Subject: Re: Lookin' for answers and more. . .
From: allen beaman (abeaman@rochester.rr.com)
Date: Fri Sep 21 2001 - 12:48:49 GMT
i lost my pinkies choppin' wood.
-al
----- Original Message -----
From: Scottie Bowman <rbowman@indigo.ie>
To: Bananafish <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 3:40 AM
Subject: Re: Lookin' for answers and more. . .
>
> I'm endlessly intrigued by the arcane rules observed by
> our lower-case merchants.
>
> In her latest post, Nathalie strips everyone & every thing
> of their capitals - including the character that our
> (presumably revered) author intended to be identified
> with a tall F. But this is democracy - or, maybe what she
> assumes to be the practice of 'liberally artistic' women -
> so that even her President is reduced to a modest shrub
> standing at the side of the lane that (who?) acts as unseeing
> witness to little frannie's spiritual quest.
>
> But there are exceptions. Television, which she castigates
> throughout her post, is honoured with a gigantic pair of
> capitals. And, of course, HERSELF. No fucking humility
> here, mates. This is big N talking. Big N.
>
> In a final twist of cruelty, the doyen of the list, will, the one
> man who tries to put everyone at their ease by crouching down
> to their kindergarten level is thrust, blushing & protesting, into
> the glare with a huge, neon-lit double-OO.
>
> Baffling. But wonderful.
>
> I've been relaxing my own rules a bit recently but hereby give
> due notice of their renewal. Once again & in future, an absolutely
> foolproof way of avoiding my basilisk eye will be to write posts
> in the all-lower-case format. No matter how cogent the argument,
> or breath-taking the imagery, they will be ignored in their entirety
> in this quarter.
>
> For many, I imagine, an easement devoutly to be wished.
>
> Scottie B.
>
>
>
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