In a message dated 2/7/2005 12:20:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, pas@xxxxxxxx writes: Perhaps Eastwood's character is wiser than he appears. He's stating the obvious -- "bleach smells like bleach" -- and questioning it at the same time. So I guess you can describe his character as an agnostic? Cheers, JL _http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~janwe/shit.html_ (http://www.pvv.ntnu.no/~janwe/shit.html) Agnosticism: It looks and smells like [bleach], but I haven't tasted it, so I'm not sure wheter it's [bleach] or not. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html