this discussion reminds me... (Was: Re: TNG-stable)

[Cole, Timothy D.]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton [SMTP:lkcl at samba.org]
> Sent:	Saturday, September 30, 2000 14:11
> To:	Cole, Timothy D.
> Cc:	Samba NT Domains Mailing List; 'Jeremy Allison'
> Subject:	Re: this discussion reminds me... (Was: Re: TNG-stable)
> 
> > 	We never did find out if anyone had the keys, because the cheese
> > wheel (now on the floor) came to life and started singing Barry Manilow
> > tunes.
> 
> tim,
> 
> i do not take drugs.  i never have, except i have been in the company of
> people who smoked enough for it not to be necessary.
> 
> however, if _you_ do, and you can prove to me that it has no side-effects,
> please send me some.
> 
	Nope, entirely drug-free here.  I was lucid when I wrote the post,
which is perhaps somewhat disturbing in and of itself. :P

> i am writing a sci-fi / fantasy novel, and i am in
> need of the kind of creativity that you just expressed.
> 
	Ooh, cool.  I liked your poetry; I'm looking forward to see what you
come up with.

> ... although, i have to say, your example just goes to show, as i am
> finding out, that real life is stranger and funnier than fiction; and
> real-life makes a good basis for fiction.
> 
	It should be understood that the dream post was in fact a
constructed parable, in the tradition of ... ah ... parables.  It is
fiction, although I suppose it does still demonstrate the last point.