Lee Corbin wrote: > Stathis writes and Brent evidently is not one to resist a good pun > > >>Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >>>Indeed, I would personally find the idea of clones of myself >>>that I could run into quite disturbing, and the more like me >>>they were, the worse it would be. >> >>A sobering reflection. ;-) > > > An interesting psychological difference. About 35 years ago, I asked > my long since deceased father what would be his reaction to a duplicate. > He was very quick to assert that they would not get along at all. I > have always wondered at that: why exactly would someone not like > himself? > > (Of course, the joke would be on me if I found out that all my duplicates > had very annoying personal mannerisms, and that the very sounds of their > squeeky high pitched voices irritated the hell out of me.) > > I have always imagined that my duplicates and I would embrace with a > love truer than long-lost brothers. I fancy that I would like myself > a great deal :-) > > Lee
I agree - I'd like my clone. I once found some old lab reports and as I was reading through them I found one that struck me as unusually well written and insightful - and then I realized it was one I had written. But we don't know Stathis. ;-) Brent Meeker --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
