Does it really matter who does what in Amsterdam coffeehouse?
Mine
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I think Doug is more the American Lit. man, Barkley. Hawthorne, mebbe. I
can see a red-eyed Doug teetering on the coffeehouse steps, regaling the
passing throngs with 'Ethan Brand Goes To Wall St' ...
"What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the retrenched bluecollar; and then he
shrank farther from his companion, trembling lest his question should be
answered.
'It is a sin that grew within our besuited breasts,' replied besuited Brand,
standing erect with a pride that distinguishes all enthusiasts of his stamp.
'A sin that grew nowhere else! The sin of an intellect that triumphed over
the sense of brotherhood and reverence for the C that must abide between M1
and M2, and sacrificed a workforce that for a moment interest rate
projections might slacken! The only sin that deserves a recompense of
immortal recession!"
Let 'em have it, Doug!
Er, while I get back to the #!* marking ...
Rob.
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From: "J. Barkley Rosser, Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [PEN-L:19832] "funny" dough
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:33:46 -0400
I've been trying to imagine what Doug Henwood
would be like after going to a "funny" coffeehouse
in Amsterdam. Would he spout poetry by Byron,
Shelley, and Wordsworth? Or would he start to mumble
incoherently about all kinds of obscure financial data?
I think he might become poetic and combine the
two. I can see it now, a special poetic supplement to
the next issue of LBO: "Don Juan and the Databases"
(by Doug Henwood), :-).
Barkley Rosser
