On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:03:05 -0500
David Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Oh Judith! Where is the "like" button?
>
> My wife Esther suggests that "Girls *do* make passes at
>men who *have*
> asses."
>
> D
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> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Judith H. Anderson
><[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> I’ve always been tempted to update Parker’s lines, which
>>I have also
>> always enjoyed, and I find this latest version of them
>>an irresistible
>> invitation: how about “Girls don’t make passes at men
>>who are asses”?
>>
>>
>>
>> Feel free to substitute “women” for “girls and “boys”
>>for “men,” or “gods”
>> and “goddesses” for any of these. Not to worry
>>excessively about rhythm.
>> Mere surface.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m sure someone has anticipated my updating, but this
>>is, perhaps, not
>> the point.
>>
>>
>>
>> Judith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Sidney-Spenser Discussion List [mailto:
>> [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Anne
>>Prescott
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 18, 2013 4:15 PM
>> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>> *Subject:* Re: Artemis of Morningside Heights
>>
>>
>>
>> Right. Well, Diana/Artemis is one of Barnard's icons,
>>and after all
>> Artemis was, originally (so I have read) a theriomorphic
>>bear goddess--and
>> we have the bear as our mascot (although more in imagery
>>than in the
>> flesh). Not that Barnard women usually sport little
>>lunar crescents--just
>> glasses. Thanks, Joe.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 18, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Joel Davis wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> It's a riff on a Dorothy Parker epigram and a reminder
>>of a neighborhood I
>> certainly like. Standards have changed... Happy
>>Holidays all!
>>
>>
>>
>> News item:
>>
>> Men seldom make passes
>> At girls who wear glasses.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Harry Berger Jr
>><[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Is this an ad for contact lenses?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 18, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Joe Parry wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> A small gift (attached) for people who who wander in
>>Faeryland and/or
>> Arcadia.
>>
>>
>>
>> Happy or Merry whatever it is you celebrate at this time
>>of year!
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe Parry
>>
>>
>>
>> <Artemis of Morningsi#38DE17.pdf>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Joel B Davis
>>
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>> http://www.stetson.edu/artsci/english/davis.php
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