Subject: Re: passive poetry, skunk and shite, and on writing well
From: Mattis Fishman (mattis@argoscomp.com)
Date: Mon Jan 08 2001 - 17:19:12 GMT
Andy writes:
>yes, we've had this conversation before, haven't we? but variety is the
>spice of life, grasshopper. or perhaps we should all keep our opinions to
>ourselves, as well as our snide remarks, hmmmm? i've often wondered if
>those people who look down their noses at sarcasm do so out of compassion
>for the burned, or because they've been burned, or just because they're
>incapable of firing off one or two good ones of their own now and then. i
>would suggest, even implore, that anyone who doesn't like what i have to
>write, not read it, and we shall all get on with our lives.
Thank you, Andy, for your comments, but I do wish you would have said
whether or not you liked the poem.
As for "looking down my nose", the image is so evocative that I regret
that time constraints do not permit me to frame a reply in the manner of
my famous, olfactorily endowed predecessor, but I can share his wish that
those wishing to fire off "one or two good ones" do so with wit and
ingenuity (and perhaps proper capitalization), rather than merely "snide"
remarks.
I really should apologize for the preachy tone of my last post, and point
out that it was not directed at anyone in particular. As a matter of fact,
I did not find the last round of banter to be hostile, but I needed to end the
poem and, hey, it rhymed.
all the best,
Mattis
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