> “I sit with a philosopher in a garden; he says again and again, ‘I know > that that is a tree,’ pointing to a tree that is near us. Someone else comes > by and hears this, and I tell him, ‘This fellow isn’t insane; we’re only > doing philosophy.'" [from L. Wittgenstein, ON CERTAINTY] > Reminds me of my Dad. I asked him once why he liked to fish so much. He said, "Well... if I told people I was just going out to stare at the water, they'd say I was crazy." John -- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN Tel. +81-45-314-9324 jlm@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.wordworks.jp/