Klarinet Archive - Posting 000128.txt from 2000/02
From: "Jay D. Webler" <webler@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Jelly Doughnuts
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 23:23:21 -0500
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And I though I was loosing it.
Jay Webler
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From: LeliaLoban@-----.com]
Subject: [kl] Jelly Doughnuts
Tony Pay wrote,
>>On looking at it again, I now see (perhaps) that you meant something
different here. I'm imagining that you're in a cafe, ordering, and you
say to the waitress, "I'm a Danish", meaning that that's your order. (I
think this is called a metonymy...Lelia?)>>
Hmm. Pause for, ahem, scholarly reflection. The way I break that word down
is:
me
tony
my
Good. You Tony. Me Lelia. Your what?
Neil Leupold wrote,
> But if you chose the latter interpretation, that the person was
> identifying themself as a pastry, your reaction would not be to the
> sentence itself, since it is grammatically correct in this context.
> You might just take them seriously and, if you haven't had breakfast
> yet, start gnawing on their left arm.
Tony Pay wrote,
>>But I wouldn't let it get too far out of hand.>>
Eeeew! BOOOOOOOO!
It's . . . Groundhog Day...! (Why do we celebrate Groundhog Day on The
Imbolic, I wonder?) Does doughnut jelly work as a substitute for cork
grease? What's the BEST kind of jelly to use instead of cork grease?
;-)
Lelia
(riding off on broomstick with Shadow Cat, to celebrate the *older* holiday)
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