Malcolm wrote: > Every time I think about Seymour without the glare of sentimentality > distracting me I think, "Well, there ya go, only an idiot foolish > enough > to throw something at a girl because their perfection offended you > would > be an idiot foolish enough to take their own life and psychologically > fuck > up the rest of their family for the rest of their constructive lives." > Yes, yes Malcolm. I understand. It's the same as my friend talking about looking at AIDS without sentimentality - you can do it but it loses a lot of heart and it still doesn't make the pain go away. That's why I said "a small stone" and not a great big rock - ie the symbolism without the pain. And you know Malcolm, I never thought Seymour threw it because of perfection, it was a surfeit of emotion for me. Lesley ps Hope the golf ball didn't cause too much damage.