[MR] Invisible Madman (was OA for O&A)

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In a message dated 01-06-11 14:46:18 EDT, guojia at earthlink.net writes:

<< An old joke illustrates the ambiguity of English by telling of a  computer 
program that translates English into Russian and back; when someone inputs 
"Out of sight, out of mind",  the machine spits out "Invisible madman".   >>

The one I heard produced the result, "The vodka is good but the meat is 
rotten."

The original expression?















"The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"