On Sep 9, 11:00*pm, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:48:49 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ivan
Vegvary" quickly quoth:

I don't grok that, Ivan. *A pull on the middle of the rope would be
equal on all 3 ends, wouldn't it?

The pull he's talking about is at right angles, like plucking a guitar
string.