At 18:17 02-02-01 -0600, you wrote:
>On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > <big snip>
> > > Isn't that just much tidier than staples? ;)
> > >
> >
> > Well, yes, it's much cleaner. But then you don't get the mental image
> > (which I had) of a Congress in full session, hundreds of distinguished
> > heads in attendance...and over all these heads are crawling an
> > immigrant roofing crew working with great efficiency. Armed with
> > pneumatic staplers, they're popping cameras on to the heads of reps
> > and senators like shingles on the roof of a new home....
>
>You've obviously never tried to work right under the people re-roofing
>your house.... :) Also, you haven't had a discussion over lunch today
>about movies where there was blood & gore, and you're not thinking about
>the factor of how much a scalp bleeds when it's cut. (At least, I don't
>think you've had such a discussion over lunch today....)
>
> Julia
No, but I have been bopped on the head with one of the old wood-backed
blackboard erasers, and was suitably impressed with the blood flow from
such a tiny cut. (A typical mosquito bite produces a much bigger
scab.) On the positive side, the two kids who had been throwing the eraser
at each other when I unknowingly raised my head into the path were also
sufficiently impressed with the results to stop doing that.
-- Ronn! :)
