smoke alarms
Sean Draine (seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com)
Fri, 07 May 1999 10:56:38 -0700
Yes, the original post was quite obviously 'blowing smoke', if you'll
forgive the bad pun. It seemed so obvious, in fact, that it didn't occur to
me that my meager tangent on the subject might somehow be understood as
taking it literally. As a rule, the irony alarm should sound whenever the
word "lollipop" is encounter in a post. If not, it's time to replace the
batteries.
The original post, ironic as it was, nevertheless did open up an excellent
and irresistable opportunity to say a few favorable words about smoking,
which, at least in discussions I've had or overheard on the matter, not
including my own contributions, or those of Europeans, especially the Greeks
-- the French also deserve mention here, as long as we're giving out
credits, and let's not forget the fine contribution of our own Julia
Haldemann from Switzerland, whose beautiful accent is certainly even more
charming when heard than read -- have become exceedingly and, in my opinion,
frighteningly rare.
All this is just to say, my irony alarm is working just fine, thank you very
much.
-Sean
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim O'Connor [mailto:tim@roughdraft.org]
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 10:51 PM
To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
Subject: RE: Salinger's bad influence
At 3:55 PM -0700 on 5/5/99, you wrote:
> Maybe cigarettes aren't all bad. Sure, they might decrease the quantity of
> your life, but what about quality? I can remember certain cigarettes at
> certain times that I wouldn't trade for anything...
I kind of thought the original post, about bad influence, had a touch of
the satirical about it....
--tim o'connor