a lost nail
Scottie Bowman (bowman@mail.indigo.ie)
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 08:50:41 +0000
Never losing sight for one moment of our gracious & wise host -
& his ordinance against stylistic disputes - I can only report
that, but for Malcolm drawing attention to it, I would certainly
have missed Jim's recommendation of the Calvino book. In my
ignorance, I assumed he was making some arcane poetic allusion
that sounded vaguely reminiscent of Frost or De la Mare.
But for a typo a book was lost, but for a book a thesis was lost,
but for a thesis a PhD was lost, but for a PhD a career was lost....
Scottie B.