----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronn Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: Speedy answers (was Re: Preparations)
> 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.)
>
>
>
I only wish I resembled that remark!
xponent
rob
