In a message dated 10/9/2004 9:26:12 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And what a fine PUNishment it was, too! :) Julia The original punishment was a bunch of clippings From The Kidding Stays in the Tytlal, which is in line for a second review on Critters. Those puns were: > For the Ahp'Churezz have a tail full of sound, and > furry, > signifying nyucking.... > > ----- > > Now as to Kidding Stays in the Tytlal. > > 6 critiques, . 5 said too long. One said full novel. > > So I cut to 12,600, but then added in Dr. Lao notes > to bring it > back to 14.500. > > Notes such as: > > Fagen. Kanten. Fully described by name in > _Sundiver_. Fully > described by race in _Contacting Aliens_. Now > jingles at the > mention of Mi'nami's name. Later on participated > in a Tytlal > scam to get Pila Librarians to look up references to > vegetable > albinoism, supposedly to see if the Kanten could > create a > walking cauliflower to go with the broccoli. > > -----Entertainers, authors, poets, and real people > mentioned: > > Abbott and Costello. Steve Allen. [Is it bigger > than a > breadbox?] Tex Avery. Henri Bergson. Lewis > Carroll. > Karl von Clausewitz. Erich von Daniken. Charles > Darwin. > Bette Davis. [ "What an info-dump." ] John Foster > Dulles. > Elvis. Sally Fields. Jose Jimenez. Rudyard Kipling. > Laurel > and Hardy. Bulwer-Lytton. Teddy Roosevelt. William > Shakespeare. The Three Stooges. Thornton Niven > Wilder. > > -----Legends: > > Santa Claus. Jacob Demwa. Elvis. Progenitors. > > > The original pun: > > Politics may be a contribution of deception by > otter means. > > It's now lost in the sea of bad phrases, as the > tytlal sold the > synthian an altered book of Anglic phrases. > > you don't want to offer the flying Pan into your > foyer. > When you got it, flatulent it, baby > Killing two bards with one stein. > Tiny Tim waits for no Man of La Mancha > Never Portnoy tomorrow what you Candide today. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
