--- kwildgen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > If you folks can wrench yourselves away from your limericks... > How would you respond to someone who said Bernini's Ecstasy of St. > Teresa is too erotic to be in a church? I would probably reply with a limerick about St Serapion. Incidentally, I notice that no two poets on our list have agreed about the pronunciation of "Thmuis". I had assumed it rhymed with "guise": Serapion, Bishop of Thmuis, Had a ***** of moderate suis. He entered, in fun, A competition, And was lucky to win second pruis. Oriens. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%