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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone else remember the Monty Python sketch
that featured the characters of Wilde and Shaw,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>each hurling grandiose insults at, and over the head of, King
Edward, in an witty-repartee contest,,,</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wilde: Ah, Your Majesty, seeing you again is
like viewing a stream of bat's piss against the night sky.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>King: WHAT?!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shaw: What Wilde means, my KIng, is that you
shine forth when all around is darkness.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Both laugh at each other's wit; the king is
completely confused.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>King: Who said
that?!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wilde: Your Majesty, it was
Shaw!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shaw: It was Wilde!</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mike_larkin2001@yahoo.com
href="mailto:mike_larkin2001@yahoo.com">mike larkin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org
href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 31, 2003 12:31
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [lbo-talk] Wilde quote</DIV>
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<DIV>I always thought it was George Bernard Shaw who said it, which probably
shows what an ignoramus I am. I've also heard it expressed as
"it takes too many meetings."/////........ </DIV>
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<DIV>On Thu, 29 May 2003, Chris Brooke wrote: <BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#ff7700><EM class=quotelev2>> >"The problem with
socialism is that it will take up too many evenings." </EM><BR><EM
class=quotelev2>> > -- Oscar Wilde
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