From rssfeeds@jmason.org Thu Oct 10 12:31:58 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69BE916F16 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:31:57 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:31:57 +0100 (IST) Received: from dogma.slashnull.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9A803K13838 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:00:03 +0100 Message-Id: <200210100800.g9A803K13838@dogma.slashnull.org> To: yyyy@spamassassin.taint.org From: diveintomark Subject: Words fail me Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 08:00:03 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; encoding=utf-8 URL: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/10/10.html#words_fail_me Date: 2002-10-10T02:34:18-05:00 _The Morning News_: Rosencrantz & Joshua[1]. Words fail me, which is a rare and pleasant gift, thank you. Instead, I will simply take this opportunity to quote the original _Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead_, the excellent play by Tom Stoppard which I keep nestled in my one remaining bookshelf[2] between the _Tao Te Ching_ and Roald Dahl's _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_ . Guil: Exactly, it's a matter of asking the right questions and giving away as little as we can. It's a game. Ros: And then we can go? Guil: And receive such thanks as fits a king's remembrance. Ros: I like the sound of that. Waht do you think he meant by remembrance? Guil: He doesn't forget his friends. Ros: Would you care to estimate? Guil: Difficult to say, really—some kings tend to be amnesiac, others I suppose—the opposite, whatever that is... Ros: Yes—but— Guil: Elephantine... ? Ros: Not how long—how much? Guil: _Retentive_—he's a very retentive king, a royal retainer... Ros: What are you playing at? Guil: Words, words. They're all we have to go on. [1] http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/stories/rosencrantz_joshua.shtml [2] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/04/19.html#alan_cooper_speaks