Just had to say it - my current favourite Steven Wright line, unearthed from
one of the many Web sites featuring his one-liners:
"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"
Best wishes
Matthew
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Date: 13 July 2000 22:44
Subject: OctoOdds [Was Re: Octothorp]
>I've been mulling over this intriguing connection you've made,
>Matthew, and wouldn't be at all surprised if you're right. But
>I wouldn't give too much credit for inspiration to list thuggery--
>doesn't it exemplify the kind of brilliant, if twisted, lateral
>thinking we both admire in Steven Wright?
>
>What I'm wondering now, though, is if there's also a (similarly
>twisted) association between the octothorp and the Forward Prize
>odds of EIGHT to ONE that Roddy's given you on your Sweeney flutter.
>
>May your horse be on the tic-tac-dough!
>
>Candice
>
>
>At 08:17 PM 7/12/00 +0100, you wrote:
>>While on the subject of this fascinating symbol, does anyone know whether
>>its similarity to the board used for what we call noughts-and-crosses, and
>>Americans I think call tic-tac-toe, is a coincidence? Might the game
>>represent a sort of rustic streetfighting, with the winner gaining control
>>of the village?
>>
>>I've got to spend less time on this list. It's doing strange things to my
>>brain.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>
>>
>>Matthew Francis
>>[log in to unmask]
>>
>>Visit my website at http://www.7greenhill.freeserve.co.uk
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