(177)   Fri 28 Nov 97  4:12
By: Ken Teel
To: Richard Smith
Re: Left-handedness
St:
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Thus spake Richard Smith to William Putnam:

 wp> But think of this carefully, Richard, and wonder if
 wp> there is something odd about giving into a personal
 wp> solitary lust that culminates in nothing at all as you
 wp> feel a little shame in giving into such a thing.

RS>  You know, William, I hadn't actually felt sorry for you
RS>  until just this moment.  How sad to be you.  All your
RS>  pleasures are denied you, your life is nearly over, and
RS>  you're too old to get any of it back.  You've wasted your
RS>  life denying yourself, and have to coach it all in terms of
RS>  hellfire and brimstone . . .

RS>     The Fox and the Grapes

RS>     One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an
RS>     orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening
RS>     on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch.

RS>     "Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he.

RS>     Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and
RS>     just missed the bunch.  Turning round again with a One,
RS>     Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success.

RS>     Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but
RS>     at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose
RS>     in the air, saying:

RS>     "I am sure they are sour."

RS>     It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

RS>     -- Aesop


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