The fine art of missing the point

Keith McMullen schwitterz11 at netscape.net
Sun Mar 5 09:44:34 CST 2006


Damn, I hate it when I behave unwarrantedly.

third_eye_unmoved at hotmail.com wrote:

> my objection has less to do with sacred cows than it does with 
> applying intellectual nitcombs to the field of comedy.
>
> And yes, it is very, very trite.
>
> And yes, I did grasp full concept of the collective unconsciousness, 
> even before you clairfied your point.
>
> And no, I don't think using the Hicks quote to support my belief that 
> Barry Manilow qualifies as a musical equivalent of the Ebola virus 
> really warranted a footnote on his mis-application of the concept.




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