Bruno, merci pour le nom Jean Cocteau. J'ai voulu montrer que je semble vivant. I told my young bride of 61 years (originally economist, but follows all the plaisantries I speculate on) about the assumptions you guys speculate on and connect to assumptions of assumptions, Torgny the zombie, Stephen Leibnitz' Monads, you numbers, others Q-immortality/suicide and partial teleportation at the level of highest science - and she asked - (because she believes in her love that I am into all that, - understanding):
"What do you guys hope to achieve by all this speculation?" I replied: it's getting late, let's go to sleep. Well??? (I believe this is the most meaningful word in English) John M On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi John, > > > > On 11 May 2009, at 22:49, John Mikes wrote: > > > > > who was that French poet who made puns after death? > > > >> ... > > A french poet said, after he died (!) : "friends, pretend only to > > cry because poet pretends only to dye". (Faites semblant de pleurer > > mes amis puisque les poètes font semblant de mourrir"). > > > > > > It is Jean Cocteau. > > In "Le Testament d'Orphée". A movie, made by Jean Cocteau, where he > plays the role of the dying poet. I am not entirely sure of the total > correctness of the quote. It could be "Faites semblant de pleurer mes > amis puisque les poètes ne font que semblant d'être mort". > > Best, > > Bruno > > > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
