XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.philosophy.taoism, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: cuddly@mindless.com   
      
   On 9/9/2016 5:31 AM, Ned Ludd wrote:   
   >   
   > "liaM"  wrote in message   
   > news:nqt015$iqa$2@dont-email.me...   
   >> 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   
   >>   
   >> And the turtle has had the zika virus since birth, haven't you noticed?   
   >>   
   >   
   >  I hadn't heard.  Will this require the extermination of all turtles?   
   >   
   > Ned   
   >   
      
      
   Of course not, they are dearly loved by their mothers - pin headed   
   turtles will soon be the new norm thanks to the laws of the theory of   
   evolution.  You watch.  Enlightened pin head turtles will soon be the   
   dominant species out here in the NewsGroup universe.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)