At 12:39 PM 9/17/01, you wrote:
>Dan M. wrote:
>
> >Sure. I was going to if no one could provide an off the cuff
> >response...but I expected that someone would have enjoyed doing
> >this. The Mouse that Roared is about the duchy of Grand Fenwick, a
> >country that was in desperate financial straights. Looking at all
> >the money the US pored into Japan and West Germany, they decided to
> >attack the US, lose, and gain tons of aid. They accidently capture
> >the Q-bomb, but the story sorta falls apart there.
>
>In yet another attempt to add a little levity to the list, as once again my
>answer was beaten to the punch even as I composed it:
>
>Is it just me, or is the Brin-L list almost like being in Jeopardy? You get
>your answers faster here than at the local library! Even when you have an
>answer to a listee's question, you have to be quick on the draw or someone
>else will beat you to the buzzer.
>
>Curse you, Dan! I wanted Trebek to pick *me* for a change!! :)
It's what you get when you get a bunch of gifted polymaths together, which
I think is a pretty good description of the members of this list. (In all
modesty, that is.)
-- Ronn! :)
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