Herodotus. But it loses a lot of its punch when it's removed from its original Doric-Lacedaemonian.
- Mike V. On 3/12/07, Ross Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Best line of this thread IMHO: [Mike V. wrote} "If you hear quacking, you look for a duck. You don't look for a gerbil with a gift for avian mimicry." I've been googling like billy-o to find out whether that line about a gerbil is original with Mike V. or if he lifted it from the classics.... On 3/12/07, Elliot M. Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You could explain why the state store should move, if you were a patron. > > Elliot > > On 12 Mar 2007, at 18:01, UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN wrote: > > > Mike V. wrote: > > > >> MLamond writes: > > > > > >> Al Krigman wrote: > > > > > > > > > > can anyone here explain why the liquor store is moving in the first > > place? > > > > I think it's odd that the debate about this is being framed in > > terms of a religious group on one side and a 'separate but equal' > > mindset on the other, especially when none of us here has explained > > what the reasons are for this move in the first place -- in a way > > that would reasonably inform what the costs/benefits would be, > > equally, for EVERYONE living here (not just for some of the out-of- > > towners or last-minute byob'ers or nearby students). > > > > why aren't we neighbors discussing alternatives for either the > > present location or the proposed location? is this move so > > important, so cast in stone, so clearly the only available option? > > > > > > .................. > > UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN > > [aka laserbeam(r)] > > [aka ray] > > SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. > > also, what's happened with two goodfellahs on 41st and walnut? it > > appears vacant. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > ---- > > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > > < http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > < http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > -- Ross Bender http://rossbender.org
