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Old November 19th, 2009, 01:29 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Giles
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Default OT.....on books...

On Nov 18, 3:53*pm, MajorOz wrote:
On Nov 18, 11:09*am, DaveS wrote:

On Nov 16, 7:48*pm, MajorOz wrote:
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oz........"Christ, Marx, Wood, and Wei; thank you for this perfect day"- Hide quoted text -


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Interesting quote(?)
Assuming it refers to Jebus, Karl, Grant Wood and the comtempory
realist painter Wei. Is that the case?
Dave


It's from an Ira Levin (Rosemary's Baby) SF book: _This Perfect Day_

It is a mantra spoken by the drug zonkered residents of a futuristic
society.


Interesting quotes.....hm.....interesting topic. My own favorite
(apropos of nothing in particular.....except the human condition, I
suppose) in a life more or less blessedly free of favorite this,
favorite that, blah blah, comes from the quintessential American
writer; "If you find a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will
not bite you. This is the principle difference between a dog and a
man.".....or something very much like that.

cheers


Prosit.

oz, who distinguishes between "truth" and "fact"


Not always distinguishable.

g.
and therein lies food for many a wonderful and potentially productive
discussion, in a world populated by adu.......um......well, never
mind.