Losing My Rag

[Robin Landseadel]

On Jul 9, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Paul Mackin wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, John Bailey wrote:
>
>> Me, I enjoy these infrequent flare-ups on the P-list. Nobody's really
>> reacting to anybody else, just to a bunch of words that have made
>> their way through the ether and into a consciousness perhaps
>> dimensionally-removed from their origin. I suppose I don't mind said
>> wordsticuffs for that same reason, since I don't know who the Sam  
>> Hill
>> any of you are, and tend to treat the internet as a mass of
>> half-truths and veiled identities anyway. You go, grid.
>
> It's like watching television.
>
>>
>> I don't think a fight here has ever resulted in physical injury,
>> permanent emotional scarring or the keying of anyone's car, at least.
>
> Correct, but I do think once the family lawyer was consulted.
>
> P

What a W.A.S.T.E., what a W.A.S.T.E. . . .

	"It's the principle," Fallopian agreed, sounding defensive. "To
	keep it up to some kind of a reasonable volume, each member
	has to send at least one letter a week through the Yoyodyne
	system. If you don't, you get fined." He opened his letter and
	showed Oedipa and Metzger.

	Dear Mike, it said, how are you? Just thought I'd drop you a
	note. How's your book coming? Guess that's all for now. See
	you at The Scope.

	"That's how it is," Fallopian confessed bitterly, "most of the time."