On 9/6/06, Hannah Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, I just read this over, and I think the only way this sentence > could have been more pretentious would be if I'd written the > following: > > [Incredibly pretentious re-reading cut out as Hannah realizes that she > knows of no other weeklies more pretentious than the Economist and the > New Yorker. Now she's realizing that she's just written a sentence in > the third person. In fact, two. Clearly she needs help in more ways > than one.]
Let me point out that the New Yorker cannot possibly be listed in your list of pretentious weeklies, because the New Yorker publishes cartoons. As David Remick told me* just the other day, 99 out of 100 people turn to the cartoons first; the other person is lying. *me and a bunch of other suckers who were willing to pay good beer money to hear him talk. Stephanie ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TktRrD/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/vzIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
