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"Larry L" wrote in message
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"Profanity is the strong expression of a weak mind"

One suspects the that author of this quote (as well as its adherents) would
be less than thrilled with what we may safely assume Mr. Clemens' response
would have been.

Wolfgang
who has never yet encountered a pithy quote for which he would exchange his
brain.

"Wolfgang" wrote in
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who has never yet encountered a pithy quote for which he would
exchange his brain.


How about "What hump?" (Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein). That's one
of my faves.

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Scott
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"Wolfgang" wrote in
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who has never yet encountered a pithy quote for which he would
exchange his brain.


How about "What hump?" (Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein). That's one
of my faves.

I'd trade A. B. Normal's brain for that one.

Wolfgang

"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
How about "What hump?" (Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein). That's one
of my faves.

I was surprised to hear "Young Frankenstein" is opening on Broadway tonight,
btw. Can't imagine it as a musical; but The Producers worked, and MP's
Spamelot was great.

Joe F.

"Wolfgang" wrote

Wolfgang
who has never yet encountered a pithy quote for which he would exchange
his brain.


FWIW ( probably not much ) I am a dog trainer, a profession that tends to
highly respect artful use of profanity. I can put together some pretty
impressive strings of it, if I do say so myself.

I don't think such language should be entirely avoided, rather I think it's
real value is undermined by it's overuse .... much like the use of single
word insults, any real impact lies in the rarity of usage, not in the
predictability.

"Larry L" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote

Wolfgang
who has never yet encountered a pithy quote for which he would exchange
his brain.


FWIW ( probably not much ) I am a dog trainer, a profession that tends to
highly respect artful use of profanity. I can put together some pretty
impressive strings of it, if I do say so myself.

I don't think such language should be entirely avoided, rather I think
it's real value is undermined by it's overuse .... much like the use of
single word insults, any real impact lies in the rarity of usage, not in
the predictability.

You say "tomato," I say "potato."

Wolfgang
who, generally, values accuracy over impact.

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"Larry L" wrote:

However, I do wonder if you have ever heard this ????


"Profanity is the strong expression of a weak mind"


If you wanted to make a point about giving to more appropriate causes, YOU
destroyed the value of that point by your nasty, thoughtless, spewing. If
I represented St. Jude's or Medecins Sans Frontieres I'd regret the stigma
of having the organization(s) mentioned in such a context.

I think it makes him colorful

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Whoa...let's recap...we've got a guy in HK at a school which can afford
to kit out the class at LL Bean (but their teacher can't figure out how
to label those rods and reels...) and whose parents or school or
whomever can afford to fly those kids for a week of FFing in NZ, and
you're already had several generous donors, but yet, you're asking for
more _donations_ for flies for this group?!

If that about sums it up, let me be as clear as possible:

**** YOU, **** YOUR FLY SUBSIDY, AND **** MYRON

Why don't you try and raise a little coin for kids who might be have
sorta wanted to, oh, I don't know, eaten in the last week or had
received what is, for such fortunates, a pocket-change worth of medicine
(you know, about the retail cost of a fly or two...) that might save
their lives...

Again, if that about sums it up, just so we're clear:

**** YOU, **** YOUR FLY SUBSIDY, AND **** MYRON

Any questions?
R
...some kids' "wish list" includes stuff like food...with as few flies
as possible...

But Harry Mason is a business man, how does sending money to the
millions of starving and homeless kids Rwanda, the Congo, in any of the
cities of any of the 50 states, or basically any city in the world
benefit him?

On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:16:01 GMT, wrote:

is in full swing.

Sounds great, Harry. Be sure to tell who ever ties your Killer Caddis
to get busy. That has got to be the best trout fly since the first
Elk Hair Caddis. I am now tying it, but my arthritic hands do not do
it justice.

Dave

On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:16:01 GMT, wrote:


is in full swing. We have several generous donors but we could always
use more. Riverman has his wish list pretty much going and about half
subsidized...
You can send your flies to riverman , or... you can buy what you
would like to have sent to riverman, he

http://www.troutflies.com/go.mvc?ID=STOREFRONT

you don't need an account to shop, but it does save some time to fill
one out the form. Use the above URL in any event, to get started.

Once you have a basket of flies, proceed to checkout, fill in the info
as needed, it's your basic shopping basket stuff...near the end, a
box will show : "Redeem Coupons"...enter the word - school.

The appropriate discount will be taken at checkout and your order
will be flagged for rivermans endeavor only...all of the orders and
their contents so marked, will be sent to him when he asks for them.

If you would rather just send funds, contact me off list and we will
make arrangements. This option has been popular to date.
You can find my email addy is in the above store...

Harry

Maybe if you had Pass Lakes, Harry.


BTW, to me this was never about charity but rather about comradery. I
was thinking about tying up 4 dozen Pass lakes and sending them out.
Not because I thought that these kids needed the handout but because I
thought they'd get a kick out of receiving them and I knew I'd get a
kick if one of them succeeded in catching a NZ trout on one of my
Cheesehead classic flies. Doubt if I can find the time to get them
done but it would have been an amusing endeavor.

g.c.