I find this discussion, however light-hearted, runs counter to the
egalitarian spirit of the list.
Joseph Duemer
Co-Moderator
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> We must be V E R Y careful around these Eggheads, sweet McManus
> (obviously).
> They have delicate sensibilities, if not quite as much sense as us Bad
> Floaters (sometimes misnamed "pond scum").
> I gotcha topped on the job scene, tho, fo' sho': whilst working my way
> thru
> college, I filed credit checks on chicken-sexers, amongst other fascinating
> workers. They made good money; the occupation must've required unusually
> keen eyesight. [a credit file info-bit about a nother even better-paid man
> in my hometown: Lear, well known inventor of the Lear Jet, named his
> daughter Crystal Chanda.]
>
> joodles frum---let me check where I am rite now---ah yes, norfolk va usa
>
> re your ps: I wouldn't wanna dig too deep for Wot Kind of Anthology (has
> he
> mentioned illustrations yet?) it is that Dr. H proposes for just 5 of
> us---a
> tactic sure to yield high degrees of panic and competition amongst us
> lovely
> gentle folk. <sigh>
>
> 2008/7/14 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Watch it joodlette!! I once sorted eggs in a grocers !! the ones that
> were
> > bad floated ---highly skilled it was ---try it with poets???
> > and any way who is Partick Mcmanus (obviously)
> > and where is VB
> > luv P
> > ps Robbo did not say what sort of anthology
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Judy Prince
> > Sent: 14 July 2008 06:38
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Five fior our friends ...
> >
> > how did McManus get on that Egghead list?
> > will wonders never cease?
> >
> >
> > 2008/7/13 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>:
> >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > > I misread this at first as 'Five of our Fiends'.
> > >
> > > Yours
> > >
> > > the ever-loving (and flattered)
> > >
> > > mispelt (!) surname
> > >
> > > (it does matter you know, mine's the Sherwood Forest-Mansfield-Newark
> > > variation of the surname mister)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2008/7/13 Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>:
> > > > If there were a poetryetc anthology with just five people, who would
> > they
> > > > be?
> > > >
> > > > Partick Mcmanus (obviously)
> > > > Dave Birkinshaw
> > > > Candice Ward
> > > > Martin Walker
> > > > Roger Collett
> > > >
> > > > ... any other suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > R.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > David Bircumshaw
> > > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/
> > > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
> > >
> >
>
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Joseph Duemer
Professor of Humanities
Clarkson University
Weblog: sharpsand.net
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