Re: Please Stay on Topic
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:03:58 +1000
> I agree. I think it is in the nature of those (OK, *many* of those) who
> enjoy Salinger to also enjoy digressions (try reading S:AI).
Absolutely my point! Or the part in Catcher where Holden describes the way
he prefers it when people *do* digress (in reference to his public speaking
assessment at school)
> So maybe some of us occasionally go
> overboard. How hard is it quickly scan the message and hit the Delete
> key if the topic doesn't appeal to you?
As I say to people who don't like TV program X. `There's a very simple
function fitted on all TVs which erases all programs you don't like FOR
GOOD and replaces them with a perfectly blank screen. You'll find it just
under ON, labeled OFF (;
Thanks (: I meant to mention on my other post on this topic that if you
read lists from other places, we're actually far less indulgent
digression-wise than a lot of other places.
Camille
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