Mr. Weierman's post

[the Robot Vegetable]

On Tue, 6 May 1997, Greg Montalbano wrote:

> (One indication of how much the sound of a book can touch you is how often
> you re-read it;  one of the most common occurrences of mutual
> incomprehension between me & those other folks is their amazement at my
> reading a book twice - let alone ten times.  "Why would you read it again
> when you already know how it comes out???"   
> My usual response it to point to their tape- or cd-player & ask why they
> listen to the same music twice;  "You already KNOW how the song goes;  why
> listen to it again?"}

	You ate this morning! you don't need any more food, ever.
	What?! You need to use the bathroom, *again*?
	I have a headache.

	Good books are this important.   The ones you don't read
twice remind me more of tilet paper.