Take that, Bruce Sterling
Monday, 5 March 2007
Hobo porn. That’s all I’m saying.
Futurist, smuturist.
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The Eagle and the Kite
An Eagle sat high in the branches of a great Oak. She seemed very sad and drooping for an Eagle. A Kite saw her.
“Why do you look so woebegone?” asked the Kite.
“I want to get married,” replied the Eagle, “and I can’t find a mate who can provide for me as I should like.”
“Take me,” said the Kite; “I am very strong, stronger even than you!”
“Do you really think you can provide for me?” asked the Eagle eagerly.
“Why, of course,” replied the Kite. “That would be a very simple matter. I am so strong I can carry away an Ostrich in my talons as if it were a feather!”
The Eagle accepted the Kite immediately. But after the wedding, when the Kite flew away to find something to eat for his bride, all he had when he returned, was a tiny Mouse.
“Is that the Ostrich you talked about?” said the Eagle in disgust.
“To win you I would have said and promised anything,” replied the Kite.
Everything is fair in love.
Take that, subspace.
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Re: Take that, Bruce Sterling
Excellent use of 'futurist' and typical dry jab by El Seditio. If I was a slick barman and came up with the ultimo martini, I'd dub it 'Sedition' and only the cool would get it, but it would go into all those 'Best of ...' roundups of klass concoction. Much more important, i've just spotted that there are Devil's Dictionary coFFEHH mugs for sale. OMG, to quote the Spitfire, half the literate pals i grew up with cut our quote-teeth on Bierce. What a perfect gift for all occasions, and less damage to the wallet than trying to find those bootlegs of Huddie Ledbetter singing the best of Abba or that effeminatus Donovan singing "Tambourine Man" to his own words.
By chris holmes on 6 March 2007 · 10:04