I heard something like that, the world population was more like
three billion,

More like six IIRC

It is now; the last time I heard somebody talking about "the whole world's
population could stand on X" I think it was closer to three. Feel free
to regard me as having functionally been living in a cave for the past
three decades or so.

Well, maybe they can stand on one foot, then.

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Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster