My close personal friend

[Peter Giordano]

John,
I generally take either very little or too much seriously - No offense taken
Peter

>Hello, peter,
>Thank you for not taking my post too seriously.  I think it upset ray.  I 
was playing, as
>* that Chris* is a pretty well known member of this list and a great part 
of it.  No offense 
>meant.  Sorry about the ambiguity.
>john m
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>>I wrote:
>>>>Somebody said:
>>>>>     Sorry, TRP and I have a date in Brooklyn to celebrate with my granny,
>>>>>     also born today, and the celebrated author of "Mittelwerk:  These
>>>>>     Fragments I Shore Against My Ruins -- My Adventures on the Pynchon
>>>>>     List."
>>>>I say:
>>>>The above is a lie!!! TRP will be out tonight celebrating with me
>>
>>Somebody in reply to the above said:
>>>Well you must be very new to this list, Peter, and greatly in need of
>>>certain Crucial
>>>Information to avoid terminal gaffes: that wasn't *somebody* sir,  who
>>>said that, that was
>>>*that Chris* our own list angel and generally swell person.  Don't mess up
>>>again
>>>
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>>I say:
>>
>>I use "somebody" for personal reasons in most of my responses - I have no
>>doubt that Chris is a swell person (perhaps even specifically, as well as
>>generally) - I had hoped that it would be clear that I was lampooning
>>TRP's efforts to be secretive rather than Chris good fellowship - I will
>>try not to mess up again
>>
>>Peter Giordano
>>Williams College
>>Williamstown, MA
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