I hate you all & hope you all die (was Re: Feetlebaum)

[Craig Clark]

"Henry M" <gravity at nicom.com> writes:

>    Craig, there you go again! What a writer! A-and grasp of the 
> essential fact (sic). But remind us again, didn't you know Tom Learer 
> personally? An anecdote, a reminicence, something to increase our 
> feelings of self-worth and get us marching in the street again, if 
> you please. 
>   Oh, yeah. Is anything of yours being published soon?

Mr Smarty-pants Musikar, you are dead! Firstly, it's L-E-H-R-E-R, in 
case you have difficulty putting your fingers on the right keys of 
your keyboard. I suppose you probably do because like most so-called 
"intellectuals" you are too wrapped up in Theory - by which I mean 
mental masturbation - and not enough in Practice - by which I mean 
physical exertion, including hitting the right keys on your computer.

No I did not know Tom, but I have a truly tragic tale to tell 
concerning him. The truth is that once I was trying to perform his "I 
Got It From Agnes" to an audience comprised exclusively of members of 
a small amateur theatrical group to which I belong, and their family 
and friends. And my pianist didn't know the tune (despite my having 
lent him my copy of _Too Many Songs By Tom Lehrer With Not Enough 
Pictures By Ronald Searle_), and he got hopelessly lost and I sang 
the last verse a capella. Worse still, the compere introduced my 
song in such a way that he gave away the entire joke of the song! If 
that dosn't get you marching in the streets, nothing will.

And yes, wise-guy, I've just had an article published (stateside too) 
and I've just been commmissioned to write another, so fuck you all!

:-)

Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
 the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
 on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"