Penguin-Holt-Penguin

jd wescac at gmail.com
Wed Aug 2 13:15:41 CDT 2006


That is a very good point.  How the HELL does one edit Finnegans Wake?
 How did he even write it?  And finally, how the hell did he convince
anyone to publish it?

On 8/2/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Now all they have to do here to win the title is to
> shoot themselves. Simon has a shot. Bad luck, he
> misses. Nigel misses. Now there's Gervaise, and
> Gervaise has shot himself- Gervaise is Upperclass Twit
> of the Year. There's Nigel, he's shot Simon by
> mistake, Simon is back up and there's Nigel, Nigel's
> shot himself: Nigel is third in this fine and most
> exciting Upperclass Twit of the Year Show I've ever
> seen. Nigel's clubbed himself into fourth place.
> (three coffins on stand with medals) And so the final
> result:
>
> The Upperclass Twit of the Year - Gervaise
> Brook-Hampster.
> Runner up - Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith
> Third - Nigel Incubator-Jones
>
> Well there'll certainly be some car door slamming in
> the streets of Kensington tonight.
>
> http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/uppercls.htm
>
> A friend always uses Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ...
>
> http://www.nndb.com/people/081/000049931/
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cotesworth_Pinckney
>
> As opposed to Charles Pinckney ...
>
> http://www.nndb.com/people/083/000049933/
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Pinckney_(governor)
>
> Me, I'm Dan of St. Thomas Jenifer ...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_of_St._Thomas_Jenifer
>
> http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/signers.html
>
> --- rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > have to admit I love the name Penguin Holt
> > Penguin--i may use it while registering for my
> > next conference
>
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