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Re: honey, sand, or crystalline ether? (fwd)
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From: Gennadi Barabtarlo <gragb@mizzou1.missouri.edu>
>>I think that the two women were making the same
>>point as the student who who made the "wading through wet sand" comment-
>>although somehow "swimming in honey" sounds more appropriate.
>>
>>Joseph Piercy/ University Of Wolverhampton /U.K
>
>Both of which seem strange to me. Taste differs, I'm sure, but VVN seems
>a richer, more delicate, and certainly more airborne experience than
>sand, honey, or any other slow, heavy, or overly sweet goo.
>
>Alexander Justice * jahvah@empirenet.com * Freeway City, California, USA
>
>"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."
> - Alfred Adler
All of which seems strange to me. The poor students got their similes
mixed, for "wading through" WET sand is relatively easy (unless they be
sharp-hooved or cart-wheeled) and in any event is easier than negotiating
dry sand (let alone the sawdust often packed inside their heads). The
honey-try struck me as especially absurd.
In general, the rhythm of reading ought not to be a matter of
personal taste; few people realise and fewer are taught that real books
MUST, as a ground rule, be waded through slowly and gingerly, one's steps
retraced at every turn, compass consulted etc. GB
Gennady Barabtarlo
451 GCB University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
314-882-9454 Fax 314-882-3404
>>I think that the two women were making the same
>>point as the student who who made the "wading through wet sand" comment-
>>although somehow "swimming in honey" sounds more appropriate.
>>
>>Joseph Piercy/ University Of Wolverhampton /U.K
>
>Both of which seem strange to me. Taste differs, I'm sure, but VVN seems
>a richer, more delicate, and certainly more airborne experience than
>sand, honey, or any other slow, heavy, or overly sweet goo.
>
>Alexander Justice * jahvah@empirenet.com * Freeway City, California, USA
>
>"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."
> - Alfred Adler
All of which seems strange to me. The poor students got their similes
mixed, for "wading through" WET sand is relatively easy (unless they be
sharp-hooved or cart-wheeled) and in any event is easier than negotiating
dry sand (let alone the sawdust often packed inside their heads). The
honey-try struck me as especially absurd.
In general, the rhythm of reading ought not to be a matter of
personal taste; few people realise and fewer are taught that real books
MUST, as a ground rule, be waded through slowly and gingerly, one's steps
retraced at every turn, compass consulted etc. GB
Gennady Barabtarlo
451 GCB University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
314-882-9454 Fax 314-882-3404