The Origin of Greek Tragic Drama Jokes

[KENNETH HOUGHTON]

     Now, now, Chris -- you know very well that this is relevant to the 
     Origin of GTD because it deals with the question of what constitutes 
     =five= items, corresponding to the five acts of GTD.
     
     Clearly (he said, finding the Boojum), the intent is to demonstrate that 
     the legendary 21 (as in Tarot) chapters of _GR_ are really five, but that 
     they are unsorted.
     
     The question of the supermarket checkout line hinges, after all, on both 
     the good nature of the clerk (and the people behind you) =and= your 
     realising that the cat food cans must be grouped together.
     
     
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Subject: Re: The Origin of Greek Tragic Drama Jokes
Author:  ckaratnytsky at nypl.org (ckaratnytsky) at dbnaccip 
Date:    6/3/97 11:23 AM
     
     
     sez Mitty:
     
     >now [express lane blah blah deleted]
     
     Ha.
     
     I betcha the ole Mittelwerk submarine is going to take a dive right 
     about now, and the bogus check out blah blah that's got you all so 
     horny is going to remain what it always was--cat food.  SUUUCKERZ!
     
     I think ye've all been snarked...
     
     Chris