--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > I think Satan would start out as a cool guy to party with, but then > he'd just start being a jerk, like drinking all your beer, borrowing > cash and not returning it, starting little fires in your house, > stealing stuff from you, shit like that...so I'll save myself the > trouble and not party with him.
Or perhaps he remains the perfect host, keeping the party so entertaining that it never occurs to you to wonder whether there might be a *better* party going on upstairs. Reminds me of a standout episode of the otherwise late and unlamented TV drama "Touched by an Angel," in which Mandy Patinkin plays a Satan figure who tempts the lead angel character with life as a human, complete with adoring husband and kiddies, which she can have if she renounces her faith in God and her angel status. (It's really well done; Patinkin underplays brilliantly. There's a YouTube clip from the episode. If anybody's interested, I'll get the URL.)
