Re: a quibble about 'for esme'

On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 07:07:03PM -0000, Scottie Bowman wrote:
 
> Oh for goodness sake, Tim, stop apologising
> to Rovira about your perfectly understood use
> of the word 'housewife'.

And there I was, thinking perhaps that I was the only one who knew
what I was saying. Good to know I was not unclear.

> If this kind of miserable bean slicing is what
> passes for 'reverence' for the text, then I'm out
> of here.

No reverence here. I was simply clarifying. I don't give a flying
hoot about "reverence" for any text. In fact, people who have the
misfortune to know me would likely attest to how little reverence I
have for anything. Except, maybe, a small handful of creative, often
miserable, souls. Some of them might be familiar here, some not, but
like JDS, I would find my stomach turning at the idea of reciting a
list. You'll have to take my word for it.

> I didn't escape an education with
> the Jesuits - only to wind up in something even
> worse.

You and my father and old JJ (whose stand-in, Dedalus, was called by
Buck Mulligan something like "the jejune jesuit," or words close to
that). Me, I had a different order of brothers with whom I had too
many close calls.

> (And yes, yes, I KNOW what splendidly
> rigorous teachers they were. I've spent quite
> a bit of my life trying to undo some of their
> damage.)

Indeed, and on that I will say no more, for you have said all that
needs to be noted on THAT topic.

--tim

-
* Unsubscribing? Mail majordomo@roughdraft.org with the message
* UNSUBSCRIBE BANANAFISH
Received on Sun Oct 27 15:30:46 2002