Well, Romano:
Regarding discussion and the homeopathic joys of contribution -- until just
recently nobody on this goddamned list had uttered so much as a peep IN
MONTHS so on that count I excuse myself. As far as the sarcasm goes-- at
least it's been scintillating.
"Small talk comes from small bones."
-- Homage to Sextus Propertius
PS Part The Sixth, no less!!
GAVIN
on 1/21/03 5:26 AM, Tim Romano at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> The irony is that you yourself have not contributed to any discussion about
> Pound on this list in months, and when have contributed, the "contribution"
> has invariably been in the form of scintillating sarcasm. Say something
> measured and intelligent about Pound. Try a sentence or two without the
> sarcasm. Go on. You might tell us something about Pound's Homage to Sextus
> Propertius.
> Tim Romano
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>
> At 08:52 PM 1/20/03 -0800, Francis Gavin wrote:
>> on 1/20/03 9:40 AM, Tim Romano at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>>> You call what you do "irony"?
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>> My point exactly. I said you'd lost your sense of irony, had you indeed ever
>> had the good fortune to possess one initially. The original purpose of my
>> missive about cadaverous lists being to generate response, which it did. The
>> person who responded in agreement, was lauding that need for greater vigor
>> in these promiscuous parts. Get it Tim? There is the desire for more people
>> to speak their mind.
>>
>> Senses of irony notwithstanding my appeal apparently somehow penetrated into
>> the shallow murky depths of your backwash of a virgin swamp intelligence
>> causing this whole reptilian exchange to take place. Pluses, one supposes
>> outweighing the minuses if for no other reason than that of slapping around
>> the village martinet.
>>
>> GAVIN
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>>> At 01:33 AM 1/20/03 -0800, Francis Gavin wrote:
>>>> Romano:
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>>>>
>>>> A bucket of wet cement might make an excellent adhesive in some instances.
>>>> Even that of the daunting reattachment of your sense of irony. Cheers?
>>>>
>>>> GAVIN
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PS Reset the system clock.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> on 1/19/03 8:11 PM, Tim Romano at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>>>>> You can stick your head in a bucket of wet cement and get the same effect
>>>>> if it's silence you're after.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> At 05:00 PM 1/19/03 -0500, Thomas Fortenberry wrote:
>>>>>> In a message dated 1/19/2003 12:01:16 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>>>>>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After that disturbing exchange between old hands and the periodic
>>>> spate of
>>>>>>> muddleheaded interlopers, it is good to see that this list has gotten
>>>> back
>>>>>>> to its customary state of cadaverous repose. We have reached satori
>> once
>>>>>>> again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> GAVIN
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is the best message posted to the list in, oh, about a month and
>>>> a half.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thomas
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