Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:45:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Howard Hastings <hhasting-AT-osf1.gmu.edu> Subject: Re: PLC: Re: Lack of List Activity?? > Reg Lilly wrote: > > > > This reminds me of the boy who, stacking wood on the wood pile, found himself > > astride a nest of ground wasps. He was stung terribly, and retreated to the > > house. Several days later, when it came time to stack more wood, he went back to > > the woodpile with a long reed, which he angrily thrust down the hole, partly to > > see if the wasps were still there, partly to kill a few if they were and he were > > lucky. There are several endings to this story, all entirely predictable. But in this case, wouldn't it be a boy who was new to the woodpile? hh ..................................................................... --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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