Lake/Wren: the oppositions

mikebailey mikebailey at speakeasy.net
Wed Jun 6 02:55:41 CDT 2007


On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, bekah wrote:
>
> I'm getting ready to start my own thread here-  Lake/Wren: the
> oppositions.    Oh well.   Shoot - I did it.   :-)

the P list has one main weapon: idiosyncratic readings and the willingness
to share...Two main weapons: idiosyncratic readings, the willingness to
share, and eagerness to argue about them...Three main weapons...

>
> And Wren finds  Frank,   whose first name means "blunt: characterized
> by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion;
> "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer";
> "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a
> forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you
> may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without
> being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank
> accusation"

although bible-thumper Mayva may have named him after St Francis



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