From: Julia Thompson
> On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> > At 04:46 PM 7/20/01, Julia wrote:
> >
> >
> > >On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote:
> > >
> > > > Should we publish a BRIN-L Document Type Definition?
> > >
> > >It might be amusing, anyway. At least, I think it would amuse *me*.
> >
> >
> > After all this time on this list, though, we know that it doesn't take
> > _much_ to amuse you . . .
> >
> > <ducking>
>
> You expect me to take that as any sort of an insult?
>
> It may not take much to amuse me, but it takes the right *sort* of thing
> to amuse me. Kind of like you have to be careful of the activity you
> offer my sister if you're inviting her out on a date, but it can be fairly
> inexpensive and she'll like it. (A picnic someplace pretty was a favorite
> of hers at one point.) She can be a "cheap date" for some value of "cheap
> date", and as long as everyone understands what definition of "cheap date"
> is being used, it's not at all insulting, and can, in fact, be taken as a
> compliment.
>
> Of course, something more complicated can amuse me just as nicely, just as
> my sister won't say "no" if you offer to take her to someplace like City
> Grill (which is about as expensive as we ever eat out).
>
> Julia
Cheap date? Did I hear cheap date? John!........So is she seeing anyone?
Kevin Tarr
Trump high, lead low
