[lit-ideas] Re: Goldberg Variations
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 23:30:26 -0700
On Oct 8, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Donal McEvoy wrote:
we notably have Zowie Bowie and Rolan Bolan amongst other
monstrosities but no Pepper, Piss, Tin, or Smoke Pot.
Donal Patrick Patrick (parents couldn't be arsed to think up
another name for confirmation ceremony; they maintain this is an
Irish tradition)
Brill. Well done those parents. Read the Wikipedia article on Pol
Pot and you'll wonder if we who teach should ever fail anyone. Pol
Pot, Hitler...just give them all a "C" and prevent bloody history.
I'm sure that's what the deans were thinking.
David Ritchie,
wise before they call "time" in
Portland, Oregon
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