Anthony D'Costa wrote: > In Tokyo I met a colleague for dinner and she had mentioned that Friedman > was around and she had inquired casually if he would be interested in > speaking at her campus. He dismissed her saying her university couldn't > afford to pay his fees.
I know I've probably told this one, but a certain friend of mine who writes a column for the New York TIMES (and wished to remain anonymous) told me that while most globe-trotting types wash their own underwear in their hotel rooms or patronize local laundries, Friedman has fresh underwear FedExed to him regularly. -- Jim Devine / "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
