pector@ihuxw.UUCP (Scott W. Pector) (12/27/83)
From **RJE** Wed Nov 23 16:11 CST 1983 >From houxm!hound!5131eds Wed Nov 23 16:11:27 1983 remote from ihnp4 Date: 23 Nov 83 16:11:27 CST (Wed) From: ihnp4!houxm!hound!5131eds Subject: Re: This is it! THE LITERARY QUIZ! Message-Id: <8311232211.AA01503@ihnp4.att.UUCP> Received: by ihnp4.att.UUCP (sendmail 3.320/12-Nov-83) id AA01503; 23 Nov 83 16:11:27 CST (Wed) To: houxm!ihnp4!ihuxw!pector References: <595@ihuxw.UUCP> In line 10, an "esophagus" is a part of the human anatomy. From uucp Wed Nov 23 15:01 EST 1983 >From cvw Wed Nov 23 14:52 EST 1983 remote from alice Status: O Line 10, the solitary esophagus [sleeping] upon motionless wing, seems a sort of jarring note to introduce into a description of a fall morning. Line 9, deciduous flowers, also sounds strange, but could be using "deciduous" in the sense of "ephemeral." From uucp Wed Nov 23 10:54 CST 1983 >From decvax!dartvax!betsy Wed Nov 23 10:54:07 1983 remote from ihnp4 Date: Wed, 23 Nov 83 10:31:33 est From: ihnp4!decvax!dartvax!betsy Subject: Re: This is it! THE LITERARY QUIZ! Message-Id: <8311231531.AA09596@decvax.UUCP> Received: by decvax.UUCP (4.12/4.2) id AA09596; Wed, 23 Nov 83 10:31:33 est Received: by ihnp4.att.UUCP (sendmail 3.320/12-Nov-83) id AA19150; 23 Nov 83 10:54:07 CST (Wed) To: decvax!harpo!floyd!clyde!ihnp4!ihuxw!pector References: <595@ihuxw.UUCP> Status: RO I'm afraid I've read the essay which follows (Solitary esophagus, indeeed!) Surely it-s cheating to respond if you've read Twain's own masterly dissection? Betsy Perry decvax!dartvax!betsy From uucp Fri Nov 25 20:32 CST 1983 >From decvax!dartvax!betsy Fri Nov 25 20:32:05 1983 remote from ihnp4 Date: Fri, 25 Nov 83 18:51:58 est From: ihnp4!decvax!dartvax!betsy Subject: Re: This is it! THE LITERARY QUIZ! Message-Id: <8311252351.AA02794@decvax.UUCP> Received: by decvax.UUCP (4.12/4.2) id AA02794; Fri, 25 Nov 83 18:51:58 est Received: by ihnp4.att.UUCP (sendmail 3.320/12-Nov-83) id AA26599; 25 Nov 83 20:32:05 CST (Fri) To: decvax!dartvax!betsy, decvax!ihnp4!ihuxw!pector Status: R The paragraph comes from a serial Twain wrote, called 'A Double-Barrelled Detective Story', found on p.426 of 'The complete short stories of Mark Twain', ed. by Charles Neider, Bantam Books. (Doubtless, it can be found elsewhere; that's where I saw it first...) Cheers, Betsy Perry From uucp Wed Nov 30 00:21 CST 1983 >From clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccieng5!jbf Wed Nov 30 00:19:07 1983 remote from ihnp4 Date: 28 Nov 83 22:06:22 EST (Mon) From: ihnp4!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccieng5!jbf Subject: quiz Message-Id: <8311290306.4017@sen.rochester> Received: by sen.rochester (3.327.3N) id AA04017; 28 Nov 83 22:06:22 EST (Mon) Received: by SEISMO.ARPA (3.342/3.21) id AA00538; 29 Nov 83 08:31:52 EST (Tue) Received: by ihnp4.ATT.UUCP (sendmail 3.320/12-Nov-83) id AA05087; 30 Nov 83 00:19:07 CST (Wed) Posted-Date: 28 Nov 83 22:06:22 EST (Mon) To: ritcv!rochester!seismo!harpo!floyd!clyde!ihnp4!ihuxw!pector Status: RO I suspect that, unlike a nose, an esophagus does not have even a solitary wing. Is that what you mean? Is the idea simply that any sane person would skip over the entire paragraph, overcome by ennui? Or is the actual 'mistake' a misquote, requiring a lookup. If so, just forget it. The Grey Mouser From uucp Tue Nov 29 05:39 CST 1983 >From ucbvax!hplabs!paral-a!andrew Tue Nov 29 05:38:50 1983 remote from ihnp4 Date: 28 Nov 83 14:46:10 PST (Mon) From: ihnp4!ucbvax!paral-a!andrew (Andrew Knutsen) Subject: Re: This is it! THE LITERARY QUIZ! Message-Id: <8311282246.AA12839@paral-a.uucp> Received: by UCB-VAX.ARPA (4.22/4.16) id AA01425; Tue, 29 Nov 83 02:46:59 pst Received: by HP-VENUS via UUCP; 29 Nov 1983 01:43:23-PST (Tue) Received: by paral-a.uucp (3.327/3.14) id