Eclectic Apoplectic Elect

[Daniel Stein]

>hg writes:
>"Of course it is. So what? 'Exclusivism' is not a dirty word. Someone
>started this list, calling it Pynchon-l; this already broadly defines
>the area of interest for all those who have subscribed, and excludes
>other authors unless they are somehow related to Our Hero. (VIVA
>PYNCHON VIVA!)"
>
>
>Such preterite folk can only hang their heads and mutter, "m'ba-kayere"!
>
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>Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)

Hmmm. Eclecticsim is certainly not a dirty word either. Maybe Pogo would
say, We 'uns is just exclusively eclectic, is all...And our list DOES take
us the long way around sometimes...such as during the great spidery
baseball saga...

I thought 'preterite' and  'E(c)lect'  receive their meanings relative to
The Great Omniscience, that 'judgment from which there is no appeal' (a
peal of laffter should follow)...Being perhaps another way of saying that
'whatever hits the fan will NOT be distributed evenly'. Es la verdad?

Danl


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