I have nothing meaningful to say about any of this except how much I love the first. Lovely wonderful. Julie Campbell Julie's Music & Language Studio 1215 W. Worley Columbia, MO 65203 573-881-6889 http://www.facebook.com/JuliesMusicLanguageStudio On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 2:11 PM, David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > "If I should die think only this of me..." > Goodness that's an imperious imperial line; I mean what right have I to > tell you what to think of me? > Whatever you damn well choose. > Now the line should be, "Might I make a suggestion... > about post mortem arrangements?" > "If I should die...emote as you see fit, assemble some of my stuff into a > roadside memorial if the spirit so takes you, donate a few bucks to the > charity of your choice, sweat if you wish over the obit (knowing few will > read it), if chance and the boss allow pause in your busy day, if you come > do wear something comfortable to the funeral and by all means scribble > whatever springs to mind (with felt markers) all over the cheap pine > coffin. Club together (have a whip-round) for a giant surplus something to > recycle, a battleship perhaps? Plant it somewhere amusing and incongruous. > Add a lei and a panama hat and I'm done. Sorted." > > > > > "Buggery." I wonder what, if anything, William Safire may have written > about that in his language column; not the practice, but the power of the > exclamation. "How was your week?" someone English asked. > "Un-di-lu-ted buggery. Yours?" > That was the week that was. > Some while back. > > David Ritchie, > Portland, > Oregon------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html >