At 03:34 PM 2/22/03 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote:
I wrote:
I think this is the first time I've ever seen a footnote to a footnote to a footnote...

Ronn! replied:
I _could_ have used nested parenthetical clauses instead . . .

DOH! Sorry, I accidentally left off the smiley :-) I think nested parentheticals would have been more obfuscatory than clarificatory.



((My) (point) (exactly).))




;-)



-- Ronn! :)

Almighty Ruler of the all,
Whose Power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation fills with awe,
O grant thy mercy and thy grace,
To those who venture into space.

(Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn)


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