Re: smoke alarms
Julia Haldemann (haldemann@frankeser.ch)
Mon, 10 May 1999 16:31:35 +0200
wow someone noticed i was missing...that's nice...have been away for everything
for sometime..;) even hanging around with a guynow..incredible things happen..i
am back with my accent..ahh my accent I cannot prounonce the r..that's my
accent...;)
julia back
Sean Draine (Exchange) wrote:
> 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