[lit-ideas] Re: Naked Gentlemen


On Oct 27, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Eric Yost wrote:

"In the metrics of mirth ..."

Defined how?

A Mirth Metric is defined with a Guffaw Markup Language (GML)
element as follows:


While I bow to Eric's soupy-era knowledge, I must query one of his assertions namely, "10 Barbs = 1 Capriol.." As anyone who has watched cooking on the telly knows, Caprials (correct spelling) are measured not by reference to light, but to time in the Womens' Open Egg and Spoon race.

In the famous Twing Mothers' Sack Race (see Wodehouse, P.G. et al, "Ten Types of Racing Ambiguity," BobsUruncl Press, 1999) ten Barbs came *close* to equaling one Caprial only because Steggles had slipped an excellent flan into Caprial's sack.

Young Bingo Richtea-Biscuit
Protland, Urgun
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