AA12839; 28 Nov 83 14:46:10 PST (Mon) Received: by ihnp4.ATT.UUCP (sendmail 3.320/12-Nov-83) id AA07110; 29 Nov 83 05:38:50 CST (Tue) To: sri-unix!hplabs!ucbvax!ihnp4!ihuxw!pector Via: uucp host sri-unix; 29 Nov 1983 01:20:28-??? (Tue) Via: uucp host paral-a; 28 Nov 1983 14:46:10-??? (Mon) References: <595@ihuxw.UUCP> Status: O I didnt know esophagii (?) had wings... (line 10 I think) Andrew From uucp Tue Nov 29 00:15 CST 1983 >From arizona!cornell!mf Tue Nov 29 00:14:51 1983 remote from ihnp4 Date: 28 Nov 83 12:29:53 EST (Mon) From: ihnp4!cornell!mf Subject: Latest Dali Tableau: Wild Dreams of an Otorhynolaryngologist Message-Id: <8311281729.AA22638@GVAX.CORNELL> Received: by GVAX.CORNELL (3.320/3.14) id AA22638; 28 Nov 83 12:29:53 EST (Mon) Received: by ihnp4.ATT.UUCP (sendmail 3.320/12-Nov-83) id AA09228; 29 Nov 83 00:14:51 CST (Tue) To: arizona!ihnp4!ihuxw!pector I haven't checked the text you sent as quiz against any of Twain's collected writings (if it's he at all), nor run any consistency tests, but an esophagus in the sky (with diamonds, like Lucy?) -- line 10 -- beats Encounters of the 3rd Kind, and anthropomorphises the Celestial Sphere even more so than any astrologer might have thought of. --Michel ARPANET: mf@cornell USENET: ...{decvax,vax135,arizona...}!cornell!mf Also: CS Dept., 407 Upson Hall, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY 14853 From uucp Fri Nov 25 18:25 CST 1983 >From clyde!akgua!gatech!ofut Fri Nov 25 18:25:28 1983 remote from ihnp4 Date: 25 Nov 83 18:25:28 CST (Fri) From: ihnp4!clyde!akgua!gatech!ofut Subject: Re: This is junk! THE LITERARY QUIZ! Message-Id: <8311260025.AA24510@ihnp4.att.UUCP> Received: by ihnp4.att.UUCP (sendmail 3.320/12-Nov-83) id AA24510; 25 Nov 83 18:25:28 CST (Fri) To: akgua!clyde!ihnp4!ihuxw!pector Status: RO My eyes glazed over such that I couldn't even read it. Yech! From uucp Sun Nov 27 17:05 EST 1983 >From uucp Sun Nov 27 12:29 EST 1983 remote from akgua >From ofut Sun Nov 27 10:57:30 1983 remote from gatech Date: 27 Nov 83 10:53:48-EST (Sun) Original-From: Jeff Offutt <ofut@gatech> To: pector@Ihuxw Subject: This is junk! - a restatement. Message-Id: <831127.1048.13897.0@GaTech> Status: RO Sorry. What I meant to say was that the literary passage you offered was indeed bad by 20th century standards. Perhaps not by 19th century standards, based on what I've read from then. Rather than be specific about it - my solution is to throw it away and start again. From uucp Wed Nov 23 17:12 CST 1983 >From decvax!ittvax!wxlvax!rlw Wed Nov 23 17:11:42 1983 remote from ihnp4 Date: Wed, 23 Nov 83 17:02:03 est From: ihnp4!decvax!ittvax!wxlvax!rlw Subject: Ha ha Message-Id: <8311232202.AA20121@decvax.UUCP> Received: by decvax.UUCP (4.12/4.2) id AA20121; Wed, 23 Nov 83 17:02:03 est Received: by ihnp4.att.UUCP (sendmail 3.320/12-Nov-83) id AA04867; 23 Nov 83 17:11:42 CST (Wed) To: ittvax!decvax!harpo!floyd!clyde!ihnp4!ihuxw!pector Status: RO What other parts of your anatomy float through the air? MAIL YOUR RESPONSE TO NET.BOOKS. I'm not interested in it. From uucp Wed Nov 23 14:50 CST 1983 >From clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!ward Wed Nov 23 14:45:34 1983 remote from ihnp4 Date: 23 Nov 83 13:44:34 EST (Wed) From: ihnp4!seismo!hao!ward Subject: Re: This is it! THE LITERARY QUIZ! Message-Id: <8311231844.AA07263@SEISMO.ARPA> Received: by SEISMO.ARPA (3.342/3.21) id AA07263; 23 Nov 83 13:44:34 EST (Wed) Received: by ihnp4.att.UUCP (sendmail 3.320/12-Nov-83) id AA27886; 23 Nov 83 14:45:34 CST (Wed) Posted-Date: 23 Nov 83 13:44:34 EST (Wed) To: seismo!harpo!floyd!clyde!ihnp4!ihuxw!pector References: <595@ihuxw.UUCP> Status: RO If it came from Mark Twain, how can there possibly be anything wrong with it? (My solitary esophogus often hangs on motionless wing - hack hack, cough cough).