Re: [school-discuss] a little story

[sscott@iinet.net.au]

riight.... <looks sideways for handy exit>

You wouldnt happen to need a holiday would you Mike? :D

Sorry I laboured the point. I guess being a comp sci means I miss the more 
subtle things in life, including in literature. 

I never was any good at "Where's Wally". My mum had to circle him with a 
black marker for me. :D


 


> hello,
> 
> the metaphor is stones to bread ...
> here in j.p., not enough tax money goes in, bad results come out.
> no miracle.
> 
> typically if a writer uses a metaphor, it immediately precedes the
> sentence it refers to.  many writers have done this for a long time.
> 
> my last reference to the spanish inquisition is many sentences away 
> from this metaphor.
> 
> it would be poor placement, if this required being part of the 
inquisition
> 
> to be ironic.  what do you teach?
> 
> of course, having to draw it out like this killed the point of it.
> why is it so important?
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday 09 December 2002 03:42 am, Simon Scott wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:58, mike eschman wrote:
> > > hello,
> > >
> > > i thought i was funny, but you should be in a night club!
> > >
> > > look at the sentences in immediate proximity (i.e. preceding 
immediatel
> y)
> > > to the aside, which don't mention anything whatsoever about the
> > > inquisition, and you will have your answer.
> >
> > Sorry, I just dont get it. Maybe Ive been staring at the monitor for 
too
> 
> > long, but it sounds like the rantings of a demented person....
> >
> > Explain it to me like Im a 4 year old :D
> 
> 
>