It goes off in this strange digression. It seems like his mind has simply wandered, as it does, from one version of the story to another. But the mention of the machines is not incidental.

这故事就这么奇怪地离题说着，好像他的思想，在游离，从故事的一方面跳到，另一方面，但是提到机器并不是偶然。

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The boa constrictor, when he had an adequate meal, goes to sleep, and does not wake until he needs another meal. Human beings, for the most not part are not like this.

巨蟒饱食后就去睡觉，直到需要再进食时它才醒来，绝大部分人不像巨蟒那样。

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When a Tea Party group goes off the rails like this, major news outlets are more than happy to use them as yet another example of a movement out of touch with mainstream America and for that matter, common sense.

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