windbaggery on pynchon-l

john wells jwells at thecia.net
Wed Jul 9 13:11:50 CDT 1997


Paul Murphy wrote:
> 
> At 3:25 AM 7/9/97, john wells wrote:
> 
> >Paul Murphy wrote:
> 
> >> -- if this list is the internet equivalent of a cocktail party, sometimes
> >> it feels like one described by Proust -- where the conversation gets
> >> drowned out by belaboured attempts at humour
> >
> >-I must plead guilty to the above comment, Paul. I'll try to restrain
> >myself.
> 
> Didn't mean to sound censorious yesterday -- feel free to attempt humour
> whenever you want; sometimes the folks on this list can be very funny.
> 
> Regards,
> Paul

Thanks Paul, I didn't really think so, but I wanted to acknowledge your
comment mostly
because I think it's appropiate, and particularly pour moi, at the
moment. Of course that won't keep me from shooting my mouth (computer?)
off when I deem THAT appropiate.
AND I haven't stopped yet.

Thanks
john



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