[lit-ideas] FW: Re: Ken Lay

From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "lit-ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 15:58:36 -0400
Okay, I looked it.  It's clever, I like it.  Happy Birthday, okay?



Every bit as good as I expected, and even better.  Almost too good to delete.  
Too bad I didn't read it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Paul Stone 
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 7/5/2006 3:50:19 PM 
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Ken Lay


For those of us who have intermittent breaks in our English Language 
Comprehension, here is a Humpty-Dumpty explanation to eschew any confusion 
about what I "REALLY MEANT"


>O'me Gassidy 

A perversion of a contraction of AMAGO and CASSIDY, but with poetic license to 
put forth my own exasperation in the valley-girl form of "Oh My Ga" but in the 
now, ever so quaint, IRISHism of the form that has been sweeping the nation for 
the past decade. Then there's the actual Irish implication "of my gas" ity -- I 
admit, that part of it, is mildy insulting as well as potentially smelly. 


To which, Aunti Sagassidy rued: "Sorry to hear that he was your god."

This is deliciously replete with metaphorical, as well as sick, punny 
symbolism. The first, and most euphonious of which is the literal understanding 
of the notion of "anti-sagacity" which I think describes Irene's alterego quite 
succinctly. Then there is the backwards compliment of being Anti Sag Ass ity. 
In other words, having a tight ass. Then, the 'u" in "Aunti" implies that her 
matronly self, for some reason inferred the wrong thing. Once again, one of 
three is an insult. One is a mild scold, and one is just accurate reporting.


To which, Ragging-on-me Andy 

This is an allusion to the male form of the doll "Raggedy Ann", but with an 
attention to Andy's self-righteous pose. The 'ragging' part, although I 
actually heard it used in the vernacular on "The [all american] Cosby Show", 
uttered by Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable hisself, is still probably a pejorative and, 
as such, was meant to be. I'm sure Andy can think up some juicy, implications 
as far as misogyny/hysterical behaviour goes, but I won't deign to go into 
that. 

So, yeah, I guess I was playfully insulting you, but at least I was trying to 
be semi-creative. These are no "shit-faced" remarks. I'm still at work, haven't 
had time to start drinking yet.

Just think... all it would take was a Litellian "oh... nevermind" and we would 
never be in this situation. 

trying to adjust to 40,
7 days in and counting,
Still, hurt tha t Mike didn't announce my birthday. 
And just because he didn't know it was my birthday is NO excuse!!!
p

p.s. I literally got up on the wrong side of the bed. It really does fool with 
one's mind. 

##########
Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada
[lit-ideas] FW: Re: Ken Lay

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