like Rebecca, Chris, I have read all those posts on the flower pot theory & enjoyed them if without fully comprehending even the jokes! By the way Rebecca's Bitters is a tough, fine volume, & I recommend it to all... Doug Douglas Barbour Department of English University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 (h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm he said the President said he would not kill anyone anymore and the way he would not kill would be to let the killers kill and then he would not be a killer Eli Mandel (circa 1970)