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When did Orson Welles do his radio stunt, dramatising HGWells's story (name eludes me) as if it was happening, and supposedly creating panic in listeners? not on april first, I guess... Max Quoting Martin Walker <[log in to unmask]>: > The funny thing is, the Germans don't have an April Narr (fool). > All the Anglo-Saxon media attempts at such jokes (& this one) I saw > yesterday were terribly obvious, as if there were a fear to create such an > insidious & verisimilitudinous deception that people would turn on the > perpetrator when s/he revealed her/his deceit. > mj > _______________________________________ > But I am but a nameless sort of person > (A broken Dandy lately on my travels) > And take for rhyme, to hook my rambling verse on, > The first that Walker's Lexicon unravels > > - George Gordon, Lord Byron > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Vincent" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:18 AM > Subject: Re: Stimulus plans to include poetry > > > > April April fools. > > > > --- On Wed, 4/1/09, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: Stimulus plans to include poetry > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 4:35 PM > > > > LOL > > > > KS > > > > 2009/4/1 Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]> > > > >> Thought this might be of interest .... > >> > >> ===== > >> > >> Washington (CNS) - In a surprising twist on the administration's > >> economic stimulus plan, a proposal is being floated to include funds > >> for the purchase of poetry in the program. > >> > >> According to White House congressional liaison aide April Narr, the > >> proposal is still under development, but it is conceived as involving > >> substantial grants to American poetry publications to pass on to their > >> contributing poets in payment for their work. "The working > > idea," > >> said Narr, "is to consult experts to draw up a list of the hundred > >> best established poetry journals in the country, and give them federal > >> economic stimulus grants so they can pay their poets much more for > >> their work. The target figure is $1,000 per line." > >> > >> Though some may question the effectiveness of trying to restart the > >> American economy by paying money to poets, Narr maintained that "the > >> whole idea of the economic stimulus plan is to get people to buy > >> things, and why should buying poetry be any different from buying > >> apples or toothpaste?" > >> > >> Since poets are typically starving artists, Narr continued, they would > >> be likely to spend their increased revenues on basic foodstuffs, such > >> as bread, and usually being bohemian types they would also spend the > >> money on wine and cheese, making this part of the stimulus > >> "potentially of significant benefit to our nation's baking, > >> wine-making, and dairy industries." > >> > >> Narr admitted, though, that there was some concern that the proposed > >> $1,000 per line payments might result in a proliferation of poems with > >> very short lines. > >> > >> Asked if she herself is a poetry fan, Narr replied, "Yes, I am a > > great > >> fan. In school I got to recite The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe in a > >> pageant." > >> > >> ===== > >> > >> -- > >> =============================================== > >> > >> Jon Corelis http://jcorelis.googlepages.com/joncorelis > >> > >> =============================================== > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au