I only said you were a lunkhead because you had assured me the job was going
to be just so damn easy you could do it more or less blindfolded. That'll
larn you!
What *is a lunkhead, anyway? I came across the term in some book or other
many years ago now, liked the sound of it, and went on using it.
joanna
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: Poem: Love the wild swan, by Robinson Jeffers
> From: "Andrew Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>>I live in Perth, a city wrapped around a river called the Swan River.
>
> Shouldn't that be "Perth", Andrew? The *real* Perth is located in of
> course Scotland.
>
> I once passed a roadsign in England alleging the existence of a town
> called Moscow. Singularly unlikely, and I didn't bother to visit it. You
> shouldn't believe everything you read on road signs, as anyone who has
> tried to navigate the winding motorways of Britain knows well.
>
> (Singularly fatuous early morning pre-coffee email, but I feel like saying
> something now my internet access is firmly re-established. As is the
> successful reformatting of another computer anent which I solicited
> assistance yesterday. I will thank backchannel the three people who
> responded and saved my ass. And ignore the fourth who sent a rather cruel
> email stating that I was a lunkhead.)
>
> The Red Rodent
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