----- Original Message ----- From: david ritchie To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 9/17/2005 1:20:23 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: It's a livin' On Sep 17, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Andy Amago wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4242936.stm Thank you for this follow up to John McCreery's post and to my earlier one. A.A. Don't know how I did it but I missed both posts. I imagined a service. John told me that the Japanese already have such a thing and now you show me that the Indians have already done it also. In a global economy, surely this is surely a good sign--for once we can copy something that has already been test marketed. A.A. I don't think Indians at American weddings would be a big hit. Thus today I am putting you all up for rent. For a small fee and the price of a plane ticket each, the entire list will agree to attend anybody's wedding and act like learned friends of the bride or groom. But what to call ourselves? Rent-an-opinionated-git doesn't seem quite right. A.A. Rent-an-insult might be a better fit. Andy Amago David Ritchie Portland, Oregon