XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: cuddly@mindless.com   
      
   On 9/9/2016 1:25 AM, Ned Ludd wrote:   
   >   
   > "brian mitchell"  wrote in message   
   > news:g0q3tbpdp56rfaf1buis3uu5n053eeth69@4ax.com...   
   >> liaM wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 9/8/2016 7:20 PM, brian mitchell wrote:   
   >>>> Tang Huyen wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 9/7/2016 5:51 PM, brian mitchell wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> And speaking of existential melancholy...   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sensitive, Seldom and Sad by Mervyn Peake   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sensitive, Seldom and Sad are we,   
   >>>>>> As we wend our way to the sneezing sea,   
   >>>>>> With our hampers full of thistles and fronds   
   >>>>>> To plant round the edge of the dab-fish ponds;   
   >>>>>> Oh, so Sensitive, Seldom and Sad   
   >>>>>> Oh, so Seldom and Sad.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> One could be forgiven for misreading "worm   
   >>>>> our way".   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You, Sir, are not a True Man of Sentiment.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I can't remember Tang being like anything in the Chuang Tzu.   
   >>> As I remember, a true man of sentiment is one retired and travelling   
   >>> the beauty spots of his country..   
   >>   
   >> I can envisage Tang wallowing in perfect contentment on the mudflats   
   >> of the Charles River when the tide is out, like an old turtle serenely   
   >> dragging its tail through the ooze while pondering the ineluctable   
   >> modality of the visible. He's probably doing it now.   
   >>   
   >   
   >  But the turtle drags its tail to hide its tracks. (Specifically the tracks   
   > to its eggs.)  Tang crossposts to four newsgroups, in contradistinction.   
   >   
   > Ned   
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   And the turtle has had the zika virus since birth, haven't you noticed?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)