[lit-ideas] Re: Dis Traction of August

  • From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:39:09 -0400

>Michael Chase nobly comments on what philosophy can do about it.  My 
>personal opinion is philosophy can't do much, unless it can answer the 
>$64,000 question: distraction from what?  Personally, I think the answer 
>is buried in one of Ogden Nash poem's, but since I can't formulate in 
>words exactly what it is I felt when I read it, I will stop here without 
>saying which poem.

It's gotta be the succinct: "Candy is Dandy, but Liquor is Quicker".

On that note, here's a little

Life is Rife
With sweet distraction
To mollify our
Brain's reactions

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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada 

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