On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Roderick D. Hetzel wrote:
> Hi everyone:
>
> I know it is off-topic, but the last post reminded me of one of my favorite
> piece of bathroom graffitti:
>
> "God is Dead"
> -- Nietchze
>
> "Neitchze is Dead"
> -- God
>
God apparently not only writes graffiti but also limericks.
Ronald Knox wrote:
There once was a man who said, "God
Must think it exceedingly odd
If he finds that this tree
Continues to be
When there's no one about in the Quad"
An an unidentified (or perhaps identified) author replied:
Dear Sir,
Your astonishment's odd:
_I_ am always about in the Quad
And that's why the tree
Will continue to be
Since observed by
Yours faithfully,
God
(The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, ed. T. Augarde,
1991)
Nevertheless, dyslexic insomniac philosopher that I am, I stay
awake nights wondering if there is a dog.
-Stephen
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