My only reaction is that a film version of Exupery's Little Prince was made, and was incredibly faithful to the book. Bob Fosse had a dance number in it. It's an unmissable book and a worthwhile film, if you can still find it. Julie Krueer Having been without a computer for a week. inal Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] FW: Re: Paying taxes for months on end Date: 5/29/05 6:19:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time From: _aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Society is deep. Real deep. The irony is that I'll bet that people who read this link agree with it and think I'm the one who's strange. http://slate.msn.com/id/2119164 > [Original Message] > From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 5/29/2005 7:05:19 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end > > I remember when this song was out. At the time my non-philosophical self > didn't think much of it, rather liked it in fact. Today, decades later, I > think that if I were standing on a bridge ready to jump, this song would > push me over the edge. It could not be more reflective of a world that is > both superficial and hate filled. > > Still searching for meaning and finding ever less of it, > Andy Amago > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: 5/28/2005 11:14:33 PM > > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end > > > > > > Judy Evans: > > > MG> Mike Geary > > > MG> with no reason to live > > > > > > you mean with no right to live? we don't got no right to. > > > > > > No, I mean as in Randy Newman's song: "Short People." > > > > Short People > > Randy Newman > > > > > > Short People got no reason > > Short People got no reason > > Short People got no reason > > To live > > > > They got little hands > > And little eyes > > And they walk around > > Tellin' great big lies > > They got little noses > > And tiny little teeth > > They wear platform shoes > > On their nasty little feet > > > > Well, I don't want no Short People > > Don't want no Short People > > Don't want no Short People > > Round here > > > > Short People are just the same > > As you and I > > (A Fool Such As I) > > All men are brothers > > Until the day they die > > (It's A Wonderful World) > > > > Short People got nobody > > Short People got nobody > > Short People got nobody > > To love > > > > They got little baby legs > > And they stand so low > > You got to pick 'em up > > Just to say hello > > They got little cars > > That got beep, beep, beep > > They got little voices > > Goin' peep, peep, peep > > They got grubby little fingers > > And dirty little minds > > They're gonna get you every time > > Well, I don't want no Short People > > Don't want no Short People > > Don't want no Short People > > 'Round here > > > > Mike Geary > > tall in the Seatte > > but stuck in the Memphis > > for the moment. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html