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   Message 1,806 of 3,290   
   Brian M. Scott to All   
   Re: What (not) to write...   
   03 Oct 08 00:38:43   
   
   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:47:40 -0800, Bill Swears   
    wrote in   
      
   in rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   > David Friedman wrote:   
      
   >> For those who think it still fits then, suppose that A   
   >> and C are of  opposite sexes, and what they are doing is   
   >> taking their clothes off and  making love in the   
   >> presence of casual acquaintance B. I think most of us   
   >> would see B's request that they not do it until he is   
   >> elsewhere as  reasonable.   
      
   > I think that would depend entirely on how good looking A   
   > and B are.  If Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, a casual   
   > acquaintance might spend the  interval wondering how he   
   > could become involved.  If me and any woman in the   
   > world, the casual acquaintance could only be regarded as   
   > prudent for  making us stop until he could find some find   
   > some welding glasses, or strike out his eyes with jagged   
   > rocks.   
      
   And the jagged orbit that results brings this back on topic!   
      
   Brian   
      
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