The bitch said,
>From: Laura Katter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: Hypothesis & Oscar Wilde
>Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 16:20:41 -0700
>
>
>Mr. Buttkiss,
>I apologize sincerely for posting something that didn't move you. Rule to
>live by: Sometimes, when you're in a circle of conversation that seems to
>be a *bit* over your head, it's best to avoid it. Yes, perhaps you should
>have spent a few more hours on the BOOKMOBILE. Either that or try toting a
>dictionary around in your purse.
>I like to think alot of people strive to be modern and try to evolve. (dare
>I say - hopefully, this would apply to a large portion of this list) They
>try to learn about new things all the time, (that means words too!), and
>listen to all sides of an discussion in order to form their own opinion.
>(very much like science or anything else that pushes us further away from
>Neanderthal Man. hehe)
>Gary darling, next time I'll see if I can post big, colorful pictures
>instead of text to help illustrate my posts for you.
>Yours,
>Laura Anne aka ohmymod
>
>And as for Mr. Wallace...thanks!
>
>
> >>>From: "GARY HIPKISS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>Subject: RE: Hypothesis & Oscar Wilde
> >>>Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 11:25:39 PDT
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Why are Wildean wits so miserable in real life?
> >>>>
> >>>>Perhaps cynicism is not a containable talent - and ends up extending
>to
> >>>>oneself.
> >>>>
> >>>>Brian Eno once wrote in reply -
> >>>>
> >>>>True, the only person I ever knew with a Wildean wit was deeply
>miserable
> >>>>and a serious alcoholic. But what is this connection? Is it that they
>are
> >>>>not just acting out the cynicism that forms the basis of wit, but
>showing
> >>>>how they really feel - totally cynical? What makes for good
> >>>>(modernists/humorists) is an ability to slide between frames of
>reference
> >>>>unexpectedly, and to misapportion value to them. One assumes that this
>is
> >>>>something people choose to do, but perhaps there are people who can't
>help
> >>>>doing it, and who really can't make any convincing decisions about the
> >>>>relative value of their different possible reference frames.
> >>>>
> >>>>that's just one view I suppose. Eno makes a good point.
> >>>>over^and>out
> >>>>laura anne katter
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>does anyone understand this message?, does anyone want to?.
> >>>
> >>>please bring a little more sanity back to the site, and if you do have
>to
> >>>write crap like this then please, please make it shorter. It might be a
>good
> >>>idea to explain what your getting at, in plain language for all us
>normal
> >>>people out there...
reply..
yeh right...........
>
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