In a message dated 10/3/2002 7:56:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I suppose Hoons *do* look a little like Jimmy Durante, don't they? I imagine, though, that considering JD is a practically forgotten figure in the 21st century that maybe one in a million Terrans might have gotten that one by then. :) Jim >> Jim, thanks for breaking the streak. I was about to expect a message on the Georgian definition of anti-Semitism in Jefferson County. Um..... this is a Hoonish story. They may have had help from the Tytlal, as they did not exclusively watch just Three Stooges recordings. The point is, that to a human, this was intended be an insult. To a pre-Streaker Hoon, it would be considered an insult until the full meaning became known. But this is a post Streaker story that the "Hoonish Renaissance" is using to try to break the ice with Terran Humans. It's a new universe out there. But as the next Uplift story is supposed to be an expanded Temptation, it'll be a while before we find out if this story could actually be used. William Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ "Will the Tymbrimi Ambasador please tell their former clients to get out of the Potomac, as I said 'Tidal basin.'" _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
