Stewart wrote: >Many thanks indeed for your message. It has troubled me greatly that >we have disagreed over this issue, when we have seen eye to eye on >everything else which has come up for discussion. For that reason I >had decided earlier this evening not to pursue the thread any >further. Besides, we had all drifted a long way from lutes, and I >felt it was time we left the 20th century with its soul-searching >and navel-gazing. So I left my computer, and nipped down to The >Plough for a few pints and a return to normality. As luck would have >it, I met up with a couple of friends, who, believe it or not, were >in the middle of discussing the relative merits of conceptual art. >Aaaaaaaaarrrrgghh! I just can't escape from Cage. Never mind. The >beer was good. :-)
You'd be surprised at how a good pint will improve ones appreciation for 4 minutes and 33 seconds worth of silence, regardless of whether you're appreciating that silence in a concert hall or just the local pub. Happy Holidays, Craig
