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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:27:18 -0800
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- From: Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY@CAMINS.CAMOSUN.BC.CA>
- Subject: Re: Zeus to Narcissus
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- From: BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
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- > I saw it already. I hate it when I fall for setups like that.
- > All that earnest talk about Shakespeare's imagination and the
- > Canadian handicap lobby sucked me right in.
- > brad
-
- Sorry about that. Be warned. Shakespeare is my weak point. The mere
- mention of his name will send me into paroxysms of paranomasia. Have
- you ever read the opening of Romeo and Juliet? The word play of
- Mercutio (another who takes people in) is a great wonder to behold.
-
- There is a serious side to this particular joke. McLuhan theorised
- that the electronic mind works so quickly, that if a punch line
- is not virtually one with the lead line, the joke tends not to work.
- He used this joke as his favorite example. He then went on to list
- off his favorites from Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, Joyce being one
- of his four or five great inspirations.
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- Hope that makes up for Peter's folly. :}
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- Peter
-